diff --git a/.github/tests/external-l1/ethereum.yaml b/.github/tests/external-l1/ethereum.yaml
index f098a522..a268d6ea 100644
--- a/.github/tests/external-l1/ethereum.yaml
+++ b/.github/tests/external-l1/ethereum.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
+participants:
+  - el_type: geth
+    cl_type: teku
 network_params:
-    preset: minimal
-    genesis_delay: 5
-    additional_preloaded_contracts: '
-      {
-        "0x4e59b44847b379578588920cA78FbF26c0B4956C": {
-          "balance": "0ETH",
-          "code": "0x7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf3",
-          "storage": {},
-          "nonce": "1"
-        }
+  preset: minimal
+  genesis_delay: 5
+  additional_preloaded_contracts: '
+    {
+      "0x4e59b44847b379578588920cA78FbF26c0B4956C": {
+        "balance": "0ETH",
+        "code": "0x7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf3",
+        "storage": {},
+        "nonce": "1"
       }
-    '
+    }
+  '
diff --git a/.github/tests/external-l1/optimism.yaml b/.github/tests/external-l1/optimism.yaml
index 9aa8f8bf..1cfe78df 100644
--- a/.github/tests/external-l1/optimism.yaml
+++ b/.github/tests/external-l1/optimism.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 external_l1_network_params:
   network_id: "3151908"
   rpc_kind: standard
-  el_rpc_url: http://el-1-geth-lighthouse:8545
-  el_ws_url: ws://el-1-geth-lighthouse:8546
-  cl_rpc_url: http://cl-1-lighthouse-geth:4000
+  el_rpc_url: http://el-1-geth-teku:8545
+  el_ws_url: ws://el-1-geth-teku:8546
+  cl_rpc_url: http://cl-1-teku-geth:4000
   priv_key: "0xbcdf20249abf0ed6d944c0288fad489e33f66b3960d9e6229c1cd214ed3bbe31"
diff --git a/.github/tests/interop.yaml b/.github/tests/interop.yaml
index fcbded3c..1239d29a 100644
--- a/.github/tests/interop.yaml
+++ b/.github/tests/interop.yaml
@@ -22,16 +22,3 @@ optimism_package:
         holocene_time_offset: 0
         interop_time_offset: 0
         fund_dev_accounts: true
-ethereum_package:
-  network_params:
-    preset: minimal
-    genesis_delay: 5
-    additional_preloaded_contracts: |
-      {
-        "0x4e59b44847b379578588920cA78FbF26c0B4956C": {
-          "balance": "0ETH",
-          "code": "0x7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf3",
-          "storage": {},
-          "nonce": "1"
-        }
-      }
diff --git a/.github/tests/single_l2.yaml b/.github/tests/single_l2.yaml
index 4ba8c491..3d10586c 100644
--- a/.github/tests/single_l2.yaml
+++ b/.github/tests/single_l2.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@ optimism_package:
   chains:
     - participants:
         - count: 2
-ethereum_package:
-  participants:
-  - el_type: geth
-    cl_type: teku
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index d6b27a96..7d982536 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Nightly test Workflow
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 2 * * *" # This schedules the workflow to run at 02:00 UTC every day
+    - cron: "0 2 * * *" # Runs at 02:00 UTC daily
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ jobs:
       - id: set-matrix
         # List all yaml files in the .github/tests directory, except for the k8s.yaml file
         run: echo "matrix=$(ls ./.github/tests/*.yaml | grep -vE 'k8s.yaml$' | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n")[:-1]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   run_with_args:
     needs: list-yamls
     strategy:
       matrix:
-          file_name: ${{ fromJson(needs.list-yamls.outputs.matrix) }}
+        file_name: ${{ fromJson(needs.list-yamls.outputs.matrix) }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true  # Prevent the whole job from failing due to one test failure
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -33,12 +35,14 @@ jobs:
           kurtosis analytics disable
 
       - name: Run Starlark
+        id: test_execution
         run: |
           if [ "${{ matrix.file_name }}" != "./.github/tests/mix-with-tools-mev.yaml" ]; then
-            kurtosis run ${{ github.workspace }} --verbosity detailed --args-file ${{ matrix.file_name }}
+            kurtosis run ${{ github.workspace }} --verbosity detailed --args-file ${{ matrix.file_name }} || echo "TEST_FAILED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
             echo "Skipping ./.github/tests/mix-with-tools-mev.yaml"
           fi
+        continue-on-error: true  # Don't fail the entire job
 
       - name: Check if Discord Webhook is Set
         id: check_discord_webhook
@@ -57,10 +61,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
         with:
-          args: "The nightly test for ${{matrix.file_name}} on optimism-package has failed find it here ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+          args: "The nightly test for ${{ matrix.file_name }} on optimism-package has failed. Find it here: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
 
   run_with_external_l1_args:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true  # Ensure failure here doesn't stop other jobs
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -71,10 +76,10 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt install kurtosis-cli
           kurtosis analytics disable
-      
+
       - name: Deploy L1
         run: kurtosis run --enclave test --args-file ./.github/tests/external-l1/ethereum.yaml github.com/ethpandaops/ethereum-package
-      
+
       - name: Run Starlark
         run: |
           kurtosis run --enclave test --verbosity detailed --args-file ./.github/tests/external-l1/optimism.yaml ${{ github.workspace }}
diff --git a/main.star b/main.star
index a6468eae..acc5ae6f 100644
--- a/main.star
+++ b/main.star
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ethereum_package_static_files = import_module(
 )
 
 
-def run(plan, args):
+def run(plan, args={}):
     """Deploy Optimism L2s on an Ethereum L1.
 
     Args:
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ def run(plan, args):
 
     # need to do a raw get here in case only optimism_package is provided.
     # .get will return None if the key is in the config with a None value.
-    optimism_args = (
-        args.get("optimism_package") or input_parser.default_optimism_params()
-    )
+    optimism_args = args.get("optimism_package") or {}
     optimism_args_with_right_defaults = input_parser.input_parser(plan, optimism_args)
     global_tolerations = optimism_args_with_right_defaults.global_tolerations
     global_node_selectors = optimism_args_with_right_defaults.global_node_selectors
diff --git a/src/cl/hildr/hildr_launcher.star b/src/cl/hildr/hildr_launcher.star
index 972891a4..989599c9 100644
--- a/src/cl/hildr/hildr_launcher.star
+++ b/src/cl/hildr/hildr_launcher.star
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def get_beacon_config(
 
     cmd = [
         "--devnet",
-        "--log.level=" + log_level,
+        "--log-level=" + log_level,
         "--jwt-file=" + ethereum_package_constants.JWT_MOUNT_PATH_ON_CONTAINER,
         "--l1-beacon-url={0}".format(l1_config_env_vars["CL_RPC_URL"]),
         "--l1-rpc-url={0}".format(l1_config_env_vars["L1_RPC_URL"]),