diff --git a/.env.mainnet b/.env.mainnet
index c5bd040b..5f0eac47 100644
--- a/.env.mainnet
+++ b/.env.mainnet
@@ -120,3 +120,6 @@ STATSD_ADDRESS="172.17.0.1"
 # NOTE: The node type that was chosen when first running a node cannot be changed after the initial sync. Turning Archive into Pruned, or Pruned into Full is not supported [source](https://reth.rs/run/faq/pruning/).
 # NOTE: The pruned snapshots provided are set with a distance of 1_339_200 (~31 days).
 # RETH_PRUNING_ARGS="--prune.senderrecovery.distance=50000 --prune.transactionlookup.distance=50000 --prune.receipts.distance=50000 --prune.accounthistory.distance=50000 --prune.storagehistory.distance=50000 --prune.bodies.distance=50000"
+
+# BASE CONSENSUS CONFIGURATION
+USE_BASE_CONSENSUS=true
diff --git a/.env.sepolia b/.env.sepolia
index cb9a8b54..a127432e 100644
--- a/.env.sepolia
+++ b/.env.sepolia
@@ -120,3 +120,6 @@ STATSD_ADDRESS="172.17.0.1"
 # NOTE: The node type that was chosen when first running a node cannot be changed after the initial sync. Turning Archive into Pruned, or Pruned into Full is not supported [source](https://reth.rs/run/faq/pruning/).
 # NOTE: The pruned snapshots provided are set with a distance of 1_339_200 (~31 days).
 # RETH_PRUNING_ARGS="--prune.senderrecovery.distance=50000 --prune.transactionlookup.distance=50000 --prune.receipts.distance=50000 --prune.accounthistory.distance=50000 --prune.storagehistory.distance=50000 --prune.bodies.distance=50000"
+
+# BASE CONSENSUS CONFIGURATION
+USE_BASE_CONSENSUS=true