diff --git a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/control b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/control
index d3a66e6..36d9677 100644
--- a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/control
+++ b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/control
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ Homepage: https://www.stellar.org/
 
 Package: stellar-soroban-rpc
 Architecture: any
+Depends: stellar-core (= _CORE_VERSION_)
 Description: Soroban RPC is the client facing API server for the Stellar Soraban Smart Contracts ecosystem. It acts as the interface between stellar-core and applications that want to access smart contracts on the Stellar network.
  
diff --git a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.default b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.default
index 154080d..961d247 100644
--- a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.default
+++ b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.default
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 # define the port on local machine that soroban rpc server will bind to.
 ENDPOINT=localhost:8003
-# for now rpc requires access to horizon, this will change.
-HORIZON_URL=http://localhost:8000
+FRIENDBOT_URL=https://friendbot-futurenet.stellar.org/
 NETWORK_PASSPHRASE="Test SDF Future Network ; October 2022"
-# for now rpc requires access to core, this will change.
-STELLAR_CORE_URL="http://localhost:11626"
+CAPTIVE_CORE_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/stellar/soroban-rpc/stellar-captive-core.cfg
+CAPTIVE_CORE_STORAGE_PATH=/var/lib/stellar/soroban-rpc/captive-core
+CAPTIVE_CORE_USE_DB=true
+STELLAR_CORE_BINARY_PATH=/usr/bin/stellar-core
+HISTORY_ARCHIVE_URLS="https://history-futurenet.stellar.org"
+DB_PATH="/var/lib/stellar/soroban-rpc/soroban_rpc.sqlite"
+STELLAR_CAPTIVE_CORE_HTTP_PORT=0
 
 # minimum log severity (debug, info, warn, error), default=info 
 # LOG_LEVEL=info
diff --git a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.dirs b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.dirs
index 40ff31a..d4c2fa0 100644
--- a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.dirs
+++ b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.dirs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /var/lib/stellar/
+/var/lib/stellar/soroban-rpc/captive-core/
 /var/log/stellar/
diff --git a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.install b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.install
index f51c361..abe3f33 100644
--- a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.install
+++ b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.install
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 stellar-soroban-rpc usr/bin/
+stellar-core_captive-futurenet.cfg etc/stellar
diff --git a/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.links b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.links
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..511d085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stellar-soroban-rpc/debian/stellar-soroban-rpc.links
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/etc/stellar/stellar-core_captive-futurenet.cfg /etc/stellar/soroban-rpc/stellar-captive-core.cfg
diff --git a/stellar-soroban-rpc/stellar-core_captive-futurenet.cfg b/stellar-soroban-rpc/stellar-core_captive-futurenet.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb5d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stellar-soroban-rpc/stellar-core_captive-futurenet.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# This is a sample configuration from the stellar-captive-core package.
+# Please note that only HOME_DOMAINS and VALIDATORS tables are required.
+
+# IMPORTANT
+# You need to change domains and validators below to fit your needs
+
+# captive core config for futurenet
+NETWORK_PASSPHRASE="Test SDF Future Network ; October 2022"
+# disable the web service port, not used
+HTTP_PORT=0
+PUBLIC_HTTP_PORT=false
+# To avoid conflicts with the core instance
+PEER_PORT=11726
+DATABASE="sqlite3:///var/lib/stellar/soroban-rpc/captive-core/stellar-rpc.db"
+
+EXPERIMENTAL_BUCKETLIST_DB=true
+EXPERIMENTAL_BUCKETLIST_DB_INDEX_PAGE_SIZE_EXPONENT=12
+ENABLE_SOROBAN_DIAGNOSTIC_EVENTS=false
+
+FAILURE_SAFETY=0
+UNSAFE_QUORUM=true
+
+[[HOME_DOMAINS]]
+HOME_DOMAIN="futurenet.stellar.org"
+QUALITY="MEDIUM"
+
+[[VALIDATORS]]
+NAME="sdf_futurenet_1"
+HOME_DOMAIN="futurenet.stellar.org"
+PUBLIC_KEY="GBRIF2N52GVN3EXBBICD5F4L5VUFXK6S6VOUCF6T2DWPLOLGWEPPYZTF"
+ADDRESS="core-live-futurenet.stellar.org:11625"
+HISTORY="curl -sf https://history-futurenet.stellar.org/{0} -o {1}"
+