diff --git a/docker-compose/cfg/configure.py b/docker-compose/cfg/configure.py
index f978e4f..dab2067 100755
--- a/docker-compose/cfg/configure.py
+++ b/docker-compose/cfg/configure.py
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ class MoneroConfigForm(ConfigFormBase):
         self.sync_pruned_blocks = self.add(
             npyscreen.Checkbox,
             name="Sync Pruned Blocks",
-            value=False,
+            value=True,
             begin_entry_at=self.name_size,
             relx=self.indent,
         )
diff --git a/docker-compose/cfg/defaults b/docker-compose/cfg/defaults
index 67a5445..dba6de5 100644
--- a/docker-compose/cfg/defaults
+++ b/docker-compose/cfg/defaults
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "limit_data_rates": false,
     "rate_limit_up": "2048",
     "rate_limit_down": "8192",
-    "sync_pruned_blocks": false,
+    "sync_pruned_blocks": true,
     "fast_sync": true,
     "monero_options": "",
     "public_monero_node": "",
diff --git a/docker-compose/current_config b/docker-compose/current_config
index 7dad27e..5702452 100644
--- a/docker-compose/current_config
+++ b/docker-compose/current_config
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "limit_data_rates": false,
     "rate_limit_up": "2048",
     "rate_limit_down": "8192",
-    "sync_pruned_blocks": false,
+    "sync_pruned_blocks": true,
     "fast_sync": true,
     "monero_options": "",
     "public_monero_node": "",
diff --git a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
index 7366cd0..bddd71a 100644
--- a/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ services:
 
       --prune-blockchain
 
+      --sync-pruned-blocks
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose/monero/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/monero/Dockerfile
index a0eda57..69e2949 100644
--- a/docker-compose/monero/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/monero/Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 as builder
 ARG MONERO_GIT_TAG="latest"
 
-RUN set -e && \
-    apt-get update -q -y --no-install-recommends && \
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-euxo", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+RUN apt-get update -q -y --no-install-recommends && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends \
         autoconf \
         automake \
@@ -26,13 +27,17 @@ RUN set -e && \
         python3 \
         gperf
 
-
 WORKDIR /src
+
 RUN git clone --recursive --branch release-v0.18 https://github.com/monero-project/monero && \
     cd monero && \
     if [ "x$MONERO_GIT_TAG" = "xlatest" ]; then MONERO_GIT_TAG=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)); fi && \
     git checkout $MONERO_GIT_TAG && \
     git submodule sync && git submodule update --init --force --recursive && \
+    curl -L -O https://p2pool.io/checkpoints/checkpoints.dat && \
+    curl -L -O https://p2pool.io/checkpoints/checkpoints.patch && \
+    git apply checkpoints.patch && \
+    cp -f checkpoints.dat src/blocks && \
     make -j$(nproc)
 
 # ---
@@ -42,8 +47,9 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
 COPY --from=0 /src/monero/build/Linux/*/release/bin /usr/local/bin/
 
-RUN set -e && \
-    apt-get update -q -y --no-install-recommends && \
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-euxo", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+RUN apt-get update -q -y --no-install-recommends && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends \
       ca-certificates \
       netcat \