diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index c0c3a45..a5ec25d 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # paths = ["/path/to/override"] # path dependency overrides
 
 [alias] # command aliases
-install_soroban = "install --git https://github.com/AhaLabs/soroban-tools --rev dc2a543993a293155516df52e79cc120cbd3dfe0 --root ./target soroban-cli --debug"
+install_soroban = "install --git https://github.com/AhaLabs/soroban-tools --rev c7fb7e08ba8efa9828d9df863d991558f269e35b --root ./target soroban-cli --debug"
 b = "build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --release"
 # c = "check"
 # t = "test"
diff --git a/quickstart.sh b/quickstart.sh
index 56829ed..c2a1bc3 100755
--- a/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ esac
 
 # this is set to the quickstart `soroban-dev` image annointed as the release 
 # for a given Soroban Release, it is captured on Soroban Releases - https://soroban.stellar.org/docs/reference/releases 
-QUICKSTART_SOROBAN_DOCKER_SHA=stellar/quickstart:testing@sha256:1c98f895f8b69cc843eeaa5230d67044dbeb390a5529d51dd7762d8ff685c3f8
+QUICKSTART_SOROBAN_DOCKER_SHA=stellar/quickstart:soroban-dev
 
 shift
 
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ docker run -dti \
 
 docker run --rm -ti \
   --name stellar \
+  --pull always \
   --network soroban-network \
   -p 8000:8000 \
   "$QUICKSTART_SOROBAN_DOCKER_SHA" \
diff --git a/shared/contracts.ts b/shared/contracts.ts
index e225f4e..60c8287 100644
--- a/shared/contracts.ts
+++ b/shared/contracts.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export const crowdfund = new Crowdfund.Contract({
   ...Crowdfund.networks[network as keyof typeof Crowdfund.networks],
 })
 
-export const server = new Server(rpcUrl)
+export const server = new Server(rpcUrl, { allowHttp: rpcUrl.startsWith('http:') })