diff --git a/ci/docker-solana/entrypoint.sh b/ci/docker-solana/entrypoint.sh
index 9d27137a1..4b7222067 100755
--- a/ci/docker-solana/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/ci/docker-solana/entrypoint.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ solana-genesis --num_tokens 1000000000 --mint /config/drone-keypair.json --boots
 
 solana-drone --keypair /config/drone-keypair.json --network 127.0.0.1:8001 &
 drone=$!
-solana-fullnode --identity /config/leader-config.json --ledger /ledger/ &
+solana-fullnode --identity /config/leader-config.json --ledger /ledger/ --rpc 8899 &
 fullnode=$!
 
 abort() {
diff --git a/multinode-demo/leader.sh b/multinode-demo/leader.sh
index d6fcdf1ac..bb41fa096 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/leader.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/leader.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ trap 'kill "$pid" && wait "$pid"' INT TERM
 $program \
   --identity "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/leader.json \
   --ledger "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/ledger \
+  --rpc 8899 \
   > >($leader_logger) 2>&1 &
 pid=$!
 oom_score_adj "$pid" 1000