diff --git a/.changeset/many-wombats-hear.md b/.changeset/many-wombats-hear.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c119aee4115fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/many-wombats-hear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@eth-optimism/batch-submitter": patch
+---
+
+properly start the batch submitter instead of instantly exiting
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/exec/run-batch-submitter.js b/packages/batch-submitter/exec/run-batch-submitter.js
index bb220726456a0..1f0af7c5af038 100755
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/exec/run-batch-submitter.js
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/exec/run-batch-submitter.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-console.log(process.env.npm_package_version);
-process.exit(1)
-
 const batchSubmitter = require("../dist/src/exec/run-batch-submitter")
 
 batchSubmitter.run()