diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8fadfbb2..3facacc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}
+          tags: |
+            type=semver,pattern={{raw}}
 
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
@@ -214,14 +216,38 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
 
+  push_native_image_to_github:
+    name: Push Docker image to Github
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: write-all
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}
+          tags: |
+            type=semver,pattern={{raw}}-native
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=false
+            type=raw,value=latest-native
+
       - name: Build and push graalvm native Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           context: .
           file: ./docker/Dockerfile
           push: true
-          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}-native
-          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}-native
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
 
 
   release:
diff --git a/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/common/AttributesDepositedCall.java b/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/common/AttributesDepositedCall.java
index e130cb70..686830c0 100644
--- a/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/common/AttributesDepositedCall.java
+++ b/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/common/AttributesDepositedCall.java
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 
 package io.optimism.common;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import net.osslabz.evm.abi.decoder.AbiDecoder;
 import net.osslabz.evm.abi.decoder.DecodedFunctionCall;
@@ -52,13 +48,7 @@ public record AttributesDepositedCall(
     private static final AbiDecoder l1BlockAbi;
 
     static {
-        try {
-            Path path = Paths.get(Objects.requireNonNull(Epoch.class.getResource("/abi/L1Block.json"))
-                    .toURI());
-            l1BlockAbi = new AbiDecoder(path.toString());
-        } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
-            throw new AbiFileLoadException(e);
-        }
+        l1BlockAbi = new AbiDecoder(Objects.requireNonNull(Epoch.class.getResourceAsStream("/abi/L1Block.json")));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/driver/Driver.java b/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/driver/Driver.java
index 3ccb4b4a..af4559f1 100644
--- a/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/driver/Driver.java
+++ b/hildr-node/src/main/java/io/optimism/driver/Driver.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public static Driver<EngineApi> from(Config config, CountDownLatch latch)
             try {
                 head = HeadInfo.from(finalizedBlock.getBlock());
             } catch (Throwable throwable) {
-                LOGGER.warn("could not get head info. Falling back to the genesis head.");
+                LOGGER.warn("could not parse head info. Falling back to the genesis head.", throwable);
                 head = new HeadInfo(
                         config.chainConfig().l2Genesis(), config.chainConfig().l1StartEpoch(), BigInteger.ZERO);
             }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public static Driver<EngineApi> from(Config config, CountDownLatch latch)
         Epoch finalizedEpoch = head.l1Epoch();
         BigInteger finalizedSeq = head.sequenceNumber();
 
-        LOGGER.info("starting from head: {}", finalizedHead.hash());
+        LOGGER.info("starting from head: number{}, hash{}", finalizedHead.number(), finalizedHead.hash());
         BigInteger l1StartBlock =
                 finalizedEpoch.number().subtract(config.chainConfig().channelTimeout());
         ChainWatcher watcher = new ChainWatcher(