diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a1448030..1ddedcc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        suite: ["dev_test", "dev_multi", "dev_seq", "dev_smoke", "papi_dev"]
+        suite: ["dev_test", "dev_multi", "dev_seq", "dev_smoke", "papi_dev", "fork_test"]
         shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/test/configs/mbStateOverride.json b/test/configs/mbStateOverride.json
index fe51488c..a675a1cf 100644
--- a/test/configs/mbStateOverride.json
+++ b/test/configs/mbStateOverride.json
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-[]
+[
+  {
+    "key": "0x26aa394eea5630e07c48ae0c9558cef7b99d880ec681799c0cf30e8886371da90b65f88190770e2d4021d80a480ecf9c8300db2442725604b8f5eb172692bb15078205c2",
+    "value": "0x000000000000000001000000000000000000443945309a7a4800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/test/moonwall.config.json b/test/moonwall.config.json
index 6c0c3c29..c803b39d 100644
--- a/test/moonwall.config.json
+++ b/test/moonwall.config.json
@@ -953,9 +953,7 @@
     {
       "name": "fork_test",
       "testFileDir": ["suites/fork_test"],
-      "runScripts": [
-        "compile-wasm.ts compile -b tmp/moonbeam -o tmp/wasm -c moonbeam-dev"
-      ],
+
       "foundation": {
         "type": "dev",
         "launchSpec": [
@@ -968,7 +966,6 @@
               "--ethapi=txpool",
               "--no-hardware-benchmarks",
               "--no-telemetry",
-              "--wasmtime-precompiled=tmp/wasm",
               "--unsafe-force-node-key-generation",
               "--reserved-only",
               "--no-grandpa",
diff --git a/test/scripts/compile-wasm.ts b/test/scripts/compile-wasm.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5091123d..00000000
--- a/test/scripts/compile-wasm.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-import fs from "fs/promises";
-import path from "path";
-import child_process from "child_process";
-import yargs from "yargs";
-import { hideBin } from "yargs/helpers";
-
-yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
-  .usage("Usage: $0")
-  .version("2.0.0")
-  .options({
-    OutputDirectory: {
-      type: "string",
-      alias: "o",
-      description: "Output directory for compiled contracts",
-      default: "precompiled-wasm",
-    },
-    Binary: {
-      type: "string",
-      alias: "b",
-      description: "Moonbeam binary path",
-      default: "contracts/src",
-    },
-    Chain: {
-      type: "string",
-      alias: "c",
-      description: "runtime chain to use",
-      require: true,
-    },
-    Verbose: {
-      type: "boolean",
-      alias: "v",
-      description: "Verbose mode for extra logging.",
-      default: false,
-    },
-  })
-  .command("compile", "Compile wasm", async (argv) => {
-    await main(argv as any);
-  })
-  .parse();
-
-async function spawn(cmd: string) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    var spawned = child_process.spawn(cmd, { shell: true });
-
-    let errData = "";
-    let outData = "";
-    spawned.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
-      outData += chunk.toString();
-    });
-
-    spawned.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
-      errData += chunk.toString();
-    });
-
-    spawned.on("close", function (code) {
-      if (code && code > 0) {
-        return reject(new Error(errData));
-      }
-
-      resolve(outData);
-    });
-
-    spawned.on("error", function (err) {
-      reject(err);
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-async function main(args: any) {
-  const outputDirectory = path.join(process.cwd(), args.argv.OutputDirectory);
-  const binaryPath = args.argv.Binary;
-
-  console.log(`🗃️  Binary: ${binaryPath}`);
-  console.log(`🗃️  Output directory: ${outputDirectory}`);
-
-  child_process.execSync(`mkdir -p ${outputDirectory}`);
-
-  await fs.mkdir("tmp", { recursive: true });
-  const tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp("tmp/base-path");
-  try {
-    // Generate plain chain spec
-    const generateChainSpecCmd =
-      `${binaryPath} build-spec` + ` --chain ${args.argv.Chain} > tmp/${args.argv.Chain}.json`;
-    console.log(`🗃️  ${generateChainSpecCmd}`);
-    await spawn(generateChainSpecCmd);
-
-    // Generate raw chain spec
-    const generateRawChainSpecCmd =
-      `${binaryPath} build-spec --chain tmp/${args.argv.Chain}.json ` +
-      `--raw > tmp/${args.argv.Chain}-raw.json`;
-    console.log(`🗃️  ${generateRawChainSpecCmd}`);
-    await spawn(generateRawChainSpecCmd);
-
-    // Generate precompiled wasm
-    const command =
-      `${binaryPath} precompile-wasm --log=wasmtime-runtime --base-path=${tmpDir} ` +
-      `--chain tmp/${args.argv.Chain}-raw.json ${outputDirectory}`;
-    console.log(`🗃️  ${command}`);
-    await spawn(command);
-  } finally {
-    if ((await fs.stat(tmpDir)).isDirectory()) {
-      await fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/suites/fork_test/test_fork.ts b/test/suites/fork_test/test_fork.ts
index 67f5fffb..be7a4b0a 100644
--- a/test/suites/fork_test/test_fork.ts
+++ b/test/suites/fork_test/test_fork.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,15 @@ describeSuite({
   foundationMethods: "dev",
   options: {
     forkConfig: {
-      url: "https://moonbeam.public.blastapi.io",
-      verbose: true
+      url: "https://moonbeam.unitedbloc.com",
+      verbose: true,
     },
   },
-  testCases: ({ it, context , log}) => {
+  testCases: ({ it, context, log }) => {
     let polkadotJs: ApiPromise;
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
       polkadotJs = context.polkadotJs();
-      log("Waiting a minute for lazy loading to do its thing");
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60_000)); // wait for  LL loading 1 minute
     });
 
     it({
@@ -26,10 +24,24 @@ describeSuite({
       title: "Checking that launched node can create blocks",
       test: async () => {
         const block = (await polkadotJs.rpc.chain.getBlock()).block.header.number.toNumber();
-        await context.createBlock();
+        await context.createBlock([], { finalize: false });
         const block2 = (await polkadotJs.rpc.chain.getBlock()).block.header.number.toNumber();
         expect(block2).to.be.greaterThan(block);
       },
     });
+
+    it({
+      id: "T02",
+      title: "Check that state overrides work",
+      test: async () => {
+        const testAccount = "0x8300db2442725604b8f5Eb172692Bb15078205c2";
+        log(`Address: ${testAccount}`);
+
+        const {
+          data: { free },
+        } = await polkadotJs.query.system.account(testAccount);
+        expect(free.toBigInt(), "Free balance should be 1337000").toBe(1337000000000000000000n);
+      },
+    });
   },
 });