diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fd2eb2a4..9b827ccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         pos: [pos, no-pos]
         l3node: [l3node, l3node-token-6, no-l3node]
         tokenbridge: [tokenbridge, no-tokenbridge]
+        simple: [simple, no-simple]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ hashFiles('Dockerfile') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ hashFiles('**/Dockerfile') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
 
       - name: Startup Nitro testnode
-        run: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/testnode.bash --init-force ${{ (matrix.l3node == 'l3node' && '--l3node') || (matrix.l3node == 'l3node-token-6' && '--l3node --l3-fee-token --l3-token-bridge --l3-fee-token-decimals 6') || '' }} ${{ matrix.tokenbridge == 'tokenbridge' && '--tokenbridge' || '--no-tokenbridge' }} --no-simple --detach ${{ matrix.pos == 'pos' && '--pos' || '' }}
+        run: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/testnode.bash --init-force ${{ (matrix.l3node == 'l3node' && '--l3node') || (matrix.l3node == 'l3node-token-6' && '--l3node --l3-fee-token --l3-token-bridge --l3-fee-token-decimals 6') || '' }} ${{ matrix.tokenbridge == 'tokenbridge' && '--tokenbridge' || '--no-tokenbridge' }} --detach ${{ matrix.pos == 'pos' && '--pos' || '' }} --simple ${{ (matrix.simple == 'simple' && '--simple') || (matrix.simple == 'no-simple' && '--no-simple') || '' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testnode.bash b/.github/workflows/testnode.bash
index be7e6961..63e5edf3 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/testnode.bash
+++ b/.github/workflows/testnode.bash
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Start the test node and get PID, to terminate it once send-l2 is done.
 cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
 
-./test-node.bash "$@"
+./test-node.bash "$@" --ci
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "test-node.bash failed"
diff --git a/docker-compose-ci-cache.json b/docker-compose-ci-cache.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fee603d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-ci-cache.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "target": {
+    "scripts": {
+      "cache-from": [
+        "type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache"
+      ],
+      "cache-to": [
+        "type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache,mode=max"
+      ],
+      "output": [
+        "type=docker"
+      ]
+    },
+    "rollupcreator": {
+      "cache-from": [
+        "type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache"
+      ],
+      "cache-to": [
+        "type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache,mode=max"
+      ],
+      "output": [
+        "type=docker"
+      ]
+    },
+    "tokenbridge": {
+      "cache-from": [
+        "type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache"
+      ],
+      "cache-to": [
+        "type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache,mode=max"
+      ],
+      "output": [
+        "type=docker"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index f595b66a..22772f8a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ services:
       - "127.0.0.1:6379:6379"
 
   geth:
-    image: ethereum/client-go:latest
+    image: ethereum/client-go:stable
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:8545:8545"
       - "127.0.0.1:8551:8551"
diff --git a/rollupcreator/Dockerfile b/rollupcreator/Dockerfile
index f6406dad..13150b58 100644
--- a/rollupcreator/Dockerfile
+++ b/rollupcreator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 FROM node:18-bullseye-slim
-ARG NITRO_CONTRACTS_BRANCH=main
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y git docker.io python3 build-essential curl jq
+    apt-get install -y git docker.io python3 make gcc g++ curl jq
+ARG NITRO_CONTRACTS_BRANCH=main
 WORKDIR /workspace  
 RUN git clone --no-checkout https://github.com/OffchainLabs/nitro-contracts.git ./
 RUN git checkout ${NITRO_CONTRACTS_BRANCH}
+RUN yarn install && yarn cache clean
 RUN curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/.foundry/bin"
 RUN foundryup
 RUN touch scripts/config.ts
-RUN yarn install
 RUN yarn build:all
 ENTRYPOINT ["yarn"]
diff --git a/test-node.bash b/test-node.bash
index 9c7204cf..d0008b11 100755
--- a/test-node.bash
+++ b/test-node.bash
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 run=true
+ci=false
 validate=false
 detach=false
+nowait=false
 blockscout=false
 tokenbridge=false
 l3node=false
@@ -71,13 +73,13 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
                 read -p "are you sure? [y/n]" -n 1 response
                 if [[ $response == "y" ]] || [[ $response == "Y" ]]; then
                     force_init=true
-                    build_utils=true
-                    build_node_images=true
                     echo
                 else
                     exit 0
                 fi
             fi
+            build_utils=true
+            build_node_images=true
             shift
             ;;
         --init-force)
@@ -108,6 +110,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
                 done
             fi
             ;;
+        --ci)
+            ci=true
+            shift
+            ;;
         --build)
             build_dev_nitro=true
             build_dev_blockscout=true
@@ -175,6 +181,14 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             detach=true
             shift
             ;;
+        --nowait)
+            if ! $detach; then
+                echo "Error: --nowait requires --detach to be provided."
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            nowait=true
+            shift
+            ;;
         --batchposters)
             simple=false
             batchposters=$2
@@ -344,14 +358,21 @@ fi
 
 if $build_utils; then
   LOCAL_BUILD_NODES="scripts rollupcreator"
-  if $tokenbridge || $l3_token_bridge; then
+  # always build tokenbridge in CI mode to avoid caching issues
+  if $tokenbridge || $l3_token_bridge || $ci; then
     LOCAL_BUILD_NODES="$LOCAL_BUILD_NODES tokenbridge"
   fi
-  UTILS_NOCACHE=""
-  if $force_build_utils; then
+
+  if [ "$ci" == true ]; then
+    # workaround to cache docker layers and keep using docker-compose in CI
+    docker buildx bake --file docker-compose.yaml --file docker-compose-ci-cache.json $LOCAL_BUILD_NODES
+  else
+    UTILS_NOCACHE=""
+    if $force_build_utils; then
       UTILS_NOCACHE="--no-cache"
+    fi
+    docker compose build --no-rm $UTILS_NOCACHE $LOCAL_BUILD_NODES
   fi
-  docker compose build --no-rm $UTILS_NOCACHE $LOCAL_BUILD_NODES
 fi
 
 if $dev_nitro; then
@@ -371,7 +392,7 @@ if $blockscout; then
 fi
 
 if $build_node_images; then
-    docker compose build --no-rm $NODES scripts
+    docker compose build --no-rm $NODES
 fi
 
 if $force_init; then
@@ -587,7 +608,11 @@ fi
 if $run; then
     UP_FLAG=""
     if $detach; then
-        UP_FLAG="--wait"
+        if $nowait; then
+            UP_FLAG="--detach"
+        else
+            UP_FLAG="--wait"
+        fi
     fi
 
     echo == Launching Sequencer
diff --git a/tokenbridge/Dockerfile b/tokenbridge/Dockerfile
index dac06fbb..4adce556 100644
--- a/tokenbridge/Dockerfile
+++ b/tokenbridge/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 FROM node:18-bullseye-slim
-ARG TOKEN_BRIDGE_BRANCH=main
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y git docker.io python3 build-essential
+    apt-get install -y git docker.io python3 make gcc g++ curl jq
+ARG TOKEN_BRIDGE_BRANCH=main
 WORKDIR /workspace  
-RUN git clone --no-checkout https://github.com/OffchainLabs/token-bridge-contracts.git ./
-RUN git checkout ${TOKEN_BRIDGE_BRANCH}
-RUN yarn install
+RUN git clone --no-checkout https://github.com/OffchainLabs/token-bridge-contracts.git ./ && \
+    git checkout ${TOKEN_BRIDGE_BRANCH} && \
+    rm -rf .git && \
+    git init && git add . && git -c user.name="user" -c user.email="user@example.com" commit -m "Initial commit"
+RUN yarn install && yarn cache clean
 RUN yarn build
 ENTRYPOINT ["yarn"]