diff --git a/o1vm/src/cli/cannon.rs b/o1vm/src/cli/cannon.rs
index a8f8277550..245f9d1e61 100644
--- a/o1vm/src/cli/cannon.rs
+++ b/o1vm/src/cli/cannon.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ impl From<MipsVmConfigurationArgs> for VmConfiguration {
 pub struct RunArgs {
     #[arg(long = "preimage-db-dir", value_name = "PREIMAGE_DB_DIR")]
     pub preimage_db_dir: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long = "srs-cache", value_name = "SRS_CACHE")]
+    pub srs_cache: Option<String>,
     // it's important that vm_cfg is last in order to properly parse the host field
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub vm_cfg: MipsVmConfigurationArgs,
diff --git a/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/column.rs b/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/column.rs
index 9af7f9ad16..a4925f7262 100644
--- a/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/column.rs
+++ b/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/column.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ pub const SCRATCH_SIZE_INVERSE: usize = 12;
 pub const N_MIPS_REL_COLS: usize = SCRATCH_SIZE + SCRATCH_SIZE_INVERSE + 2;
 
 /// The number of witness columns used to store the instruction selectors.
+/// NOTE: The +1 is coming from the NoOp instruction.
 pub const N_MIPS_SEL_COLS: usize =
-    RTypeInstruction::COUNT + JTypeInstruction::COUNT + ITypeInstruction::COUNT;
+    RTypeInstruction::COUNT + JTypeInstruction::COUNT + ITypeInstruction::COUNT + 1;
 
 /// All the witness columns used in MIPS
 pub const N_MIPS_COLS: usize = N_MIPS_REL_COLS + N_MIPS_SEL_COLS;
diff --git a/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/interpreter.rs b/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/interpreter.rs
index 0e77e9552a..8d42ddd9ec 100644
--- a/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/interpreter.rs
+++ b/o1vm/src/interpreters/mips/interpreter.rs
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ pub fn interpret_instruction<Env: InterpreterEnv>(env: &mut Env, instr: Instruct
     }
 }
 
-pub fn interpret_noop<Env: InterpreterEnv>(env: &mut env) {
+pub fn interpret_noop<Env: InterpreterEnv>(env: &mut Env) {
     let instruction_pointer = env.get_instruction_pointer();
     let instruction = {
         let v0 = env.read_memory(&instruction_pointer);
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ pub fn interpret_noop<Env: InterpreterEnv>(env: &mut env) {
     };
 
     env.range_check8(&opcode, 6);
-    env.assert_zero(&opcode);
+    env.assert_is_zero(opcode);
 }
 
 pub fn interpret_rtype<Env: InterpreterEnv>(env: &mut Env, instr: RTypeInstruction) {
diff --git a/o1vm/src/pickles/main.rs b/o1vm/src/pickles/main.rs
index da9c858bce..62fcb1fa72 100644
--- a/o1vm/src/pickles/main.rs
+++ b/o1vm/src/pickles/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use ark_ff::UniformRand;
 use clap::Parser;
-use kimchi::circuits::domains::EvaluationDomains;
+use kimchi::{circuits::domains::EvaluationDomains, precomputed_srs::TestSRS};
 use log::debug;
 use mina_curves::pasta::{Fp, Vesta, VestaParameters};
 use mina_poseidon::{
@@ -48,10 +48,38 @@ pub fn cannon_main(args: cli::cannon::RunArgs) {
     let start = Start::create(state.step as usize);
 
     let domain_fp = EvaluationDomains::<Fp>::create(DOMAIN_SIZE).unwrap();
-    let srs: SRS<Vesta> = {
-        let srs = SRS::create(DOMAIN_SIZE);
-        srs.get_lagrange_basis(domain_fp.d1);
-        srs
+
+    let srs: SRS<Vesta> = match &args.srs_cache {
+        Some(cache) => {
+            debug!("Loading SRS from cache {}", cache);
+            let file_path = Path::new(cache);
+            let file = File::open(file_path).expect("Error opening SRS cache file");
+            let srs: SRS<Vesta> = {
+                // By convention, proof systems serializes a TestSRS with filename 'test_<CURVE_NAME>.srs'.
+                // The benefit of using this is you don't waste time verifying the SRS.
+                if file_path
+                    .file_name()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .to_str()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .starts_with("test_")
+                {
+                    let test_srs: TestSRS<Vesta> = rmp_serde::from_read(&file).unwrap();
+                    From::from(test_srs)
+                } else {
+                    rmp_serde::from_read(&file).unwrap()
+                }
+            };
+            debug!("SRS loaded successfully from cache");
+            srs
+        }
+        None => {
+            debug!("No SRS cache provided. Creating SRS from scratch");
+            let srs = SRS::create(DOMAIN_SIZE);
+            srs.get_lagrange_basis(domain_fp.d1);
+            debug!("SRS created successfully");
+            srs
+        }
     };
 
     // Initialize the environments
@@ -140,6 +168,9 @@ pub fn cannon_main(args: cli::cannon::RunArgs) {
             curr_proof_inputs = ProofInputs::new(DOMAIN_SIZE);
         }
     }
+    if curr_proof_inputs.evaluations.instruction_counter.is_empty() {
+        debug!("Didn't create proof for the last chunk");
+    }
 }
 
 fn gen_state_json(arg: cli::cannon::GenStateJsonArgs) -> Result<(), String> {
diff --git a/o1vm/src/pickles/verifier.rs b/o1vm/src/pickles/verifier.rs
index fbbaa912eb..d30abd2fe0 100644
--- a/o1vm/src/pickles/verifier.rs
+++ b/o1vm/src/pickles/verifier.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use ark_ec::AffineRepr;
 use ark_ff::{Field, One, PrimeField, Zero};
+use log::debug;
 use rand::thread_rng;
 
 use kimchi::{
@@ -262,6 +263,12 @@ where
             (res, zeta_i_n)
         },
     );
-    (quotient_zeta == numerator_zeta / (zeta.pow([domain.d1.size]) - G::ScalarField::one()))
-        && OpeningProof::verify(srs, &group_map, &mut [batch], &mut thread_rng())
+    let c1 = quotient_zeta == numerator_zeta / (zeta.pow([domain.d1.size]) - G::ScalarField::one());
+    debug!(
+        "Verification condition 1 (numerator_zeta vanishes on domain): {}",
+        c1
+    );
+    let c2 = OpeningProof::verify(srs, &group_map, &mut [batch], &mut thread_rng());
+    debug!("Verification condition 2 (verify opening proof): {}", c2);
+    c1 && c2
 }