diff --git a/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-observer.sh b/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-observer.sh
index 4bdc28c..bf27ea0 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-observer.sh
+++ b/charts/tezos/scripts/smart-rollup-observer.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
-set -e
+set -ex
 
 TEZ_VAR=/var/tezos
 TEZ_BIN=/usr/local/bin
-ROLLUP_DATA_DIR="$TEZ_VAR/rollup"
+ROLLUP_DATA_DIR="${TEZ_VAR}/rollup"
+
+$TEZ_BIN/octez-smart-rollup-node init observer \
+  config for "${ROLLUP_ADDRESS}" \
+  with operators \
+  --history-mode archive \
+  --data-dir "${ROLLUP_DATA_DIR}" \
+  --rpc-addr 0.0.0.0 \
+  --pre-images-endpoint "${ROLLUP_PREIMAGES_ENDPOINT}" \
+  --force
 
 CMD="$TEZ_BIN/octez-smart-rollup-node \
   --endpoint http://tezos-node-rpc:8732 \
     run \
-    --data-dir ${ROLLUP_DATA_DIR}" \
+    --data-dir ${ROLLUP_DATA_DIR} \
     --acl-override allow-all \
     --log-kernel-debug"
 
diff --git a/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml b/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml
index c171335..433039c 100644
--- a/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml
+++ b/charts/tezos/templates/octez-rollup-node.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ spec:
         env:
           - name: ROLLUP_ADDRESS
             value: {{ $v.rollup_address }}
+          - name: ROLLUP_PREIMAGES_ENDPOINT
+            values: {{ $v.preimages_endpoins }}
           - name: OPERATORS_PARAMS
             value: >
               {{- range $key, $value := $v.operators }}