diff --git a/.github/tests/holesky-shadowfork-verkle.yaml_norun b/.github/tests/holesky-shadowfork-verkle.yaml_norun
index 84c79cad6..52b3741d5 100644
--- a/.github/tests/holesky-shadowfork-verkle.yaml_norun
+++ b/.github/tests/holesky-shadowfork-verkle.yaml_norun
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ participants:
 network_params:
   electra_fork_epoch: 1
   network: holesky-shadowfork-verkle
-  genesis_delay: 300
 additional_services:
   - dora
 snooper_enabled: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4e1a3256..bbae4e3bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -422,6 +422,13 @@ network_params:
   # Defaults to 256 epoch ~27 hours
   shard_committee_period: 256
 
+  # Network sync base url for syncing public networks from a custom snapshot (mostly useful for shadowforks)
+  # Defaults to "https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/
+  # If you have a local snapshot, you can set this to the local url:
+  # network_snapshot_url_base = "http://10.10.101.21:10000/snapshots/"
+  # The snapshots are taken with https://github.com/ethpandaops/snapshotter
+  network_sync_base_url: https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/
+
 # Configuration place for transaction spammer - https:#github.com/MariusVanDerWijden/tx-fuzz
 tx_spammer_params:
   # A list of optional extra params that will be passed to the TX Spammer container for modifying its behaviour
diff --git a/network_params.yaml b/network_params.yaml
index 35d2078d1..bbe181b0b 100644
--- a/network_params.yaml
+++ b/network_params.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ network_params:
   network: kurtosis
   min_validator_withdrawability_delay: 256
   shard_committee_period: 256
+  network_sync_base_url: https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/
 
 additional_services:
   - tx_spammer
diff --git a/src/package_io/input_parser.star b/src/package_io/input_parser.star
index 7b4e050dd..585fc5db9 100644
--- a/src/package_io/input_parser.star
+++ b/src/package_io/input_parser.star
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ def input_parser(plan, input_args):
                 "min_validator_withdrawability_delay"
             ],
             shard_committee_period=result["network_params"]["shard_committee_period"],
+            network_sync_base_url=result["network_params"]["network_sync_base_url"],
         ),
         mev_params=struct(
             mev_relay_image=result["mev_params"]["mev_relay_image"],
@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@ def default_network_params():
         "network": "kurtosis",
         "min_validator_withdrawability_delay": 256,
         "shard_committee_period": 256,
+        "network_sync_base_url": "https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/",
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/participant_network.star b/src/participant_network.star
index 78e81972c..367ac2954 100644
--- a/src/participant_network.star
+++ b/src/participant_network.star
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ def launch_participant_network(
                 ]  # overload the network id to match the network name
             latest_block = plan.run_sh(  # fetch the latest block
                 run="mkdir -p /shadowfork && \
-                    curl -o /shadowfork/latest_block.json https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/"
+                    curl -o /shadowfork/latest_block.json "
+                + network_params.network_sync_base_url
                 + base_network
                 + "/geth/"
                 + shadowfork_block
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ def launch_participant_network(
                     config=ServiceConfig(
                         image="alpine:3.19.1",
                         cmd=[
-                            "apk add --no-cache curl tar zstd && curl -s -L https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/"
+                            "apk add --no-cache curl tar zstd && curl -s -L "
+                            + network_params.network_sync_base_url
                             + base_network
                             + "/"
                             + el_client_type