diff --git a/zombienet/docker/tester.Dockerfile b/zombienet/docker/tester.Dockerfile
index 153bf0cece..53070a625f 100644
--- a/zombienet/docker/tester.Dockerfile
+++ b/zombienet/docker/tester.Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ RUN mkdir /home/nonroot/.local && \
    chown nonroot:nonroot /home/nonroot/.local && \
    chown nonroot:nonroot /tmp
 USER nonroot
-CMD zombienet-linux-x64 test -p native kagome/zombienet/0001-parachains-smoke-test/0001-parachains-smoke-test.zndsl && \
-    zombienet-linux-x64 test -p native kagome/zombienet/0002-parachains-upgrade-smoke-tests/0002-parachains-upgrade-smoke-test.zndsl && \
-    zombienet-linux-x64 test -p native kagome/zombienet/0003-parachains-smoke-test-cumulus/0003-parachains-smoke-test-cumulus.zndsl
+#CMD zombienet-linux-x64 test -p native kagome/zombienet/0001-parachains-smoke-test/0001-parachains-smoke-test.zndsl && \
+#    zombienet-linux-x64 test -p native kagome/zombienet/0002-parachains-upgrade-smoke-tests/0002-parachains-upgrade-smoke-test.zndsl && \
+#    zombienet-linux-x64 test -p native kagome/zombienet/0003-parachains-smoke-test-cumulus/0003-parachains-smoke-test-cumulus.zndsl
+
+
+# Prepare runtimes
+RUN mkdir /tmp/chain-specs
+RUN polkadot build-spec --chain rococo-local --raw > /tmp/chain-specs/rococo-local.raw
+RUN polkadot build-spec --chain westend-local --raw > /tmp/chain-specs/westend-local.raw
+# TODO(kamilsa) #2099: replace kagome launch with timeout below with precompile command
+RUN timeout 10m kagome --chain /tmp/chain-specs/rococo-local.raw --tmp --validator --wasm-execution Compiled || echo "kagome command timed out"
+RUN timeout 10m kagome --chain /tmp/chain-specs/westend-local.raw --tmp --validator --wasm-execution Compiled || echo "kagome command timed out"