diff --git a/src/cl/cl_launcher.star b/src/cl/cl_launcher.star
index 3e2c04003..a634ea559 100644
--- a/src/cl/cl_launcher.star
+++ b/src/cl/cl_launcher.star
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ def launch(
                 "node_selectors": node_selectors,
                 "get_cl_context": get_cl_context,
                 "get_blobber_config": get_blobber_config,
+                "participant_index": index,
             }
 
     # add rest of cl's in parallel to speed package execution
@@ -280,11 +281,15 @@ def launch(
     if len(cl_service_configs) > 0:
         cl_services = plan.add_services(cl_service_configs)
 
+    # Create CL contexts ordered by participant index
+    cl_contexts_temp = {}
+    blobber_configs_temp = {}
     for beacon_service_name, beacon_service in cl_services.items():
         info = cl_participant_info[beacon_service_name]
         get_cl_context = info["get_cl_context"]
         get_blobber_config = info["get_blobber_config"]
         participant = info["participant"]
+        participant_index = info["participant_index"]
 
         cl_context = get_cl_context(
             plan,
@@ -305,12 +310,10 @@ def launch(
             info["node_selectors"],
         )
         if blobber_config != None:
-            blobber_configs_with_contexts.append(
-                struct(
-                    cl_context=cl_context,
-                    blobber_config=blobber_config,
-                    participant=participant,
-                )
+            blobber_configs_temp[participant_index] = struct(
+                cl_context=cl_context,
+                blobber_config=blobber_config,
+                participant=participant,
             )
 
         # Add participant cl additional prometheus labels
@@ -318,7 +321,14 @@ def launch(
             if metrics_info != None:
                 metrics_info["config"] = participant.prometheus_config
 
-        all_cl_contexts.append(cl_context)
+        cl_contexts_temp[participant_index] = cl_context
+
+    # Add remaining CL contexts in participant order (skipping index 0 which was added earlier)
+    for i in range(1, len(args_with_right_defaults.participants)):
+        if i in cl_contexts_temp:
+            all_cl_contexts.append(cl_contexts_temp[i])
+            if i in blobber_configs_temp:
+                blobber_configs_with_contexts.append(blobber_configs_temp[i])
 
     return (
         all_cl_contexts,
diff --git a/src/el/el_launcher.star b/src/el/el_launcher.star
index 7561b9baf..0638e193b 100644
--- a/src/el/el_launcher.star
+++ b/src/el/el_launcher.star
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ def launch(
             el_participant_info[el_service_name] = {
                 "client_name": el_type,
                 "supernode": participant.supernode,
+                "participant_index": index,
+                "participant": participant,
             }
 
     # add remainder of el's in parallel to speed package execution
@@ -192,9 +194,12 @@ def launch(
     if len(el_service_configs) > 0:
         el_services = plan.add_services(el_service_configs)
 
-    # Create contexts for each service
+    # Create contexts ordered by participant index
+    el_contexts_temp = {}
     for el_service_name, el_service in el_services.items():
         el_type = el_participant_info[el_service_name]["client_name"]
+        participant_index = el_participant_info[el_service_name]["participant_index"]
+        participant = el_participant_info[el_service_name]["participant"]
         get_el_context = el_launchers[el_type]["get_el_context"]
 
         el_context = get_el_context(
@@ -209,7 +214,12 @@ def launch(
             if metrics_info != None:
                 metrics_info["config"] = participant.prometheus_config
 
-        all_el_contexts.append(el_context)
+        el_contexts_temp[participant_index] = el_context
+
+    # Add remaining EL contexts in participant order (skipping index 0 which was added earlier)
+    for i in range(1, len(participants)):
+        if i in el_contexts_temp:
+            all_el_contexts.append(el_contexts_temp[i])
 
     plan.print("Successfully added {0} EL participants".format(num_participants))
     return all_el_contexts
diff --git a/src/participant_network.star b/src/participant_network.star
index 20c60b72e..3b73f52b3 100644
--- a/src/participant_network.star
+++ b/src/participant_network.star
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ def launch_participant_network(
         vc_service_configs[service_name] = vc_service_config
         vc_service_info[service_name] = {
             "client_name": vc_type,
+            "participant_index": index,
         }
         current_vc_index += 1
 
@@ -486,7 +487,8 @@ def launch_participant_network(
     if len(vc_service_configs) > 0:
         vc_services = plan.add_services(vc_service_configs)
 
-    all_vc_contexts = []
+    # Create VC contexts ordered by participant index
+    vc_contexts_temp = {}
     for vc_service_name, vc_service in vc_services.items():
         vc_context = vc.get_vc_context(
             plan,
@@ -495,10 +497,21 @@ def launch_participant_network(
             vc_service_info[vc_service_name]["client_name"],
         )
 
+        participant_index = vc_service_info[vc_service_name]["participant_index"]
         if vc_context and vc_context.metrics_info:
-            vc_context.metrics_info["config"] = participant.prometheus_config
+            vc_context.metrics_info["config"] = args_with_right_defaults.participants[
+                participant_index
+            ].prometheus_config
+
+        vc_contexts_temp[participant_index] = vc_context
 
-        all_vc_contexts.append(vc_context)
+    # Convert to ordered list
+    all_vc_contexts = []
+    for i in range(len(args_with_right_defaults.participants)):
+        if i in vc_contexts_temp:
+            all_vc_contexts.append(vc_contexts_temp[i])
+        else:
+            all_vc_contexts.append(None)
 
     all_participants = []
     for index, participant in enumerate(args_with_right_defaults.participants):