diff --git a/docker/compose/movement-full-node/docker-compose.follower.yml b/docker/compose/movement-full-node/docker-compose.follower.yml
index 2293198ef..6a1b060be 100644
--- a/docker/compose/movement-full-node/docker-compose.follower.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/movement-full-node/docker-compose.follower.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
       AWS_REGION: ${AWS_REGION:?AWS_REGION is not set}
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
-      MOVEMENT_SYNC: ${MOVEMENT_SYNC:?MOVEMENT_SYNC is not set}
+      MOVEMENT_SYNC: ${MOVEMENT_SYNC} #:?MOVEMENT_SYNC is not set}
       MAYBE_RUN_LOCAL: "false"
       MOVEMENT_DA_LIGHT_NODE_HTTP1: ${MOVEMENT_DA_LIGHT_NODE_HTTP1}
       RUST_LOG: info,aws_sdk_s3=debug
diff --git a/process-compose/movement-full-node/process-compose.test-followers.yml b/process-compose/movement-full-node/process-compose.test-followers.yml
index 8e0b4033c..36ae85c23 100644
--- a/process-compose/movement-full-node/process-compose.test-followers.yml
+++ b/process-compose/movement-full-node/process-compose.test-followers.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ processes:
       - "MOVEMENT_DA_LIGHT_NODE_HTTP1=false"
     command: |
       export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
-      export MOVEMENT_SYNC="leader::follower-test-$MOVEMENT_SHARED_RANDOM_1<=>{default_signer_address_whitelist,maptos,maptos-storage,movement-da-db}/**"
+      # export MOVEMENT_SYNC="leader::follower-test-$MOVEMENT_SHARED_RANDOM_1<=>{default_signer_address_whitelist,maptos,maptos-storage,movement-da-db}/**"
       export MAYBE_RUN_LOCAL=true
       export MAYBE_DEPLOY_MCR=true
       movement-full-node-setup
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ processes:
       export MAPTOS_API_CONNECTION_PORT=31731
       export MAPTOS_API_LISTEN_PORT=31731
       export DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH=$DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH-follower-1
-      export MOVEMENT_SYNC="follower::follower-test-$MOVEMENT_SHARED_RANDOM_1<=>{default_signer_address_whitelist,maptos,maptos-storage,movement-da-db}/**"
+      # export MOVEMENT_SYNC="follower::follower-test-$MOVEMENT_SHARED_RANDOM_1<=>{default_signer_address_whitelist,maptos,maptos-storage,movement-da-db}/**"
       movement-full-node-setup
     depends_on:
       build:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ processes:
       export MAPTOS_API_CONNECTION_PORT=32731
       export MAPTOS_API_LISTEN_PORT=32731
       export DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH=$DOT_MOVEMENT_PATH-follower-2
-      export MOVEMENT_SYNC="follower::follower-test-$MOVEMENT_SHARED_RANDOM_1<=>{default_signer_address_whitelist,maptos,maptos-storage,movement-da-db}/**"
+      # export MOVEMENT_SYNC="follower::follower-test-$MOVEMENT_SHARED_RANDOM_1<=>{default_signer_address_whitelist,maptos,maptos-storage,movement-da-db}/**"
       movement-full-node-setup
     depends_on:
       build: