diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 329f3271e148..9ce33fa77029 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ revm-inspectors = { git = "https://github.com/telosnetwork/telos-evm-inspectors"
 
 # eth
 alloy-chains = { version = "0.1", feature = ["serde", "rlp", "arbitrary"] }
-alloy-primitives = "0.6"
+alloy-primitives = { version = "0.6", feature = ["serde"] }
 alloy-dyn-abi = "0.6"
 alloy-sol-types = "0.6"
 alloy-rlp = "0.3"
diff --git a/crates/telos/src/lib.rs b/crates/telos/src/lib.rs
index 71f0bc8cc3e7..bb3dce4f987d 100644
--- a/crates/telos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/telos/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,30 +31,6 @@ pub struct TelosNetworkConfig {
     pub gas_cache: GasPriceCache,
 }
 
-pub fn deserialize_u256<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<U256, D::Error>
-where
-    D: Deserializer<'de>,
-{
-    struct U256Visitor;
-
-    impl<'de> serde::de::Visitor<'de> for U256Visitor {
-        type Value = U256;
-
-        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-            formatter.write_str("a hex string representing a U256 value")
-        }
-
-        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
-        where
-            E: serde::de::Error,
-        {
-            Ok(U256::from_str_radix(v, 16).unwrap())
-        }
-    }
-
-    deserializer.deserialize_str(U256Visitor)
-}
-
 // Telos EVM Account Table Row
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "ssz", derive(ssz_derive::Encode, ssz_derive::Decode))]
@@ -63,7 +39,6 @@ pub struct TelosAccountTableRow {
     pub account: String,
     pub nonce: u64,
     pub code: Bytes,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_u256")]
     pub balance: U256
 }
 
@@ -72,9 +47,7 @@ pub struct TelosAccountTableRow {
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "ssz", derive(ssz_derive::Encode, ssz_derive::Decode))]
 pub struct TelosAccountStateTableRow {
     pub address: Address,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_u256")]
     pub key: U256,
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_u256")]
     pub value: U256
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-dev.sh b/scripts/build-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..347985fbb6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+INSTALL_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )"
+OG_DIR="$(pwd)"
+cd $INSTALL_ROOT
+cargo build --features telos
+cd $OG_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/run-dev.sh b/scripts/run-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b3134c3303b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+INSTALL_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )"
+OG_DIR="$(pwd)"
+cd $INSTALL_ROOT
+
+LOG_NAME="$(basename $INSTALL_ROOT)"
+LOG_PATH="$INSTALL_ROOT/$LOG_NAME.log"
+
+CLIENT_BIN="$INSTALL_ROOT/target/debug/reth"
+
+export RUST_BACKTRACE=full
+
+$CLIENT_BIN node --log.stdout.filter info \
+                       --dev \
+                       --datadir $INSTALL_ROOT/data \
+                       --chain tevmmainnet-base \
+                       --config $INSTALL_ROOT/config.toml \
+                       --http --http.api all \
+                       --ws --ws.api all \
+                       --telos.telos_endpoint https://mainnet.telos.net \
+                       --telos.signer_account rpc.evm \
+                       --telos.signer_permission rpc \
+                       --telos.signer_key 5Hq1FmDPfxxxxxxxxxxxxxxynBtJ6oS5C7LfZE5MMyZeRJ \
+                       --telos.gas_cache_seconds 30 \
+                       "$@"
+
+cd $OG_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/start-dev.sh b/scripts/start-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..bef16268ce91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+INSTALL_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )"
+OG_DIR="$(pwd)"
+cd $INSTALL_ROOT
+
+LOG_NAME="$(basename $INSTALL_ROOT)"
+LOG_PATH="$INSTALL_ROOT/$LOG_NAME.log"
+
+CLIENT_BIN="$INSTALL_ROOT/target/debug/reth"
+
+export RUST_BACKTRACE=full
+
+nohup $CLIENT_BIN node --log.stdout.filter info \
+                       --dev \
+                       --datadir $INSTALL_ROOT/data \
+                       --chain tevmmainnet-base \
+                       --config $INSTALL_ROOT/config.toml \
+                       --http --http.api all \
+                       --ws --ws.api all \
+                       --telos.telos_endpoint https://mainnet.telos.net \
+                       --telos.signer_account rpc.evm \
+                       --telos.signer_permission rpc \
+                       --telos.signer_key 5Hq1FmDPfxxxxxxxxxxxxxxynBtJ6oS5C7LfZE5MMyZeRJ \
+                       --telos.gas_cache_seconds 30 \
+                       "$@" >> "$LOG_PATH" 2>&1 &
+
+PID="$!"
+echo "telos-reth started with pid $PID logging to $LOG_PATH"
+echo $PID > $INSTALL_ROOT/telos-reth.pid
+cd $OG_DIR
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index d3dbfac556fc..b92bbecf2729 100755
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ LOG_PATH="$INSTALL_ROOT/$LOG_NAME.log"
 
 CLIENT_BIN="$INSTALL_ROOT/target/release/reth"
 
+export RUST_BACKTRACE=full
+
 nohup $CLIENT_BIN node --log.stdout.filter info \
                        --dev \
                        --datadir $INSTALL_ROOT/data \
@@ -26,4 +28,4 @@ nohup $CLIENT_BIN node --log.stdout.filter info \
 PID="$!"
 echo "telos-reth started with pid $PID logging to $LOG_PATH"
 echo $PID > $INSTALL_ROOT/telos-reth.pid
-cd $OG_DIR
\ No newline at end of file
+cd $OG_DIR