diff --git a/cmd/zetae2e/get_zetaclient_bootstrap.go b/cmd/zetae2e/local/get_zetaclient_bootstrap.go
similarity index 93%
rename from cmd/zetae2e/get_zetaclient_bootstrap.go
rename to cmd/zetae2e/local/get_zetaclient_bootstrap.go
index 97139356f5..7e346448b4 100644
--- a/cmd/zetae2e/get_zetaclient_bootstrap.go
+++ b/cmd/zetae2e/local/get_zetaclient_bootstrap.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package main
+package local
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	observertypes "github.com/zeta-chain/node/x/observer/types"
 )
 
+const grpcURLFlag = "grpc-url"
+
 func NewGetZetaclientBootstrap() *cobra.Command {
 	var ConfigureZetaclientBootstrapCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get-zetaclient-bootstrap",
@@ -24,13 +26,17 @@ func NewGetZetaclientBootstrap() *cobra.Command {
 		RunE:  getZetaclientBootstrap,
 	}
 
+	ConfigureZetaclientBootstrapCmd.Flags().
+		String(grpcURLFlag, "zetacore0:9090", "--grpc-url zetacore0:9090")
+
 	return ConfigureZetaclientBootstrapCmd
 }
 
 func getZetaclientBootstrap(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	sdkconfig.SetDefault(true)
+	grpcURL, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(grpcURLFlag)
 	rpcClient, err := rpc.NewGRPCClients(
-		"zetacore0:9090",
+		grpcURL,
 		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
 		grpc.WithBlock(),
 	)
diff --git a/cmd/zetae2e/local/local.go b/cmd/zetae2e/local/local.go
index 0ebb6244f9..e625b4174a 100644
--- a/cmd/zetae2e/local/local.go
+++ b/cmd/zetae2e/local/local.go
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ func NewLocalCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().
 		Bool(flagUpgradeContracts, false, "set to true to upgrade Gateways and ERC20Custody contracts during setup for ZEVM and EVM")
 
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewGetZetaclientBootstrap())
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/zetae2e/root.go b/cmd/zetae2e/root.go
index d885b532e2..28b4b0c003 100644
--- a/cmd/zetae2e/root.go
+++ b/cmd/zetae2e/root.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		NewStressTestCmd(),
 		NewInitCmd(),
 		NewSetupBitcoinCmd(),
-		NewGetZetaclientBootstrap(),
 	)
 
 	return cmd
diff --git a/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetaclientd.sh b/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetaclientd.sh
index fd4c55249b..c994f1d2df 100755
--- a/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetaclientd.sh
+++ b/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetaclientd.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ RELAYER_KEY_PATH="$HOME/.zetacored/relayer-keys"
 mkdir -p "${RELAYER_KEY_PATH}"
 
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.tss/"
-zetae2e get-zetaclient-bootstrap > "$HOME/.tss/address_book.seed"
+zetae2e local get-zetaclient-bootstrap > "$HOME/.tss/address_book.seed"
 
 MYIP=$(/sbin/ip -o -4 addr list eth0 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1)