diff --git a/runtime/src/lib.rs b/runtime/src/lib.rs
index fee9e8770..810ba20e6 100644
--- a/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
     //   `spec_version`, and `authoring_version` are the same between Wasm and native.
     // This value is set to 100 to notify Polkadot-JS App (https://polkadot.js.org/apps) to use
     //   the compatible custom types.
-    spec_version: 196,
+    spec_version: 197,
     impl_version: 1,
     apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
     transaction_version: 1,
diff --git a/scripts/localnet.sh b/scripts/localnet.sh
index 1b6dad25c..51e3d05a8 100755
--- a/scripts/localnet.sh
+++ b/scripts/localnet.sh
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ echo "*** Building chainspec..."
 "$BASE_DIR/target/release/node-subtensor" build-spec --disable-default-bootnode --raw --chain $CHAIN >$FULL_PATH
 echo "*** Chainspec built and output to file"
 
-# generate node keys
-$BASE_DIR/target/release/node-subtensor key generate-node-key --chain="$FULL_PATH" --base-path /tmp/alice
-$BASE_DIR/target/release/node-subtensor key generate-node-key --chain="$FULL_PATH" --base-path /tmp/bob
-
 if [ $NO_PURGE -eq 1 ]; then
   echo "*** Purging previous state skipped..."
 else
@@ -77,11 +73,11 @@ alice_start=(
   --alice
   --port 30334
   --rpc-port 9946
-  --rpc-external
   --validator
   --rpc-cors=all
   --allow-private-ipv4
   --discover-local
+  --unsafe-force-node-key-generation
 )
 
 bob_start=(
@@ -92,8 +88,10 @@ bob_start=(
   --port 30335
   --rpc-port 9945
   --validator
+  --rpc-cors=all
   --allow-private-ipv4
   --discover-local
+  --unsafe-force-node-key-generation
 )
 
 trap 'pkill -P $$' EXIT SIGINT SIGTERM