diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dc68ba89c1..f354004c4f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,15 +24,23 @@ RUN make install
 # Run Stage
 FROM alpine:3.18
 
+ENV COSMOVISOR_CHECKSUM="626dfc58c266b85f84a7ed8e2fe0e2346c15be98cfb9f9b88576ba899ed78cdc"
+ENV COSMOVISOR_VERSION="v1.5.0"
 # Copy Start Script Helpers
 COPY contrib/docker-scripts/* /scripts/
 
 # Install runtime dependencies
-RUN apk --no-cache add git jq bash curl python3 libusb-dev linux-headers make build-base wget py3-pip qemu-img qemu-system-x86_64 && \
+RUN apk --no-cache add git jq bash curl nano vim tmux python3 libusb-dev linux-headers make build-base bind-tools psmisc coreutils wget py3-pip qemu-img qemu-system-x86_64 && \
     pip install requests && \
     chmod a+x -R /scripts && \
     wget https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download/2.31-r0/glibc-2.31-r0.apk && \
-    apk add --force-overwrite --allow-untrusted glibc-2.31-r0.apk
+    apk add --force-overwrite --allow-untrusted glibc-2.31-r0.apk && \
+    curl https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/release/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz > /tmp/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz && \
+    mkdir -p /usr/local/gcloud && \
+    tar -C /usr/local/gcloud -xvf /tmp/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz && \
+    /usr/local/gcloud/google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --quiet && \
+    ln -s /usr/local/gcloud/google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud /usr/bin/gcloud && \
+    python /scripts/install_cosmovisor.py
 
 # Copy the binaries from the build stage
 COPY --from=builder /go/bin/zetaclientd /usr/local/bin/zetaclientd
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index db924b3ee5..9d615c4f01 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 
 * [1814](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1814) - fix code coverage ignore for protobuf generated files
 
+### CI
+
+* [1867](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1867) - default restore_type for full node docker-compose to snapshot instead of statesync for reliability.
+
 ## Version: v14
 
 - [1817](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1817) - Add migration script to fix pending and chain nonces on testnet
diff --git a/contrib/athens3/zetacored/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/athens3/zetacored/docker-compose.yml
index 6db48703d2..0332b9482b 100644
--- a/contrib/athens3/zetacored/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/athens3/zetacored/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ services:
       DAEMON_HOME: "/root/.zetacored"
       NETWORK: athens3
       #RESTORE_TYPE=snapshot/snapshot-archive/statesync
-      RESTORE_TYPE: "statesync"
+      RESTORE_TYPE: "snapshot"
       SNAPSHOT_API: https://snapshots.zetachain.com
       TRUST_HEIGHT_DIFFERENCE_STATE_SYNC: 40000
-      COSMOVISOR_VERSION: "v1.5.0"
       CHAIN_ID: "athens_7001-1"
-      COSMOVISOR_CHECKSUM: "626dfc58c266b85f84a7ed8e2fe0e2346c15be98cfb9f9b88576ba899ed78cdc"
       VISOR_NAME: "cosmovisor"
       DAEMON_NAME: "zetacored"
       DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES: "false"
diff --git a/contrib/docker-scripts/start.sh b/contrib/docker-scripts/start.sh
index e235bc30ce..b9ea1b482b 100644
--- a/contrib/docker-scripts/start.sh
+++ b/contrib/docker-scripts/start.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function download_configs {
 
 function setup_restore_type {
   if [ "${RESTORE_TYPE}" == "statesync" ]; then
-    logt "Statesync restore. Download state sync rpc address from network-config."
+    logt "Statesync restore. Download state sync rpc address from network-config"
     if [ "${NETWORK}" == "mainnet" ]; then
       logt "MAINNET STATE SYNC"
       logt "STATE_SYNC_RPC_NODE_FILE_MAINNET: ${STATE_SYNC_RPC_NODE_FILE_MAINNET}"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function setup_restore_type {
       logt " Cleanup Snapshot"
       rm -rf ${SNAPSHOT_DIR}/${SNAPSHOT_FILENAME}
     elif [ "${NETWORK}" == "athens3" ]; then
-      SNAPSHOT_URL=$(curl -s ${SNAPSHOT_API}/latest-snapshot?network=athens3 | jq .latest_snapshot)
+      SNAPSHOT_URL=$(curl -s ${SNAPSHOT_API}/latest-snapshot?network=athens3 | jq -r .latest_snapshot)
       SNAPSHOT_FILENAME=$(basename "${SNAPSHOT_URL}")
       SNAPSHOT_DIR=$(pwd)
       logt "Download Snapshot from url: ${SNAPSHOT_URL}"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function setup_restore_type {
   elif [ "${RESTORE_TYPE}" == "snapshot-archive"  ]; then
     if [ "${NETWORK}" == "mainnet" ]; then
       logt "Get Latest Snapshot URL"
-      SNAPSHOT_URL=$(curl -s ${SNAPSHOT_API}/latest-archive-snapshot?network=mainnet | jq .latest_snapshot)
+      SNAPSHOT_URL=$(curl -s ${SNAPSHOT_API}/latest-archive-snapshot?network=mainnet | jq -r .latest_snapshot)
       SNAPSHOT_FILENAME=$(basename "${SNAPSHOT_URL}")
       SNAPSHOT_DIR=$(pwd)
       logt "Download Snapshot from url: ${SNAPSHOT_URL}"
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function setup_restore_type {
       logt " Cleanup Snapshot"
       rm -rf ${SNAPSHOT_DIR}/${SNAPSHOT_FILENAME}
     elif [ "${NETWORK}" == "athens3" ]; then
-      SNAPSHOT_URL=$(curl -s ${SNAPSHOT_API}/latest-archive-snapshot?network=athens3 | jq .latest_snapshot)
+      SNAPSHOT_URL=$(curl -s ${SNAPSHOT_API}/latest-archive-snapshot?network=athens3 | jq -r .latest_snapshot)
       SNAPSHOT_FILENAME=$(basename "${SNAPSHOT_URL}")
       SNAPSHOT_DIR=$(pwd)
       logt "Download Snapshot from url: ${SNAPSHOT_URL}"
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ function change_config_values {
     logt "EXTERNAL_IP: ${EXTERNAL_IP}"
     logt "SED Change Config Files."
     sed -i -e "s/^enable = .*/enable = \"true\"/" ${DAEMON_HOME}/config/config.toml
+    sed '/^\[statesync\]/,/^\[/ s/enable = "true"/enable = "false"/' ${DAEMON_HOME}/config/config.toml
     sed -i -e "s/^moniker = .*/moniker = \"${MONIKER}\"/" ${DAEMON_HOME}/config/config.toml
     sed -i -e "s/^external_address = .*/external_address = \"${EXTERNAL_IP}:26656\"/" ${DAEMON_HOME}/config/config.toml
   fi
@@ -162,18 +163,6 @@ function setup_basic_keyring {
   fi
 }
 
-function install_dependencies {
-  apt-get update
-  apt-get install nano jq python3 -y
-  pip3 install requests
-}
-
-function download_cosmovisor {
-  mkdir -p ${DAEMON_HOME}/cosmovisor/
-  mkdir -p ${DAEMON_HOME}/cosmovisor/upgrades/
-  python3 /scripts/install_cosmovisor.py
-}
-
 function download_binary_version {
   if [ "${NETWORK}" == "mainnet" ]; then
     wget -q ${BINARY_LIST_MAINNET}
@@ -268,9 +257,6 @@ if [[ -f "${DAEMON_HOME}/start_sequence_status" ]] && grep -q "START_SEQUENCE_CO
     logt "Modify Chain Configs"
     change_config_values
 
-    logt "Download Cosmosvisor."
-    download_cosmovisor
-
     logt "Move Zetacored Binaries."
     move_zetacored_binaries
 
@@ -293,9 +279,6 @@ else
   logt "Download Configs"
   download_configs
 
-  logt "Download Cosmovisor"
-  download_cosmovisor
-
   logt "Download Historical Binaries"
   download_binary_version
 
diff --git a/contrib/mainnet/zetacored/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/mainnet/zetacored/docker-compose.yml
index 6df2a17616..d5fde8deda 100644
--- a/contrib/mainnet/zetacored/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/mainnet/zetacored/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ services:
       DAEMON_HOME: "/root/.zetacored"
       NETWORK: mainnet
       #RESTORE_TYPE=snapshot/snapshot-archive/statesync
-      RESTORE_TYPE: "statesync"
+      RESTORE_TYPE: "snapshot"
       SNAPSHOT_API: https://snapshots.zetachain.com
       TRUST_HEIGHT_DIFFERENCE_STATE_SYNC: 40000
-      COSMOVISOR_VERSION: "v1.5.0"
       CHAIN_ID: "zetachain_7000-1"
-      COSMOVISOR_CHECKSUM: "626dfc58c266b85f84a7ed8e2fe0e2346c15be98cfb9f9b88576ba899ed78cdc"
       VISOR_NAME: "cosmovisor"
       DAEMON_NAME: "zetacored"
       DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES: "false"