diff --git a/services/monero/monerod/deployment.yaml b/services/monero/monerod/deployment.yaml
index 2a9d2e7..5ec5f87 100644
--- a/services/monero/monerod/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/monero/monerod/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,37 +23,36 @@ spec:
           - |
             set -euo pipefail
             apt-get update
-            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl gnupg tar bzip2
-            mkdir -p /opt/monero/bin /tmp/gnupg
-            gpg --homedir /tmp/gnupg --import /keys/binaryfate.asc
-            curl -fL https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/linux64 -o /tmp/monero-cli.tar.bz2
-            curl -fL https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/linux64.sig -o /tmp/monero-cli.tar.bz2.asc
-            gpg --homedir /tmp/gnupg --verify /tmp/monero-cli.tar.bz2.asc /tmp/monero-cli.tar.bz2
-            tar -xjf /tmp/monero-cli.tar.bz2 -C /opt/monero
-            MONEROD=$(find /opt/monero -type f -name monerod | head -n1)
-            install -m 0755 "$MONEROD" /opt/monero/bin/monerod
+            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl bzip2
+            update-ca-certificates
+            ARCH="$(uname -m)"
+            case "$ARCH" in
+              x86_64)   F="monero-linux-x64" ;;
+              aarch64|arm64) F="monero-linux-armv8" ;;
+              armv7l)   F="monero-linux-armv7" ;;
+              *) echo "Unsupported arch: $ARCH" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+            esac
+            VER="v0.18.3.4"  # set the version you want
+            URL="https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/${F}-${VER}.tar.bz2"
+            echo "Downloading $URL"
+            cd /data
+            curl -fL "$URL" -o monero.tar.bz2
+            tar -xjf monero.tar.bz2 --strip-components=1
+            rm -f monero.tar.bz2
         volumeMounts:
-        - { name: monero-bin, mountPath: /opt/monero }
-        - { name: release-keys, mountPath: /keys, readOnly: true }
-
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /data
       containers:
       - name: monerod
         image: debian:bookworm-slim
         command: ["/bin/sh","-lc"]
-        args:
-          - |
-            exec /opt/monero/bin/monerod \
-              --data-dir /chain \
-              --prune-blockchain \
-              --rpc-bind-ip 0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port 18081 \
-              --confirm-external-bind \
-              --non-interactive \
-              --max-concurrency 2
-        ports:
-        - { containerPort: 18081, name: rpc }
+        args: ["exec /data/monerod --data-dir=/data --non-interactive --prune-blockchain --rpc-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --rpc-bind-port=18081 --p2p-bind-ip=0.0.0.0 --p2p-bind-port=18080"]
         volumeMounts:
-        - { name: chain, mountPath: /chain }
-        - { name: monero-bin, mountPath: /opt/monero/bin }
+          - { name: tmp, mountPath: /tmp }
+          - { name: data, mountPath: /data }
+        ports:
+        - { containerPort: 18081, name: rpc }  
+        - { containerPort: 18080, name: p2p }     
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
@@ -62,16 +61,21 @@ spec:
           capabilities: { drop: ["ALL"] }
         readinessProbe:
           httpGet: { path: /get_info, port: 18081 }
-          initialDelaySeconds: 20
+          initialDelaySeconds: 90
           periodSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
+          failureThreshold: 6
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet: { path: /get_info, port: 18081 }
-          initialDelaySeconds: 60
+          initialDelaySeconds: 180
           periodSeconds: 20
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
+          failureThreshold: 6
       volumes:
-      - name: chain
-        persistentVolumeClaim: { claimName: monerod-chain }
-      - name: monero-bin
+      - name: data
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: monerod-chain
+      - name: tmp
         emptyDir: {}
       - name: release-keys
         configMap: { name: monero-release-keys }