diff --git a/e2e/app/setup.go b/e2e/app/setup.go
index 8f3d4a956..467044913 100644
--- a/e2e/app/setup.go
+++ b/e2e/app/setup.go
@@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ func Setup(ctx context.Context, def Definition, depCfg DeployConfig) error {
 	}
 
 	logCfg := logConfig(def)
-	if def.Testnet.HasArchiveNode() {
-		if err := writeMonitorConfig(ctx, def, logCfg, valPrivKeys); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if err := writeMonitorConfig(ctx, def, logCfg, valPrivKeys); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	if err := writeRelayerConfig(ctx, def, logCfg); err != nil {
@@ -489,10 +487,15 @@ func writeRelayerConfig(ctx context.Context, def Definition, logCfg log.Config)
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "write private key")
 	}
 
+	archiveNode, ok := def.Testnet.ArchiveNode()
+	if !ok {
+		return errors.New("archive node not found")
+	}
+
 	relayCfg := relayapp.DefaultConfig()
 	relayCfg.PrivateKey = privKeyFile
 	relayCfg.Network = def.Testnet.Network
-	relayCfg.HaloURL = def.Testnet.RandomHaloAddr()
+	relayCfg.HaloURL = archiveNode.AddressRPC()
 	relayCfg.RPCEndpoints = endpoints
 
 	if err := relayapp.WriteConfigTOML(relayCfg, logCfg, filepath.Join(confRoot, configFile)); err != nil {
diff --git a/e2e/docker/docker.go b/e2e/docker/docker.go
index 8c30c9b21..b89a179d1 100644
--- a/e2e/docker/docker.go
+++ b/e2e/docker/docker.go
@@ -271,10 +271,7 @@ func additionalServices(testnet types.Testnet) []string {
 		resp = append(resp, "prometheus")
 	}
 
-	// Monitor must connect to an archive node.
-	if testnet.HasArchiveNode() {
-		resp = append(resp, "monitor")
-	}
+	resp = append(resp, "monitor")
 
 	// In monitor only mode, we only start monitor and prometheus.
 	if testnet.OnlyMonitor {
diff --git a/e2e/manifests/devnet0.toml b/e2e/manifests/devnet0.toml
index a17a15bc5..873aa3561 100644
--- a/e2e/manifests/devnet0.toml
+++ b/e2e/manifests/devnet0.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-# Devnet0 is a tiny devnet. Only a single validator and two anvils.
+# Devnet0 is a tiny devnet. Only a single validator, an archive node (for the relayer), and two anvils.
 # This is aimed at local dev environments.
 
 network = "devnet"
 anvil_chains = ["mock_op", "mock_arb"]
 
 [node.validator01]
+
+[node.fullnode01]
+mode="archive"
diff --git a/e2e/types/testnet.go b/e2e/types/testnet.go
index ab22fec88..b6caf084f 100644
--- a/e2e/types/testnet.go
+++ b/e2e/types/testnet.go
@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@ func (t Testnet) BroadcastNode() *e2e.Node {
 	return t.Nodes[0]
 }
 
-// HasArchiveNode returns whether the Testnet has any nodes running in ModeArchive.
-func (t Testnet) HasArchiveNode() bool {
-	for _, node := range t.Nodes {
-		if node.Mode == ModeArchive {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 // ArchiveNode returns the first node running in ModeArchive.
 // Note that this is different from the CometBFT Testnet.ArchiveNodes() method.
 func (t Testnet) ArchiveNode() (*e2e.Node, bool) {