diff --git a/charts/tezos/scripts/evm-proxy.sh b/charts/tezos/scripts/evm-proxy.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a62c088..0000000
--- a/charts/tezos/scripts/evm-proxy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-set -ex
-
-TEZ_BIN=/usr/local/bin
-
-CMD="$TEZ_BIN/octez-evm-node run proxy \
-  with endpoint http://rollup-${MY_POD_NAME}:8932 \
-  --devmode \
-  --rpc-addr 0.0.0.0"
-
-exec $CMD
diff --git a/charts/tezos/scripts/evm-sequencer.sh b/charts/tezos/scripts/evm-sequencer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe9c370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/tezos/scripts/evm-sequencer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+set -e
+
+TEZ_VAR=/var/tezos
+TEZ_BIN=/usr/local/bin
+CLIENT_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/client"
+ROLLUP_DATA_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/rollup"
+SEQUENCER_DATA_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/sequencer"
+
+set -x
+
+octez-evm-node init from rollup node ${ROLLUP_DATA_DIR} \
+--data-dir ${SEQUENCER_DATA_DIR}
+
+
+CMD="$TEZ_BIN/octez-evm-node run sequencer \
+  with endpoint http://rollup-${MY_POD_NAME}:8932 \
+  signing with edsk3rw6fcwjPe5xkGWAbSquLDQALKP8XyMhy4c6PQGr7qQKTYa8rX \
+  --data-dir ${SEQUENCER_DATA_DIR} \
+  --time-between-blocks 6 \
+  --rpc-addr 0.0.0.0"
+
+exec $CMD
diff --git a/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh b/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh
index 678612c..f9bb373 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh
+++ b/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-node.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set -ex
+set -e
 
 TEZ_VAR=/var/tezos
 TEZ_BIN=/usr/local/bin
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ ROLLUP_DATA_DIR_PREIMAGES="$ROLLUP_DATA_DIR/wasm_2_0_0"
 xxd -p -c 0 /usr/local/share/tezos/evm_kernel/evm_installer.wasm | tr -d '\n' > /var/tezos/smart-rollup-boot-sector
 mkdir -p "$ROLLUP_DATA_DIR_PREIMAGES"
 cp /usr/local/share/tezos/evm_kernel/* "$ROLLUP_DATA_DIR_PREIMAGES"
-ls -al $ROLLUP_DATA_DIR
+
+set -x
 $TEZ_BIN/octez-smart-rollup-node \
   --endpoint http://tezos-node-rpc:8732 \
   -d $CLIENT_DIR \
diff --git a/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml b/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml
index b6c6a95..c5a7a2a 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml
+++ b/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml
@@ -1,67 +1,24 @@
 {{- range $k, $v := .Values.smartRollupNodes }}
 
-{{- if $v.evm_proxy | default false }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
-  name: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
+  name: sequencer-{{ $k }}
   namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
 spec:
   type: NodePort
   ports:
     - port: 8545
-      name: evm-proxy
+      name: sequencer
   selector:
-    app: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
-  namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
-{{- if $v.evm_proxy.annotations | default false }}
-{{- with $v.evm_proxy.annotations }}
-  annotations:
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-spec:
-  podManagementPolicy: Parallel
-  replicas: 1
-  serviceName: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: octez-evm-proxy
-        image: "{{ $.Values.images.octez }}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ $.Values.images_pull_policy }}
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 8545
-          name: evm-proxy
-        command:
-          - /bin/sh
-        args:
-          - "-c"
-          - |
-{{ tpl ($.Files.Get "scripts/evm-proxy.sh") $ | indent 12 }}
-        env:
-          - name: MY_POD_NAME
-            value: {{ $k }}
-      securityContext:
-        fsGroup: 1000
+    app: rollup-{{ $k }}
 ---
 {{- if $v.evm_proxy.ingress | default false }}
 {{- if $v.evm_proxy.ingress.enabled | default false }}
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
-  name: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
+  name: sequencer-{{ $k }}
   namespace: {{ $.Release.Namespace }}
 {{- with $v.evm_proxy.ingress.labels }}
   labels:
@@ -91,10 +48,9 @@ spec:
             path: /
             backend:
               service:
-                name: evm-proxy-{{ $k }}
+                name: sequencer-{{ $k }}
                 port:
-                  name: evm-proxy
-{{- end }}
+                  name: sequencer
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 ---
@@ -159,6 +115,24 @@ spec:
               {{- $cleanKey := regexReplaceAll "[0-9]+$" $key "" }}
               {{ $cleanKey }}:{{ $value }}
               {{- end }}
+      - name: octez-sequencer
+        image: "{{ $.Values.images.octez }}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ $.Values.images_pull_policy }}
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 8545
+          name: sequencer
+        command:
+          - /bin/sh
+        args:
+          - "-c"
+          - |
+{{ tpl ($.Files.Get "scripts/evm-sequencer.sh") $ | indent 12 }}
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /var/tezos
+          name: var-volume
+        env:
+          - name: MY_POD_NAME
+            value: {{ $k }}
       initContainers:
       - image: {{ $.Values.tezos_k8s_images.utils }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ $.Values.tezos_k8s_images_pull_policy }}