diff --git a/DOCKER/README.md b/DOCKER/README.md
index fcf2faaa..86e3dafa 100644
--- a/DOCKER/README.md
+++ b/DOCKER/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mounting it.
 The commands should work from tendermint/tendermint or tendermint/tendermint/DOCKER,
 save the removal of DOCKER from the path.
 
-Get quickly caught up with the testnet: `FAST_SYNC=true ./DOCKER/docker.sh`
+Get quickly caught up with the testnet: `./DOCKER/docker.sh`
 
 Use a pre-existing `~/.tendermint`: `VC=~/.tendermint NO_BUILD=true ./DOCKER/docker.sh`
 
diff --git a/DOCKER/docker.sh b/DOCKER/docker.sh
index b488912c..78b5c48f 100755
--- a/DOCKER/docker.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/docker.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ if [[ $VC ]]; then
 fi
 
 # run tendermint 
-docker run --name mint --volumes-from mintdata -d -p 46656:46656 -p 46657:46657 -e FAST_SYNC=$FAST_SYNC mint
+docker run --name mint --volumes-from mintdata -d -p 46656:46656 -p 46657:46657 mint
diff --git a/DOCKER/run.sh b/DOCKER/run.sh
index ed9ac4ff..9ba41fb1 100755
--- a/DOCKER/run.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/run.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,4 @@ if [[ $BARAK_SEED ]]; then
 	cat ./cmd/barak/$BARAK_SEED | ./build/barak &
 fi
 
-if [ "$FAST_SYNC" = "true" ]; then
-	tendermint node --fast_sync
-else 
-	tendermint node
-fi
-
+tendermint node