diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml
index 16b57f5a..9c4a380c 100644
--- a/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type: application
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
 
 # Major version bit highlights the mainnet release (e.g. mainnet4 = 4.x.x, mainnet5 = 5.x.x, ...)
-version: 9.0.7
+version: 9.1.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/create_provider.sh b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/create_provider.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e6a629ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/create_provider.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Filename: create_provider.sh
+
+set -x
+
+##
+# Create Provider
+##
+
+cat <<EOT > provider.yaml
+host: https://provider.{{ .Values.domain }}:8443
+attributes:
+{{- range $key, $val := .Values.attributes }}
+  - key: {{ $val.key }}
+    value: {{ $val.value }}
+{{- end }}
+info:
+  email: {{ .Values.email }}
+  website: {{ .Values.website }}
+owner: {{ .Values.from }}
+EOT
+
+# Figure the provider address in case the user passes `--from=<key_name>` instead of `--from=<akash1...>` address.
+PROVIDER_ADDRESS="$(provider-services keys show $AKASH_FROM -a)"
+if [[ -z "$PROVIDER_ADDRESS" ]]; then
+  echo "PROVIDER_ADDRESS variable is empty. Something went wrong"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+provider-services query provider get $PROVIDER_ADDRESS -o json
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Could not find provider: $PROVIDER_ADDRES on the blockchain when querying Akash RPC node: $AKASH_NODE"
+  echo "Attempting to create a new provider ..."
+  provider-services tx provider create provider.yaml
+fi
+
+##
+# Update Provider
+##
+
+echo "Checking whether provider.yaml needs to be updated on the chain ..."
+diff --color -Nur <(cat provider.yaml | awk '/attributes:/{print;flag=1;next}/^  - key:/{if(flag)sub("  ","");print;next}flag&&/^    /{sub("    ","  ");print;next}{flag=0;print}' | sort) <(provider-services query provider get $PROVIDER_ADDRESS -o text | sed -e 's/"//g' -e 's/host_uri:/host:/g' | sort)
+rc=$?
+if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Updating provider info in the blockchain in 10 seconds ..."
+  sleep 10s
+  provider-services tx provider update provider.yaml
+fi
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/init.sh b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/init.sh
index 8cce603c..6c725630 100755
--- a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/init.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# Filename: init.sh
 
 if [[ $AKASH_DEBUG == "true" ]]; then sleep 5000; fi
 
@@ -10,135 +11,16 @@ set -x
 cat "$AKASH_BOOT_KEYS/key-pass.txt" | { cat ; echo ; } | provider-services --home="$AKASH_HOME" keys import --keyring-backend="$AKASH_KEYRING_BACKEND"  "$AKASH_FROM" "$AKASH_BOOT_KEYS/key.txt"
 
 ##
-# Check the Akash Node is working
+# Wait for RPC
 ##
-apt update && apt -yqq install curl jq bc netcat ca-certificates
-
-# fail fast should there be a problem installing curl, jq, nc packages
-type curl || exit 1
-type jq || exit 1
-type nc || exit 1
-
-solo_ip=$(echo $AKASH_NODE | cut -d":" -f2 | cut -d"/" -f3)
-port=$(echo $AKASH_NODE | cut -d":" -f3 | cut -d"/" -f1)
-if [[ $AKASH_NODE != "http://akash-node-1:26657" ]]; then
-  nc -z -v -w5 $solo_ip $port
-fi
-until [[ $(curl -s $AKASH_NODE/status | jq -r .result.sync_info.catching_up) == "false" ]]; do sleep 15; echo "Akash node not ready. Retrying";  done
-
-# Check Akash RPC node isn't running behind too much and abort if it does.
-DATE_AKASH=$(curl -s $AKASH_NODE/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_time')
-TS_AKASH=$(date +%s --date "$DATE_AKASH")
-TS=$(date +%s)
-DIFF=$(echo "$TS - $TS_AKASH" | bc)
-if [[ "$DIFF" -gt 30 ]]; then
-  echo "Akash RPC $AKASH_NODE is running $DIFF seconds behind."
-  echo "ACTION: Make sure your system time in synchronized and/or check your Akash RPC node."
-  exit 1
-elif [[ "$DIFF" -lt -30 ]]; then
-  echo "Akash RPC $AKASH_NODE is running $DIFF seconds ahead."
-  echo "ACTION: Make sure your system time in synchronized and/or check your Akash RPC node."
-  exit 1
-else
-  echo "Last block Akash RPC $AKASH_NODE seen was $DIFF seconds ago => OK"
-fi
+/scripts/wait_for_rpc.sh
 
 ##
-# Create Provider
+# Create/Update Provider
 ##
+/scripts/create_provider.sh
 
-cat <<EOT > provider.yaml
-host: https://provider.{{ .Values.domain }}:8443
-attributes:
-{{- range $key, $val := .Values.attributes }}
-  - key: {{ $val.key }}
-    value: {{ $val.value }}
-{{- end }}
-info:
-  email: {{ .Values.email }}
-  website: {{ .Values.website }}
-owner: {{ .Values.from }}
-EOT
-
-# Figure the provider address in case the user passes `--from=<key_name>` instead of `--from=<akash1...>` address.
-PROVIDER_ADDRESS="$(provider-services keys show $AKASH_FROM -a)"
-if [[ -z "$PROVIDER_ADDRESS" ]]; then
-  echo "PROVIDER_ADDRESS variable is empty. Something went wrong"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-provider-services query provider get $PROVIDER_ADDRESS -o json
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "Could not find provider: $PROVIDER_ADDRES on the blockchain when querying Akash RPC node: $AKASH_NODE"
-  echo "Attempting to create a new provider ..."
-  provider-services tx provider create provider.yaml
-fi
-
-echo "Checking whether provider.yaml needs to be updated on the chain ..."
-diff --color -Nur <(cat provider.yaml | awk '/attributes:/{print;flag=1;next}/^  - key:/{if(flag)sub("  ","");print;next}flag&&/^    /{sub("    ","  ");print;next}{flag=0;print}' | sort) <(provider-services query provider get $PROVIDER_ADDRESS -o text | sed -e 's/"//g' -e 's/host_uri:/host:/g' | sort)
-rc=$?
-if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "Updating provider info in the blockchain in 10 seconds ..."
-  sleep 10s
-  provider-services tx provider update provider.yaml
-fi
-
-CERT_SYMLINK="${AKASH_HOME}/${PROVIDER_ADDRESS}.pem"
-CERT_REAL_PATH="/config/provider.pem"
-rm -vf "$CERT_SYMLINK"
-# provider cert is coming from the configmap
-ln -sv "$CERT_REAL_PATH" "$CERT_SYMLINK"
-# 0 = yes; otherwise do not (re-)generate new provider certificate, unless
-GEN_NEW_CERT=1
-
-# Check whether the certificate is present and valid on the blockchain
-if [[ -f "${CERT_REAL_PATH}" ]]; then
-  LOCAL_CERT_SN="$(cat "${CERT_REAL_PATH}" | openssl x509 -serial -noout | cut -d'=' -f2)"
-  LOCAL_CERT_SN_DECIMAL=$(echo "obase=10; ibase=16; $LOCAL_CERT_SN" | bc)
-  REMOTE_CERT_STATUS="$(AKASH_OUTPUT=json provider-services query cert list --owner $PROVIDER_ADDRESS --state valid --serial $LOCAL_CERT_SN_DECIMAL --reverse | jq -r '.certificates[0].certificate.state')"
-  echo "Provider certificate serial number: ${LOCAL_CERT_SN:-unknown}, status on chain: ${REMOTE_CERT_STATUS:-unknown}"
-else
-  echo "${CERT_REAL_PATH} file is missing."
-  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
-fi
-
-if [[ -z "$LOCAL_CERT_SN" ]]; then
-  echo "LOCAL_CERT_SN variable is empty. Most likely ${CERT_REAL_PATH} file is empty or malformed."
-  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
-fi
-
-if [[ "valid" != "$REMOTE_CERT_STATUS" ]]; then
-  echo "No valid certificate found for provider: $PROVIDER_ADDRESS"
-  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
-
-  echo "It might as well be that the current certificate was expired/revoked, thus, it should be safe to delete it locally"
-fi
-
-# generate a new cert if the current one expires sooner than 7 days
-AKASH_OUTPUT=json provider-services query cert list --owner $PROVIDER_ADDRESS --state valid --reverse | jq -r '.certificates[0].certificate.cert' | openssl base64 -A -d | openssl x509 -checkend 604800 -noout 2>/dev/null 1>&2
-rc=$?
-if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "Certificate expires in less than 7 days, so going to generate a new one."
-  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
-fi
-
-# check if current local cert has expired
-# TODO: should probably add a healthCheck which would keep doing this every 5 minutes to bounce the pod if cert got expired
-openssl x509 -checkend 604800 -noout -in "${CERT_REAL_PATH}" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
-rc=$?
-if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "Certificate expires in less than 7 days, so going to generate a new one."
-  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
-fi
-
-if [[ "$GEN_NEW_CERT" -eq "0" ]]; then
-  echo "Removing the old certificate before generating a new one"
-  # It's also a good idea to delete it as otherwise, we'd have to add `--overwrite` to `provider-services tx cert generate server` command later.
-  rm -vf "${CERT_REAL_PATH}"
-
-  echo "Generating new provider certificate"
-  provider-services tx cert generate server provider.{{ .Values.domain }}
-
-  echo "Publishing new provider certificate"
-  provider-services tx cert publish server
-fi
+##
+# Create/Update Provider certs
+##
+/scripts/refresh_provider_cert.sh
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/liveness_checks.sh b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/liveness_checks.sh
index d2e743ab..4b1b1254 100755
--- a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/liveness_checks.sh
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/liveness_checks.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 # Ensure the script fails if any part of a pipeline fails
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Check provider certificate expiration
+if ! openssl x509 -in /config/provider.pem -checkend 3600 -noout > /dev/null; then
+  echo "certificate will expire in 1h, restarting"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Provider API /status check
 if ! timeout 5s curl -o /dev/null -fsk https://127.0.0.1:8443/status; then
   echo "api /status check failed"
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/refresh_provider_cert.sh b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/refresh_provider_cert.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..eb857345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/refresh_provider_cert.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Filename: refresh_provider_cert.sh
+
+set -x
+
+# Figure the provider address in case the user passes `--from=<key_name>` instead of `--from=<akash1...>` address.
+PROVIDER_ADDRESS="$(provider-services keys show $AKASH_FROM -a)"
+if [[ -z "$PROVIDER_ADDRESS" ]]; then
+  echo "PROVIDER_ADDRESS variable is empty. Something went wrong"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+CERT_SYMLINK="${AKASH_HOME}/${PROVIDER_ADDRESS}.pem"
+CERT_REAL_PATH="/config/provider.pem"
+rm -vf "$CERT_SYMLINK"
+# provider cert is coming from the configmap
+ln -sv "$CERT_REAL_PATH" "$CERT_SYMLINK"
+# 0 = yes; otherwise do not (re-)generate new provider certificate, unless
+GEN_NEW_CERT=1
+
+# Check whether the certificate is present and valid on the blockchain
+if [[ -f "${CERT_REAL_PATH}" ]]; then
+  LOCAL_CERT_SN="$(cat "${CERT_REAL_PATH}" | openssl x509 -serial -noout | cut -d'=' -f2)"
+  LOCAL_CERT_SN_DECIMAL=$(echo "obase=10; ibase=16; $LOCAL_CERT_SN" | bc)
+  REMOTE_CERT_STATUS="$(AKASH_OUTPUT=json provider-services query cert list --owner $PROVIDER_ADDRESS --state valid --serial $LOCAL_CERT_SN_DECIMAL --reverse | jq -r '.certificates[0].certificate.state')"
+  echo "Provider certificate serial number: ${LOCAL_CERT_SN:-unknown}, status on chain: ${REMOTE_CERT_STATUS:-unknown}"
+else
+  echo "${CERT_REAL_PATH} file is missing."
+  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$LOCAL_CERT_SN" ]]; then
+  echo "LOCAL_CERT_SN variable is empty. Most likely ${CERT_REAL_PATH} file is empty or malformed."
+  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
+fi
+
+if [[ "valid" != "$REMOTE_CERT_STATUS" ]]; then
+  echo "No valid certificate found for provider: $PROVIDER_ADDRESS"
+  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
+
+  echo "It might as well be that the current certificate was expired/revoked, thus, it should be safe to delete it locally"
+fi
+
+# generate a new cert if the current one expires sooner than 7 days
+AKASH_OUTPUT=json provider-services query cert list --owner $PROVIDER_ADDRESS --state valid --reverse | jq -r '.certificates[0].certificate.cert' | openssl base64 -A -d | openssl x509 -checkend 604800 -noout 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+rc=$?
+if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Certificate expires in less than 7 days, so going to generate a new one."
+  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
+fi
+
+# check if current local cert has expired
+# TODO: should probably add a healthCheck which would keep doing this every 5 minutes to bounce the pod if cert got expired
+openssl x509 -checkend 604800 -noout -in "${CERT_REAL_PATH}" 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+rc=$?
+if [[ $rc -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Certificate expires in less than 7 days, so going to generate a new one."
+  GEN_NEW_CERT=0
+fi
+
+if [[ "$GEN_NEW_CERT" -eq "0" ]]; then
+  echo "Removing the old certificate before generating a new one"
+  # It's also a good idea to delete it as otherwise, we'd have to add `--overwrite` to `provider-services tx cert generate server` command later.
+  rm -vf "${CERT_REAL_PATH}"
+
+  echo "Generating new provider certificate"
+  provider-services tx cert generate server provider.{{ .Values.domain }}
+
+  echo "Publishing new provider certificate"
+  provider-services tx cert publish server
+fi
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/run.sh b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/run.sh
index 33fc651e..331159d0 100755
--- a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/run.sh
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/run.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ type jq || exit 1
 type awk || exit 1
 type bc || exit 1
 
+##
+# Wait for RPC
+##
+/scripts/wait_for_rpc.sh
+
+##
+# Create/Update Provider certs
+##
+/scripts/refresh_provider_cert.sh
+
 # Start provider-services and monitor its output
 exec provider-services run | while read line; do
     echo "$line"
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/scripts/wait_for_rpc.sh b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/wait_for_rpc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cc2cf3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/scripts/wait_for_rpc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Filename: wait_for_rpc.sh
+
+set -x
+
+##
+# Check the Akash Node is working
+##
+apt update && apt -yqq install curl jq bc netcat ca-certificates
+
+# fail fast should there be a problem installing curl, jq, nc packages
+type curl || exit 1
+type jq || exit 1
+type nc || exit 1
+
+solo_ip=$(echo $AKASH_NODE | cut -d":" -f2 | cut -d"/" -f3)
+port=$(echo $AKASH_NODE | cut -d":" -f3 | cut -d"/" -f1)
+if [[ $AKASH_NODE != "http://akash-node-1:26657" ]]; then
+  nc -z -v -w5 $solo_ip $port
+fi
+until [[ $(curl -s $AKASH_NODE/status | jq -r .result.sync_info.catching_up) == "false" ]]; do sleep 15; echo "Akash node not ready. Retrying";  done
+
+# Check Akash RPC node isn't running behind too much and abort if it does.
+DATE_AKASH=$(curl -s $AKASH_NODE/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_time')
+TS_AKASH=$(date +%s --date "$DATE_AKASH")
+TS=$(date +%s)
+DIFF=$(echo "$TS - $TS_AKASH" | bc)
+if [[ "$DIFF" -gt 30 ]]; then
+  echo "Akash RPC $AKASH_NODE is running $DIFF seconds behind."
+  echo "ACTION: Make sure your system time in synchronized and/or check your Akash RPC node."
+  exit 1
+elif [[ "$DIFF" -lt -30 ]]; then
+  echo "Akash RPC $AKASH_NODE is running $DIFF seconds ahead."
+  echo "ACTION: Make sure your system time in synchronized and/or check your Akash RPC node."
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "Last block Akash RPC $AKASH_NODE seen was $DIFF seconds ago => OK"
+fi
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-boot.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-boot.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fab106cc..00000000
--- a/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-boot.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "provider.fullname" . }}-boot
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-data:
-  init.sh: |
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/init.sh") . | indent 4 }}
-  run.sh: |
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/run.sh") . | indent 4 }}
-  liveness_checks.sh: |
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/liveness_checks.sh") . | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-scripts.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-scripts.yaml
index f9b35fea..e9ef33d9 100644
--- a/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-scripts.yaml
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/templates/configmap-scripts.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,19 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "provider.fullname" . }}-scripts
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 data:
-  dummy: |
-    dummy
+  init.sh: |
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/init.sh") . | indent 4 }}
+  wait_for_rpc.sh: |
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/wait_for_rpc.sh") . | indent 4 }}
+  create_provider.sh: |
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/create_provider.sh") . | indent 4 }}
+  refresh_provider_cert.sh: |
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/refresh_provider_cert.sh") . | indent 4 }}
+  run.sh: |
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/run.sh") . | indent 4 }}
+  liveness_checks.sh: |
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/liveness_checks.sh") . | indent 4 }}
 {{- if .Values.bidpricescript }}
   price_script.sh: |
 {{ .Values.bidpricescript | b64dec | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
-  liveness_checks.sh: |
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "scripts/liveness_checks.sh") . | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 3cb45ace..8a91d33f 100644
--- a/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/akash-provider/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/cm-boot: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-boot.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         checksum/cm-scripts: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-scripts.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
       labels:
         app: {{ include "provider.fullname" . }}
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          command: ["/bin/bash", "/boot/init.sh"]
+          command: ["/bin/bash", "/scripts/init.sh"]
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ spec:
               value: "info"
 
           volumeMounts:
-            - name: boot
-              mountPath: /boot
+            - name: scripts
+              mountPath: /scripts
               readOnly: true
             - name: keys
               mountPath: /boot-keys
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ spec:
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          command: ["/bin/bash", "/boot/run.sh"]
+          command: ["/bin/bash", "/scripts/run.sh"]
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
@@ -271,9 +270,6 @@ spec:
             timeoutSeconds: 10
 
           volumeMounts:
-            - name: boot
-              mountPath: /boot
-              readOnly: true
             - name: scripts
               mountPath: /scripts
               readOnly: true
@@ -285,9 +281,6 @@ spec:
             - name: home
               mountPath: "{{ .Values.home }}"
       volumes:
-        - name: boot
-          configMap:
-            name: {{ include "provider.fullname" . }}-boot
         - name: scripts
           configMap:
             name: {{ include "provider.fullname" . }}-scripts