diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index f39a93890..8b7e71413 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ demo:
 
 # spin up the bolt devnet
 up:
-	kurtosis run --enclave bolt-devnet github.com/chainbound/ethereum-package --args-file ./scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
+	chmod +x ./scripts/start-devnet.sh
+	./scripts/start-devnet.sh
 
 # turn down the bolt devnet and remove the enclave
 down:
diff --git a/bolt-contracts/script/Counter.s.sol b/bolt-contracts/script/Counter.s.sol
deleted file mode 100644
index df9ee8b02..000000000
--- a/bolt-contracts/script/Counter.s.sol
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
-pragma solidity ^0.8.13;
-
-import {Script, console} from "forge-std/Script.sol";
-
-contract CounterScript is Script {
-    function setUp() public {}
-
-    function run() public {
-        vm.broadcast();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/bolt-contracts/script/DeployOnDevnet.s.sol b/bolt-contracts/script/DeployOnDevnet.s.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac015c5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bolt-contracts/script/DeployOnDevnet.s.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity ^0.8.13;
+
+import {Script, console} from "forge-std/Script.sol";
+
+import {BoltRegistry} from "../src/contracts/BoltRegistry.sol";
+import {BoltChallenger} from "../src/contracts/BoltChallenger.sol";
+
+contract DeployOnDevnet is Script {
+    function setUp() public {}
+
+    function run() public {
+        // Relic protocol contracts
+        address relicReliquary = 0x5E4DE6Bb8c6824f29c44Bd3473d44da120387d08;
+        address relicBlockHeaderProver = 0x9f9A1eb0CF9340538297c853915DCc06Eb6D72c4;
+        address relicAccountInfoProver = 0xf74105AE736Ca0C4B171a2EC4F1D4B0b6EBB99ae;
+
+        vm.startBroadcast();
+
+        BoltRegistry registry = new BoltRegistry();
+        console.log("BoltRegistry deployed at", address(registry));
+
+        BoltChallenger challenger =
+            new BoltChallenger(address(registry), relicReliquary, relicBlockHeaderProver, relicAccountInfoProver);
+        console.log("BoltChallenger deployed at", address(challenger));
+
+        vm.stopBroadcast();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bolt-contracts/test/BoltChallenger.t.sol b/bolt-contracts/test/BoltChallenger.t.sol
index b2a3ac34a..866ec536f 100644
--- a/bolt-contracts/test/BoltChallenger.t.sol
+++ b/bolt-contracts/test/BoltChallenger.t.sol
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ contract BoltChallengerTest is Test {
 
     function setUp() public {
         // Set up mainnet forking
-        vm.createSelectFork("https://eth.merkle.io", 19932764);
+        vm.createSelectFork("https://cloudflare-eth.com", 19932764);
         assertEq(block.number, 19932764);
 
         (alice, alicePk) = makeAddrAndKey("alice");
diff --git a/scripts/start-devnet.sh b/scripts/start-devnet.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..124b709c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-devnet.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Starting the devnet..."
+
+# spin up the kurtosis devnet
+kurtosis run --enclave bolt-devnet github.com/chainbound/ethereum-package --args-file ./scripts/kurtosis_config.yaml
+echo "Devnet online! Waiting for the RPC to be available..."
+sleep 5
+
+RPC=$(kurtosis port print bolt-devnet el-1-geth-lighthouse rpc)
+PK="bcdf20249abf0ed6d944c0288fad489e33f66b3960d9e6229c1cd214ed3bbe31"
+echo "RPC endpoint: $RPC"
+
+# wait for the rpc to be available
+while ! curl -s -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}' "$RPC" > /dev/null; do
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+# deploy the contracts
+(
+    cd ./bolt-contracts || exit 
+    forge build # make sure the contracts are compiled before deploying
+    forge script script/DeployOnDevnet.s.sol --broadcast --rpc-url "$RPC" --private-key "$PK"
+)
+echo "Contracts deployed!"