diff --git a/main.star b/main.star
index 669cfb571..6370ec20e 100644
--- a/main.star
+++ b/main.star
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ def run(plan, args={}):
                 dora_config_template,
                 all_participants,
                 args_with_right_defaults.participants,
-                el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid,
                 network_params,
                 dora_params,
                 global_node_selectors,
diff --git a/src/dora/dora_launcher.star b/src/dora/dora_launcher.star
index 34b9f1c70..1756f6a8d 100644
--- a/src/dora/dora_launcher.star
+++ b/src/dora/dora_launcher.star
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def launch_dora(
     config_template,
     participant_contexts,
     participant_configs,
-    el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid,
     network_params,
     dora_params,
     global_node_selectors,
@@ -89,10 +88,8 @@ def launch_dora(
     config_files_artifact_name = plan.render_templates(
         template_and_data_by_rel_dest_filepath, "dora-config"
     )
-    el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid = el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid
     config = get_config(
         config_files_artifact_name,
-        el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid,
         network_params,
         dora_params,
         global_node_selectors,
@@ -105,7 +102,6 @@ def launch_dora(
 
 def get_config(
     config_files_artifact_name,
-    el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid,
     network_params,
     dora_params,
     node_selectors,
@@ -126,8 +122,6 @@ def get_config(
 
     if dora_params.image != "":
         IMAGE_NAME = dora_params.image
-    elif network_params.electra_fork_epoch < 100000000:
-        IMAGE_NAME = "ethpandaops/dora:electra-support"
     else:
         IMAGE_NAME = "ethpandaops/dora:latest"
 
@@ -138,7 +132,6 @@ def get_config(
         files={
             DORA_CONFIG_MOUNT_DIRPATH_ON_SERVICE: config_files_artifact_name,
             VALIDATOR_RANGES_MOUNT_DIRPATH_ON_SERVICE: VALIDATOR_RANGES_ARTIFACT_NAME,
-            constants.GENESIS_DATA_MOUNTPOINT_ON_CLIENTS: el_cl_data_files_artifact_uuid,
         },
         cmd=["-config", config_file_path],
         env_vars=dora_params.env,
diff --git a/static_files/dora-config/config.yaml.tmpl b/static_files/dora-config/config.yaml.tmpl
index b10ff09aa..e8e0c8e02 100644
--- a/static_files/dora-config/config.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/static_files/dora-config/config.yaml.tmpl
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ logging:
 
 # Chain network configuration
 chain:
-  name: {{ .Network }}
-{{ if not .PublicNetwork }}
-  configPath: "/network-configs/config.yaml"
-{{ end }}
   displayName: "{{ .Network }}"
 
 # HTTP Server configuration
@@ -60,15 +56,21 @@ indexer:
   # max number of epochs to keep in memory
   inMemoryEpochs: 8
 
-  # number of epochs to wait before storing unfinalized blocks to db
-  cachePersistenceDelay: 8
+  # disable synchronizing historic data
+  disableSynchronizer: false
 
-  # disable synchronizing and everything that writes to the db (indexer just maintains local cache)
-  disableIndexWriter: false
+  # reset synchronization state to this epoch on startup - only use to resync database, comment out afterwards
+  #resyncFromEpoch: 0
 
-  # number of seconds to wait between each epoch (don't overload CL client)
+  # force re-synchronization of epochs that are already present in DB - only use to fix missing data after schema upgrades
+  #resyncForceUpdate: true
+
+  # number of seconds to pause the synchronization between each epoch (don't overload CL client)
   syncEpochCooldown: 1
 
+  # maximum number of parallel beacon state requests (might cause high memory usage)
+  maxParallelValidatorSetRequests: 2
+
 mevIndexer:
   # list of mev relays to crawl mev blocks from
   relays: {{ if not .MEVRelayInfo }}[]{{ end }}