diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 60637a8..6d0d2a3 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-###############################################################################
-# 1) Source .env if it exists
-###############################################################################
 load_env_file() {
   local env_file="$1"
   if [ -f "$env_file" ]; then
@@ -16,55 +13,51 @@ load_env_file() {
   fi
 }
 
-# Load .env from same directory as the script
 load_env_file "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/.env"
 
-###############################################################################
-# 2) Set defaults
-###############################################################################
 APP_NAME="mev-commit"
 ENVIRONMENT="${ENVIRONMENT:-production}"
-MEV_COMMIT_VERSION="${MEV_COMMIT_VERSION:-unknown}"
+MEV_COMMIT_VERSION="${MEV_COMMIT_VERSION:-latest}" 
 DOMAIN="${DOMAIN:-testnet.mev-commit.xyz}"
-AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE="${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE:-300000000000000000}"  # Default 0.3 ETH
+AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE="${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE:-300000000000000000}"
 BINARY_PATH="${BINARY_PATH:-/usr/local/bin/mev-commit}"
 ARTIFACTS_BASE_URL="https://github.com/primev/mev-commit/releases"
 RPC_URL="${RPC_URL:-wss://chainrpc-wss.${DOMAIN}}"
+API_URL="http://127.0.0.1:13523"
 
-# Logging
 LOG_FMT="${LOG_FMT:-json}"
 LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-info}"
 
-# For mev-commit >= v0.8.0, we must pass a file to --priv-key-file.
+
 # We'll use an in-memory file descriptor so the key never touches disk.
 PRIV_KEY_FD="/proc/self/fd/3"
 
+
 echo "Using RPC_URL=${RPC_URL}"
 
-###############################################################################
-# 3) (Optional) Download mev-commit if needed
-###############################################################################
 INSTALLED_VERSION=""
 if command -v "${BINARY_PATH}" &> /dev/null; then
   INSTALLED_VERSION=$("${BINARY_PATH}" --version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}')
   echo "Installed mev-commit version: ${INSTALLED_VERSION}"
 fi
 
-if [ "${MEV_COMMIT_VERSION}" = "unknown" ]; then
+
+if [ "${MEV_COMMIT_VERSION}" = "latest" ]; then
   LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -sIL -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} \
-    https://github.com/primev/mev-commit/releases/latest \
+    "${ARTIFACTS_BASE_URL}/latest" \
     | sed 's:.*/::' | sed 's/^v//')
   echo "Latest mev-commit version: ${LATEST_VERSION}"
 else
-  LATEST_VERSION=${MEV_COMMIT_VERSION}
+
+  LATEST_VERSION="${MEV_COMMIT_VERSION}"
   echo "Using mev-commit version: ${LATEST_VERSION}"
 fi
 
-# Download if not installed or if the version is out of date
 if [ -z "${INSTALLED_VERSION}" ] || [ "${INSTALLED_VERSION}" != "${LATEST_VERSION}" ]; then
   echo "Downloading mev-commit ${LATEST_VERSION}..."
   FILE="mev-commit_${LATEST_VERSION}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
   DOWNLOAD_URL="${ARTIFACTS_BASE_URL}/download/v${LATEST_VERSION}/${FILE}"
+
   TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 
   curl -sL "${DOWNLOAD_URL}" -o "${TEMP_DIR}/${FILE}"
@@ -81,11 +74,8 @@ else
   echo "Using existing mev-commit binary found at ${BINARY_PATH}"
 fi
 
-###############################################################################
-# 4) Print usage/info
-###############################################################################
 echo "**********************************************************************"
-echo "  Starting up the mev-commit Bidder Node (v0.8.0)                     "
+echo "  Starting up the mev-commit Bidder Node             "
 echo "**********************************************************************"
 echo ""
 echo "Configuration variables (current defaults):"
@@ -101,9 +91,6 @@ echo "You can set these in a .env file or pass CLI args. Example usage:"
 echo "  ./entrypoint.sh --private-key <HEXKEY> --auto-deposit 1000000000000000000"
 echo ""
 
-###############################################################################
-# 5) Parse CLI arguments
-###############################################################################
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
     --domain)
@@ -149,9 +136,6 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   esac
 done
 
-###############################################################################
-# 6) Ensure private key is set (prompt only if missing)
-###############################################################################
 if [ -z "${PRIVATE_KEY_BIDDER}" ]; then
   echo "No PRIVATE_KEY_BIDDER environment variable found."
   read -r -s -p "Enter your private key (hex, no 0x): " PRIVATE_KEY_BIDDER
@@ -163,28 +147,17 @@ if [ -z "${PRIVATE_KEY_BIDDER}" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-###############################################################################
-# 7) Decide on auto-deposit (skip prompt if AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE is already set)
-###############################################################################
-# If user didn't override AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE, ask if they want the default
+
 if [ "${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE}" = "300000000000000000" ]; then
-  # It's still the default. Confirm if user wants to override
   echo "Current auto-deposit: ${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE} (default 0.3 ETH)."
   read -r -p "Use the default auto-deposit value? (y/n): " USE_DEFAULT_DEPOSIT
   if [[ ! "${USE_DEFAULT_DEPOSIT,,}" =~ ^(y|yes)$ ]]; then
     read -r -p "Enter custom auto-deposit value (in Wei): " AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE
   fi
 else
-  # If the user specified a custom value in ENV or CLI, skip the prompt
   echo "Using auto-deposit value from environment: ${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE}"
 fi
 
-# For a bidder node, we enable auto-deposit by default
-AUTO_DEPOSIT_ENABLED="true"
-
-###############################################################################
-# 8) Fetch contract addresses from ${CONTRACTS_URL}
-###############################################################################
 BOOTNODE="/dnsaddr/bootnode.${DOMAIN}"
 CONTRACTS_URL="https://contracts.${DOMAIN}"
 
@@ -199,42 +172,23 @@ PROVIDER_REGISTRY_ADDR=$(echo "${contracts_json}" | jq -r '.ProviderRegistry')
 BLOCK_TRACKER_ADDR=$(echo "${contracts_json}" | jq -r '.BlockTracker')
 PRECONF_ADDR=$(echo "${contracts_json}" | jq -r '.PreconfManager')
 
-###############################################################################
-# 9) Build CLI flags for mev-commit 0.8.0
-###############################################################################
+
+
 FLAGS=(
   --peer-type "bidder"
-
-  # Settlement RPC (WebSocket)
   --settlement-ws-rpc-endpoint "${RPC_URL}"
-
-  # Logging
   --log-fmt "${LOG_FMT}"
   --log-level "${LOG_LEVEL}"
-
-  # Bootnodes
   --bootnodes "${BOOTNODE}"
-
-  # Key file is read from an in-memory FD
   --priv-key-file "${PRIV_KEY_FD}"
-
-  # Bidder-specific
   --bidder-bid-timeout "15s"
-
-  # Contracts
   --bidder-registry-contract "${BIDDER_REGISTRY_ADDR}"
   --provider-registry-contract "${PROVIDER_REGISTRY_ADDR}"
   --block-tracker-contract "${BLOCK_TRACKER_ADDR}"
   --preconf-contract "${PRECONF_ADDR}"
-
-  # Auto-deposit
-  --autodeposit-enabled="${AUTO_DEPOSIT_ENABLED}"
-  --autodeposit-amount "${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE}"
 )
 
-###############################################################################
-# 10) Start mev-commit without writing key to disk
-###############################################################################
+
 echo ""
 echo "Starting mev-commit with the following flags:"
 for f in "${FLAGS[@]}"; do
@@ -242,8 +196,55 @@ for f in "${FLAGS[@]}"; do
 done
 echo ""
 
-# We open a file descriptor (FD #3) containing the private key in memory.
-# mev-commit reads that FD as if it were a file, but nothing is written to disk.
 exec 3<<< "${PRIVATE_KEY_BIDDER}"
 
-exec "${BINARY_PATH}" "${FLAGS[@]}"
+"${BINARY_PATH}" "${FLAGS[@]}" &
+MEV_COMMIT_PID=$!
+
+wait_for_api() {
+  local url="$1"
+  local timeout=60
+  local start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+  echo "Waiting for mev-commit API to be ready at ${url}..."
+  while true; do
+    if curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "${url}/health" | grep -q "200"; then
+      echo "mev-commit API is ready."
+      return 0
+    fi
+
+    local current_time=$(date +%s)
+    local elapsed_time=$((current_time - start_time))
+    if (( elapsed_time >= timeout )); then
+      echo "Timeout reached, mev-commit API did not become ready."
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    sleep 1
+  done
+}
+
+if ! wait_for_api "${API_URL}"; then
+  echo "Failed to start mev-commit or API did not become ready."
+  kill "${MEV_COMMIT_PID}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Sending auto-deposit request..."
+AUTO_DEPOSIT_RESPONSE=$(
+  curl \
+    --silent \
+    --show-error \
+    --output /dev/null \
+    --write-out "%{http_code}" \
+    --request POST "${API_URL}/v1/bidder/auto_deposit/${AUTO_DEPOSIT_VALUE}"
+)
+
+if [ "${AUTO_DEPOSIT_RESPONSE}" -ne 200 ]; then
+  echo "Failed to send auto-deposit request, status code: ${AUTO_DEPOSIT_RESPONSE}"
+  kill "${MEV_COMMIT_PID}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Auto-deposit request sent successfully."
+
+wait "${MEV_COMMIT_PID}"
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