diff --git a/zkvm/src/lib.rs b/zkvm/src/lib.rs
index dc84f527..3882352a 100644
--- a/zkvm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/zkvm/src/lib.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ pub fn zkvm_prove_only(
     task: &str,
     suite_json: &String,
     bootloader_input: Vec<GoldilocksField>,
+    start_of_shutdown_routine: u64,
     i: usize,
     output_path: &str,
 ) -> Result<()> {
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ pub fn zkvm_prove_only(
         pipeline.clone(),
         generate_witness_and_prove,
         bootloader_input,
+        start_of_shutdown_routine,
         i,
     )
     .unwrap();
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ pub fn rust_continuation<F: FieldElement, PipelineCallback, E>(
     mut pipeline: Pipeline<F>,
     pipeline_callback: PipelineCallback,
     bootloader_inputs: Vec<F>,
+    start_of_shutdown_routine: u64,
     i: usize,
 ) -> Result<(), E>
 where
@@ -266,13 +269,24 @@ where
     // in which case this will be a no-op.
     pipeline.compute_fixed_cols().unwrap();
 
+    // we can assume optimized_pil has been computed
+    let length = pipeline.compute_optimized_pil().unwrap().degree();
+
     log::info!("\nRunning chunk {}...", i + 1);
     let name = format!("{}_chunk_{}", pipeline.name(), i);
     let pipeline = pipeline.with_name(name);
-    let pipeline = pipeline.add_external_witness_values(vec![(
-        "main.bootloader_input_value".to_string(),
-        bootloader_inputs,
-    )]);
+
+    let jump_to_shutdown_routine = (0..length)
+        .map(|i| (i == start_of_shutdown_routine - 1).into())
+        .collect();
+
+    let pipeline = pipeline.add_external_witness_values(vec![
+        ("main.bootloader_input_value".to_string(), bootloader_inputs),
+        (
+            "main.jump_to_shutdown_routine".to_string(),
+            jump_to_shutdown_routine,
+        ),
+    ]);
     pipeline_callback(pipeline)?;
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -289,7 +303,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_zkvm_prove() {
         env_logger::try_init().unwrap_or_default();
         //let test_file = "test-vectors/blockInfo.json";
-        let test_file = "test-vectors/solidityExample.json";
+        let test_file = "test-vectors/reth.block.json";
         let suite_json = fs::read_to_string(test_file).unwrap();
 
         zkvm_execute_and_prove("evm", suite_json, "/tmp/test_evm").unwrap();
@@ -328,6 +342,8 @@ mod tests {
             .zip(&bi_files)
             .for_each(|(data, filename)| {
                 let mut f = fs::File::create(filename).unwrap();
+                // write the start_of_shutdown_routine
+                f.write_all(&data.1.to_le_bytes()).unwrap();
                 for d in &data.0 {
                     f.write_all(&d.to_bytes_le()[0..8]).unwrap();
                 }
@@ -339,6 +355,11 @@ mod tests {
             let metadata = fs::metadata(filename).unwrap();
             let file_size = metadata.len() as usize;
             assert!(file_size % 8 == 0);
+            // read the start_of_shutdown_routine
+            let mut buffer = [0u8; 8];
+            f.read_exact(&mut buffer).unwrap();
+            let start_of_shutdown_routine: u64 = u64::from_le_bytes(buffer);
+
             let mut buffer = vec![0; file_size];
             f.read_exact(&mut buffer).unwrap();
             let mut bi = vec![GoldilocksField::zero(); file_size / 8];
@@ -346,7 +367,15 @@ mod tests {
                 *out = GoldilocksField::from_bytes_le(bin);
             });
 
-            zkvm_prove_only(task, &suite_json, bi, i, output_path).unwrap();
+            zkvm_prove_only(
+                task,
+                &suite_json,
+                bi,
+                start_of_shutdown_routine,
+                i,
+                output_path,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/zkvm/test-vectors/reth.block.json b/zkvm/test-vectors/reth.block.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6492cde7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zkvm/test-vectors/reth.block.json
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+{
+  "_info": null,
+  "chain_id": 12345,
+  "env": {
+    "currentCoinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "currentDifficulty": "0x2",
+    "currentGasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
+    "currentNumber": "0x1",
+    "currentTimestamp": "0x6611201e",
+    "currentBaseFee": "0x342770c0",
+    "previousHash": "0x342c4358e0b7a7e5f040a3bdda3a51d21416c4a6cdff209379e1454d22b72faf",
+    "currentRandom": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "currentBeaconRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "currentWithdrawalsRoot": null,
+    "parentBlobGasUsed": "0x5208",
+    "parentExcessBlobGas": "0x5208"
+  },
+  "pre": {
+    "0x540ea708597d8e46cb33be43139452d8c9583686": {
+      "balance": "0x4a47e3c12448f4ad000000",
+      "code": "0x",
+      "nonce": "0x0",
+      "storage": {}
+    },
+    "0x6831fb06762332dca543c0f2b5795692d896e3d4": {
+      "balance": "0x4a47e3c12448f4ad000000",
+      "code": "0x",
+      "nonce": "0x0",
+      "storage": {}
+    },
+    "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000": {
+      "balance": "0x0",
+      "code": "0x",
+      "nonce": "0x0",
+      "storage": {}
+    }
+  },
+  "post": {
+    "Shanghai": [
+      {
+        "expectException": null,
+        "indexes": {
+          "data": 0,
+          "gas": 0,
+          "value": 0
+        },
+        "hash": "0xebd0f311f8f057157864244e8e7ec6e8d5b29b2c5e8f07a93d456535e49897cb",
+        "postState": {
+          "0x540ea708597d8e46cb33be43139452d8c9583686": {
+            "balance": "0x4a47e3bfc0b979b77e0a00",
+            "code": "0x",
+            "nonce": "0x1",
+            "storage": {}
+          },
+          "0x6831fb06762332dca543c0f2b5795692d896e3d4": {
+            "balance": "0x4a47e3c2878e6d0a8a0000",
+            "code": "0x",
+            "nonce": "0x0",
+            "storage": {}
+          },
+          "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000": {
+            "balance": "0x394c549ef000",
+            "code": "0x00",
+            "nonce": "0x0",
+            "storage": {}
+          }
+        },
+        "logs": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+        "txbytes": "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"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "transaction": {
+    "data": [
+      "0x"
+    ],
+    "gasLimit": [
+      "0x1c9c380"
+    ],
+    "gasPrice": "0xe6f7cec0",
+    "nonce": "0x0",
+    "secretKey": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "sender": "0x540ea708597d8e46cb33be43139452d8c9583686",
+    "to": "0x6831fb06762332dca543c0f2b5795692d896e3d4",
+    "value": [
+      "0x16345785d8a0000"
+    ],
+    "maxFeePerGas": "0x12a05f200",
+    "maxPriorityFeePerGas": "0xb2d05e00",
+    "accessLists": [
+      []
+    ],
+    "blobVersionedHashes": [],
+    "maxFeePerBlobGas": null
+  },
+  "out": null
+}