diff --git a/op-challenger/game/fault/register.go b/op-challenger/game/fault/register.go
index de1247b608e82..d52725dd62720 100644
--- a/op-challenger/game/fault/register.go
+++ b/op-challenger/game/fault/register.go
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ func registerAsterisc(
 		}
 		prestateProvider := outputs.NewPrestateProvider(rollupClient, prestateBlock)
 		creator := func(ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, gameDepth faultTypes.Depth, dir string) (faultTypes.TraceAccessor, error) {
-			accessor, err := outputs.NewOutputAsteriscTraceAccessor(logger, m, cfg, l2Client, prestateProvider, rollupClient, dir, l1HeadID, splitDepth, prestateBlock, poststateBlock)
+			asteriscPrestate, err := prestateSource.PrestatePath(requiredPrestatehash)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get asterisc prestate: %w", err)
+			}
+			accessor, err := outputs.NewOutputAsteriscTraceAccessor(logger, m, cfg, l2Client, prestateProvider, asteriscPrestate, rollupClient, dir, l1HeadID, splitDepth, prestateBlock, poststateBlock)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor.go b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor.go
index 4bfe3737a8958..b84d5e444568a 100644
--- a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor.go
+++ b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type Executor struct {
 	cmdExecutor      utils.CmdExecutor
 }
 
-func NewExecutor(logger log.Logger, m AsteriscMetricer, cfg *config.Config, inputs utils.LocalGameInputs) *Executor {
+func NewExecutor(logger log.Logger, m AsteriscMetricer, cfg *config.Config, prestate string, inputs utils.LocalGameInputs) *Executor {
 	return &Executor{
 		logger:           logger,
 		metrics:          m,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func NewExecutor(logger log.Logger, m AsteriscMetricer, cfg *config.Config, inpu
 		network:          cfg.AsteriscNetwork,
 		rollupConfig:     cfg.AsteriscRollupConfigPath,
 		l2Genesis:        cfg.AsteriscL2GenesisPath,
-		absolutePreState: cfg.AsteriscAbsolutePreState,
+		absolutePreState: prestate,
 		snapshotFreq:     cfg.AsteriscSnapshotFreq,
 		infoFreq:         cfg.AsteriscInfoFreq,
 		selectSnapshot:   utils.FindStartingSnapshot,
diff --git a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor_test.go b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor_test.go
index 93e6a68fde8cd..7ce44f3043751 100644
--- a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor_test.go
+++ b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/executor_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestGenerateProof(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "gameDir")
 	cfg := config.NewConfig(common.Address{0xbb}, "http://localhost:8888", "http://localhost:9000", "http://localhost:9096", "http://localhost:9095", tempDir, config.TraceTypeAsterisc)
 	cfg.L2Rpc = "http://localhost:9999"
-	cfg.AsteriscAbsolutePreState = "pre.json"
+	prestate := "pre.json"
 	cfg.AsteriscBin = "./bin/asterisc"
 	cfg.AsteriscServer = "./bin/op-program"
 	cfg.AsteriscSnapshotFreq = 500
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestGenerateProof(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	captureExec := func(t *testing.T, cfg config.Config, proofAt uint64) (string, string, map[string]string) {
 		m := &asteriscDurationMetrics{}
-		executor := NewExecutor(testlog.Logger(t, log.LevelInfo), m, &cfg, inputs)
+		executor := NewExecutor(testlog.Logger(t, log.LevelInfo), m, &cfg, prestate, inputs)
 		executor.selectSnapshot = func(logger log.Logger, dir string, absolutePreState string, i uint64) (string, error) {
 			return input, nil
 		}
diff --git a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/provider.go b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/provider.go
index 40fd1720abd3a..cc64ff6547194 100644
--- a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/provider.go
+++ b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/asterisc/provider.go
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ type AsteriscTraceProvider struct {
 	lastStep uint64
 }
 
-func NewTraceProvider(logger log.Logger, m AsteriscMetricer, cfg *config.Config, prestateProvider types.PrestateProvider, localInputs utils.LocalGameInputs, dir string, gameDepth types.Depth) *AsteriscTraceProvider {
+func NewTraceProvider(logger log.Logger, m AsteriscMetricer, cfg *config.Config, prestateProvider types.PrestateProvider, asteriscPrestate string, localInputs utils.LocalGameInputs, dir string, gameDepth types.Depth) *AsteriscTraceProvider {
 	return &AsteriscTraceProvider{
 		logger:           logger,
 		dir:              dir,
-		prestate:         cfg.AsteriscAbsolutePreState,
-		generator:        NewExecutor(logger, m, cfg, localInputs),
+		prestate:         asteriscPrestate,
+		generator:        NewExecutor(logger, m, cfg, asteriscPrestate, localInputs),
 		gameDepth:        gameDepth,
 		preimageLoader:   utils.NewPreimageLoader(kvstore.NewDiskKV(utils.PreimageDir(dir)).Get),
 		PrestateProvider: prestateProvider,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func NewTraceProviderForTest(logger log.Logger, m AsteriscMetricer, cfg *config.
 		logger:         logger,
 		dir:            dir,
 		prestate:       cfg.AsteriscAbsolutePreState,
-		generator:      NewExecutor(logger, m, cfg, localInputs),
+		generator:      NewExecutor(logger, m, cfg, cfg.AsteriscNetwork, localInputs),
 		gameDepth:      gameDepth,
 		preimageLoader: utils.NewPreimageLoader(kvstore.NewDiskKV(utils.PreimageDir(dir)).Get),
 	}
diff --git a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/outputs/output_asterisc.go b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/outputs/output_asterisc.go
index 45aa94a794692..a6bbf39e7288f 100644
--- a/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/outputs/output_asterisc.go
+++ b/op-challenger/game/fault/trace/outputs/output_asterisc.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func NewOutputAsteriscTraceAccessor(
 	cfg *config.Config,
 	l2Client utils.L2HeaderSource,
 	prestateProvider types.PrestateProvider,
+	asteriscPrestate string,
 	rollupClient OutputRollupClient,
 	dir string,
 	l1Head eth.BlockID,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func NewOutputAsteriscTraceAccessor(
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch asterisc local inputs: %w", err)
 		}
-		provider := asterisc.NewTraceProvider(logger, m, cfg, prestateProvider, localInputs, subdir, depth)
+		provider := asterisc.NewTraceProvider(logger, m, cfg, prestateProvider, asteriscPrestate, localInputs, subdir, depth)
 		return provider, nil
 	}