diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/cmdGenerator.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/cmdGenerator.ts
index 84581c7c1..9dd77c34d 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/cmdGenerator.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/cmdGenerator.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export async function genCumulusCollatorCmd(
   dataPath = "/data",
   relayDataPath = "/relay-data",
   useWrapper = true,
+  local_ip = "0.0.0.0",
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   const { name, chain, parachainId, key, validator, commandWithArgs } =
     nodeSetup;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export async function genCumulusCollatorCmd(
     "--base-path",
     dataPath,
     "--listen-addr",
-    `/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/${nodeSetup.p2pPort ? nodeSetup.p2pPort : P2P_PORT}/ws`,
+    `/ip4/${local_ip}/tcp/${nodeSetup.p2pPort ? nodeSetup.p2pPort : P2P_PORT}/ws`,
     "--prometheus-external",
     "--rpc-cors all",
     "--unsafe-rpc-external",
@@ -212,6 +213,18 @@ export async function genCumulusCollatorCmd(
     }
   }
 
+  if (local_ip != "0.0.0.0") {
+    //  need to transform full_node --port flag to listen addr
+    const flagIndex = fullCmd.findIndex((arg) => arg === "--port");
+    if (flagIndex >= 0) {
+      const port_to_use = fullCmd[flagIndex + 1];
+      fullCmd.splice(flagIndex, 2);
+      fullCmd.push(
+        ...["--listen-addr", `/ip4/${local_ip}/tcp/${port_to_use}/ws`],
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   const resolvedCmd = [fullCmd.join(" ")];
   if (useWrapper) resolvedCmd.unshift("/cfg/zombie-wrapper.sh");
   return resolvedCmd;
@@ -222,6 +235,7 @@ export async function genCmd(
   cfgPath = "/cfg",
   dataPath = "/data",
   useWrapper = true,
+  local_ip = "0.0.0.0",
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   const {
     name,
@@ -301,7 +315,9 @@ export async function genCmd(
     args[listenIndex + 1] = listenAddr;
   } else {
     // no --listen-add args
-    args.push(...["--listen-addr", `/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/${nodeSetup.p2pPort}/ws`]);
+    args.push(
+      ...["--listen-addr", `/ip4/${local_ip}/tcp/${nodeSetup.p2pPort}/ws`],
+    );
   }
 
   // set our base path
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/orchestrator.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/orchestrator.ts
index 96dbad0e4..a76d64170 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/orchestrator.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/orchestrator.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ export async function start(
       local_ip: networkSpec.settings.local_ip,
     };
 
+    console.log("DEBUG: spawnOpts", spawnOpts);
+
     // Calculate chaos before start spawning the nodes
     const chaosSpecs: any[] = [];
     // network chaos is ONLY available in k8s for now
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/dynResourceDefinition.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/dynResourceDefinition.ts
index 04f4ab19b..86025e412 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/dynResourceDefinition.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/dynResourceDefinition.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export async function genBootnodeDef(
 export async function genNodeDef(
   namespace: string,
   nodeSetup: Node,
-  inCI: boolean = false,
+  opts: any = {},
 ): Promise<any> {
+  const inCI = opts.inCI || false;
   const nodeResource = new NodeResource(namespace, nodeSetup);
   return nodeResource.generateSpec(inCI);
 }
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/dynResourceDefinition.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/dynResourceDefinition.ts
index f19596bc8..7bed76e87 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/dynResourceDefinition.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/dynResourceDefinition.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ export async function genBootnodeDef(
 export async function genNodeDef(
   namespace: string,
   nodeSetup: Node,
+  opts: any = {},
 ): Promise<any> {
   const client = getClient();
-  const nodeResource = new NodeResource(client, namespace, nodeSetup);
+  console.log("DEBUG opts", opts);
+  const nodeResource = new NodeResource(
+    client,
+    namespace,
+    nodeSetup,
+    opts.local_ip,
+  );
 
   return nodeResource.generateSpec();
 }
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/resources/nodeResource.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/resources/nodeResource.ts
index 935452dcf..f253834ee 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/resources/nodeResource.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/native/resources/nodeResource.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class NodeResource {
     client: Client,
     protected readonly namespace: string,
     protected readonly nodeSetupConfig: Node,
+    protected readonly local_ip: string | undefined = undefined,
   ) {
     const nodeRootPath = `${client.tmpDir}/${this.nodeSetupConfig.name}`;
     this.configPath = `${nodeRootPath}/cfg`;
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ export class NodeResource {
   }
 
   protected generateCommand() {
+    console.log("DEBUG this", this);
     if (this.nodeSetupConfig.zombieRole === ZombieRole.CumulusCollator) {
       return genCumulusCollatorCmd(
         this.nodeSetupConfig,
@@ -104,10 +106,17 @@ export class NodeResource {
         this.dataPath,
         this.relayDataPath,
         false,
+        this.local_ip,
       );
     }
 
-    return genCmd(this.nodeSetupConfig, this.configPath, this.dataPath, false);
+    return genCmd(
+      this.nodeSetupConfig,
+      this.configPath,
+      this.dataPath,
+      false,
+      this.local_ip,
+    );
   }
 
   protected getZombieRoleLabel(): ZombieRoleLabel {
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/spawner.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/spawner.ts
index 733910d2a..e4f594fda 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/spawner.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/spawner.ts
@@ -54,9 +54,13 @@ export const spawnNode = async (
   if (opts.jaegerUrl) node.jaegerUrl = opts.jaegerUrl;
 
   debug(`creating node: ${node.name}`);
+  console.log("DEBUG opts", opts);
   const podDef = await (node.name === "bootnode"
     ? genBootnodeDef(namespace, node)
-    : genNodeDef(namespace, node, opts.inCI));
+    : genNodeDef(namespace, node, {
+        inCI: opts.inCI,
+        local_ip: opts.local_ip,
+      }));
 
   const finalFilesToCopyToNode = [...filesToCopy];