diff --git a/m1/Cargo.lock b/m1/Cargo.lock
index 084d2fc5..3504bede 100644
--- a/m1/Cargo.lock
+++ b/m1/Cargo.lock
@@ -8998,8 +8998,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "avalanche-types",
  "clap 3.2.25",
  "env_logger",
+ "log",
  "once_cell",
  "rand 0.7.3",
+ "random-manager",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "url 2.5.0",
 ]
diff --git a/m1/simulator/Cargo.toml b/m1/simulator/Cargo.toml
index 72e459c7..3f0a1392 100644
--- a/m1/simulator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/m1/simulator/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 avalanche-installer = "0.0.77"
 avalanche-network-runner-sdk = "0.3.3" # https://crates.io/crates/avalanche-network-runner-sdk
+log = "0.4.19"
+random-manager = "0.0.5"
+serde_json = "1.0.108" # https://github.com/serde-rs/json/releases
 avalanche-types = { workspace = true } # https://crates.io/crates/avalanche-types
 aptos-sdk = {workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/m1/simulator/src/main.rs b/m1/simulator/src/main.rs
index d5a22f5a..42a4f942 100644
--- a/m1/simulator/src/main.rs
+++ b/m1/simulator/src/main.rs
@@ -75,29 +75,31 @@ pub enum SubCommands{
     Health(HealthCommand),
 }
 
-fn main() {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     match cli.command {
-        SubCommands::Start(opts) => start_network(opts),
-        SubCommands::Partition(opts) => partition_network(opts),
-        SubCommands::Reconnect(opts) => reconnect_validators(opts),
-        SubCommands::Health(opts) => network_health(opts),
+        SubCommands::Start(opts) => start_network(opts).await,
+        SubCommands::Partition(opts) => partition_network(opts).await,
+        SubCommands::Reconnect(opts) => reconnect_validators(opts).await,
+        SubCommands::Health(opts) => network_health(opts).await,
     }
 }
 
-fn start_network(opts: StartCommand) {
-    simulator::init_m1_network()
+async fn start_network(opts: StartCommand) {
+    simulator::init_m1_network().await;
 
 }
 
-fn partition_network(opts: PartitionCommand) {
-
+async fn partition_network(opts: PartitionCommand) {
+    todo!()
 }
 
-fn reconnect_validators(opts: ReconnectCommand) {
+async fn reconnect_validators(opts: ReconnectCommand) {
+    todo!()
 
 }
 
-fn network_health(opts: HealthCommand) {
-
+async fn network_health(opts: HealthCommand) {
+    todo!()
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/m1/tests/e2e/src/tests/mod.rs b/m1/tests/e2e/src/tests/mod.rs
index 930619d1..d65889ff 100644
--- a/m1/tests/e2e/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/m1/tests/e2e/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ const AVALANCHEGO_VERSION: &str = "v1.10.9";
 
 #[tokio::test] 
 async fn e2e() {
-    init_m1_network()
+    init_m1_network().await
 }