diff --git a/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/getNetworkConfig.ts b/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/getNetworkConfig.ts
index 77b0ecdab70..480ae88fa0a 100644
--- a/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/getNetworkConfig.ts
+++ b/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/getNetworkConfig.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
-import { SetupContractConfig, getBurnerWallet } from "@latticexyz/std-client";
+import { getBurnerWallet } from "@latticexyz/std-client";
 import worldsJson from "contracts/worlds.json";
 import { supportedChains } from "./supportedChains";
-import type { Chain } from "viem/chains";
 
 const worlds = worldsJson as Partial<Record<string, { address: string; blockNumber?: number }>>;
 
-type NetworkConfig = SetupContractConfig & {
-  privateKey: string;
-  faucetServiceUrl?: string;
-  chain: Chain;
-};
-
-export async function getNetworkConfig(): Promise<NetworkConfig> {
+export async function getNetworkConfig() {
   const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
   const chainId = Number(params.get("chainId") || params.get("chainid") || import.meta.env.VITE_CHAIN_ID || 31337);
   const chainIndex = supportedChains.findIndex((c) => c.id === chainId);
@@ -31,22 +24,11 @@ export async function getNetworkConfig(): Promise<NetworkConfig> {
     : world?.blockNumber ?? -1; // -1 will attempt to find the block number from RPC
 
   return {
-    clock: {
-      period: 1000,
-      initialTime: 0,
-      syncInterval: 5000,
-    },
-    provider: {
-      chainId,
-      jsonRpcUrl: params.get("rpc") ?? chain.rpcUrls.default.http[0],
-      wsRpcUrl: params.get("wsRpc") ?? chain.rpcUrls.default.webSocket?.[0],
-    },
     privateKey: getBurnerWallet().value,
     chainId,
     chain,
     faucetServiceUrl: params.get("faucet") ?? chain.faucetUrl,
     worldAddress,
     initialBlockNumber,
-    disableCache: params.get("cache") === "false",
   };
 }
diff --git a/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/setupNetwork.ts b/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/setupNetwork.ts
index b74f6f9669d..4668426380f 100644
--- a/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/setupNetwork.ts
+++ b/templates/vanilla/packages/client/src/mud/setupNetwork.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { getBurnerWallet } from "@latticexyz/std-client";
+import { createPublicClient, fallback, webSocket, http, createWalletClient, getContract, Hex, parseEther } from "viem";
+import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
 import { createFaucetService } from "@latticexyz/network";
 import { encodeEntity, syncToRecs } from "@latticexyz/store-sync/recs";
 import { getNetworkConfig } from "./getNetworkConfig";
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@ import { defineContractComponents } from "./contractComponents";
 import { world } from "./world";
 import { IWorld__factory } from "contracts/types/ethers-contracts/factories/IWorld__factory";
 import storeConfig from "contracts/mud.config";
-import { createPublicClient, fallback, webSocket, http, createWalletClient, getContract, Hex, parseEther } from "viem";
-import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
 
 export type SetupNetworkResult = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof setupNetwork>>;
 
@@ -27,9 +26,10 @@ export async function setupNetwork() {
     address: networkConfig.worldAddress as Hex,
     publicClient,
     components: contractComponents,
+    startBlock: BigInt(networkConfig.initialBlockNumber),
   });
 
-  const burnerAccount = privateKeyToAccount(getBurnerWallet().value);
+  const burnerAccount = privateKeyToAccount(networkConfig.privateKey as Hex);
   const burnerWalletClient = createWalletClient({
     account: burnerAccount,
     chain: networkConfig.chain,