diff --git a/.github/tests/mix-with-tools-mev.yaml b/.github/tests/mix-with-tools-mev.yaml
index 71736f109..d20500b15 100644
--- a/.github/tests/mix-with-tools-mev.yaml
+++ b/.github/tests/mix-with-tools-mev.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ snooper_enabled: true
 mev_type: full
 mev_params:
   mev_relay_image: flashbots/mev-boost-relay:0.27
+persistent: True
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b109f55d6..23d1deb76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ disable_peer_scoring: false
 # A list of locators for grafana dashboards to be loaded be the grafana service
 grafana_additional_dashboards: []
 
+# Whether the environment should be persistent; this is WIP and is slowly being rolled out accross services
+# Note this requires Kurtosis greater than 0.85.49 to work
+# Defaults to False
+persistent: False
+
 # Supports three valeus
 # Default: "null" - no mev boost, mev builder, mev flood or relays are spun up
 # "mock" - mock-builder & mev-boost are spun up
diff --git a/main.star b/main.star
index cbaad6b05..ece3db15d 100644
--- a/main.star
+++ b/main.star
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def run(plan, args={}):
     network_params = args_with_right_defaults.network_params
     mev_params = args_with_right_defaults.mev_params
     parallel_keystore_generation = args_with_right_defaults.parallel_keystore_generation
+    persistent = args_with_right_defaults.persistent
 
     grafana_datasource_config_template = read_file(
         static_files.GRAFANA_DATASOURCE_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_FILEPATH
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ def run(plan, args={}):
             genesis_validators_root,
             builder_uri,
             network_params.seconds_per_slot,
+            persistent,
         )
         mev_flood.spam_in_background(
             plan,
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ def run(plan, args={}):
                 all_cl_client_contexts,
                 all_el_client_contexts,
                 network_params.network_id,
+                persistent,
             )
             plan.print("Successfully launched blobscan")
         elif additional_service == "full_beaconchain_explorer":
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ def run(plan, args={}):
                 full_beaconchain_explorer_config_template,
                 all_cl_client_contexts,
                 all_el_client_contexts,
+                persistent,
             )
             plan.print("Successfully launched full-beaconchain-explorer")
         elif additional_service == "prometheus_grafana":
diff --git a/network_params.yaml b/network_params.yaml
index 8601241c6..43b7507c6 100644
--- a/network_params.yaml
+++ b/network_params.yaml
@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ mev_params:
   mev_flood_extra_args: []
   mev_flood_seconds_per_bundle: 15
 grafana_additional_dashboards: []
+persistent: False
diff --git a/src/blobscan/blobscan_launcher.star b/src/blobscan/blobscan_launcher.star
index d5df2fad0..a8a22ea81 100644
--- a/src/blobscan/blobscan_launcher.star
+++ b/src/blobscan/blobscan_launcher.star
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def launch_blobscan(
     cl_client_contexts,
     el_client_contexts,
     chain_id,
+    persistent,
 ):
     beacon_node_rpc_uri = "http://{0}:{1}".format(
         cl_client_contexts[0].ip_addr, cl_client_contexts[0].http_port_num
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ def launch_blobscan(
         max_cpu=POSTGRES_MAX_CPU,
         min_memory=POSTGRES_MIN_MEMORY,
         max_memory=POSTGRES_MAX_MEMORY,
-        persistent=False,
+        persistent=persistent,
     )
     api_config = get_api_config(postgres_output.url, beacon_node_rpc_uri, chain_id)
     blobscan_config = plan.add_service(API_SERVICE_NAME, api_config)
diff --git a/src/full_beaconchain/full_beaconchain_launcher.star b/src/full_beaconchain/full_beaconchain_launcher.star
index c12018660..1c22e232d 100644
--- a/src/full_beaconchain/full_beaconchain_launcher.star
+++ b/src/full_beaconchain/full_beaconchain_launcher.star
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def launch_full_beacon(
     config_template,
     cl_client_contexts,
     el_client_contexts,
+    persistent,
 ):
     postgres_output = postgres.run(
         plan,
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ def launch_full_beacon(
         max_cpu=POSTGRES_MAX_CPU,
         min_memory=POSTGRES_MIN_MEMORY,
         max_memory=POSTGRES_MAX_MEMORY,
-        persistent=False,
+        persistent=persistent,
     )
     redis_output = redis.run(
         plan,
diff --git a/src/mev/mev_relay/mev_relay_launcher.star b/src/mev/mev_relay/mev_relay_launcher.star
index fc4d6f070..02472857d 100644
--- a/src/mev/mev_relay/mev_relay_launcher.star
+++ b/src/mev/mev_relay/mev_relay_launcher.star
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ NETWORK_ID_TO_NAME = {
     "3": "ropsten",
 }
 
-DONT_PERSIST_TO_DISK = False
 LAUNCH_ADMINER = True
 
 # The min/max CPU/memory that mev-relay can use
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ def launch_mev_relay(
     validator_root,
     builder_uri,
     seconds_per_slot,
+    persistent,
 ):
     redis = redis_module.run(
         plan,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def launch_mev_relay(
         user="postgres",
         database="postgres",
         service_name="mev-relay-postgres",
-        persistent=DONT_PERSIST_TO_DISK,
+        persistent=persistent,
         launch_adminer=LAUNCH_ADMINER,
         min_cpu=POSTGRES_MIN_CPU,
         max_cpu=POSTGRES_MAX_CPU,
diff --git a/src/package_io/input_parser.star b/src/package_io/input_parser.star
index 8b13e9d50..6151e6510 100644
--- a/src/package_io/input_parser.star
+++ b/src/package_io/input_parser.star
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def input_parser(plan, input_args):
     result["tx_spammer_params"] = get_default_tx_spammer_params()
     result["custom_flood_params"] = get_default_custom_flood_params()
     result["disable_peer_scoring"] = False
+    result["persistent"] = False
 
     for attr in input_args:
         value = input_args[attr]
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ def input_parser(plan, input_args):
         parallel_keystore_generation=result["parallel_keystore_generation"],
         grafana_additional_dashboards=result["grafana_additional_dashboards"],
         disable_peer_scoring=result["disable_peer_scoring"],
+        persistent=result["persistent"],
     )