diff --git a/run-testnet-sentry.sh b/run-testnet-sentry.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1255c9f65..74344acb3
--- a/run-testnet-sentry.sh
+++ b/run-testnet-sentry.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#script for sentry entrypoint
+set -exu
+
 GETH_DATA_DIR="${GETH_DATA_DIR:-/data/morphism/setup/geth-data}"
 JWT_SECRET_PATH="${JWT_SECRET_PATH:-/data/morphism/setup/jwt-secret.txt}"
 DEFAULE_MINER_ETHERBASE="0x0e87cd091e091562F25CB1cf4641065dA2C049F5"
@@ -36,4 +40,4 @@ COMMAND="geth \
 --mine \
 --miner.etherbase=$MINER_ETHERBASE $optional_bootnodes"
 
-nohup $COMMAND > $GETH_LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
+$COMMAND
diff --git a/run-testnet.sh b/run-testnet-sequencer.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 94%
rename from run-testnet.sh
rename to run-testnet-sequencer.sh
index fb3ff3c22..78310dabb
--- a/run-testnet.sh
+++ b/run-testnet-sequencer.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#script for sequencer entrypoint
+set -exu
+
 GETH_DATA_DIR="${GETH_DATA_DIR:-/data/morphism/setup/geth-data}"
 JWT_SECRET_PATH="${JWT_SECRET_PATH:-/data/morphism/setup/jwt-secret.txt}"
 DEFAULE_MINER_ETHERBASE="0x0e87cd091e091562F25CB1cf4641065dA2C049F5"
@@ -36,4 +40,4 @@ COMMAND="geth \
 --mine \
 --miner.etherbase=$MINER_ETHERBASE $optional_bootnodes"
 
-nohup $COMMAND > $GETH_LOG_FILE 2>&1 &
+$COMMAND
diff --git a/run-testnet-validator.sh b/run-testnet-validator.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fc79f69c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-testnet-validator.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#script for validator entrypoint
+set -exu
+
+GETH_DATA_DIR="${GETH_DATA_DIR:-/data/morphism/setup/geth-data}"
+JWT_SECRET_PATH="${JWT_SECRET_PATH:-/data/morphism/setup/jwt-secret.txt}"
+DEFAULE_MINER_ETHERBASE="0x0e87cd091e091562F25CB1cf4641065dA2C049F5"
+CHAIN_ID="${CHAIN_ID:-2710}"
+GETH_LOG_FILE="${GETH_LOG_FILE:-/data/logs/geth.log}"
+
+if [[ -z "$MINER_ETHERBASE" ]]; then
+  # the environment variable is missing, set a default value
+  MINER_ETHERBASE=$DEFAULE_MINER_ETHERBASE
+fi
+
+optional_bootnodes=${BOOT_NODES:+"--bootnodes=$BOOT_NODES"}
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2125
+COMMAND="geth \
+--datadir="$GETH_DATA_DIR" \
+--verbosity=3 \
+--http \
+--http.corsdomain="*" \
+--http.vhosts="*" \
+--http.addr=0.0.0.0 \
+--http.port=8545 \
+--http.api=web3,eth,txpool,net,engine \
+--ws \
+--ws.addr=0.0.0.0 \
+--ws.port=8546 \
+--ws.origins="*" \
+--ws.api=web3,eth,txpool,net,engine \
+--networkid=$CHAIN_ID \
+--authrpc.addr="0.0.0.0" \
+--authrpc.port="8551" \
+--authrpc.vhosts="*" \
+--authrpc.jwtsecret=$JWT_SECRET_PATH \
+--gcmode=archive \
+--metrics \
+--mine \
+--miner.etherbase=$MINER_ETHERBASE $optional_bootnodes"
+
+$COMMAND