diff --git a/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/HeaderAnnouncement.svelte b/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/HeaderAnnouncement.svelte
index c3c2729babd..7d33b683214 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/HeaderAnnouncement.svelte
+++ b/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/HeaderAnnouncement.svelte
@@ -3,19 +3,11 @@
     <div class="sm:px-16 text-center">
       <p class="font-medium text-white">
         <span class="md:inline"
-          >Hello! At Taiko, we develop in open-source, so this URL, and others,
-          are publicly available. However, it is not ready to be used. We will
-          make an announcement when our public testnet is ready!</span
+          >Receive some tokens for bridging with our <a
+            href="https://taiko.xyz/docs/alpha-1-testnet/request-eth-from-faucet"
+            class="font-bold text-white underline">faucet</a
+          >.</span
         >
-        <span class="block sm:inline-block">
-          <a
-            href="https://twitter.com/taikoxyz"
-            class="font-bold text-white underline"
-          >
-            Follow @taikoxyz on Twitter
-            <span aria-hidden="true"> &rarr;</span>
-          </a>
-        </span>
       </p>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/Transaction.svelte b/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/Transaction.svelte
index e40029a24db..fe82e40f19a 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/Transaction.svelte
+++ b/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/Transaction.svelte
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
   <td>
     {#if !processable}
-      Pending {fromChain.id === CHAIN_TKO.id ? '(2-3hrs)': ''}...
+      Pending
     {:else if !transaction.receipt && transaction.status === MessageStatus.New}
       <div class="inline-block">
         <LottiePlayer
diff --git a/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/form/ProcessingFee.svelte b/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/form/ProcessingFee.svelte
index 734a6ffc3cf..2e33051e015 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/form/ProcessingFee.svelte
+++ b/packages/bridge-ui/src/components/form/ProcessingFee.svelte
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@
           time.
         </li>
         <li>
-          <strong>Custom</strong>: You can set a custom fee if you want to pay
-          less (and wait).
+          <strong>Custom</strong>:You can set a custom fee for the relayer to
+          incentivize them to prioritize your request. A lower fee may result in
+          longer processing time.
         </li>
         <li>
           <strong>None</strong>: You can select no fee if you want to come back
diff --git a/packages/relayer/.default.env b/packages/relayer/.default.env
index 7445d2e4e49..5097c633e8f 100644
--- a/packages/relayer/.default.env
+++ b/packages/relayer/.default.env
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
-HTTP_PORT=4102
-PROMETHEUS_HTTP_PORT=6060
+HTTP_PORT=4101
+PROMETHEUS_HTTP_PORT=6061
 MYSQL_USER=root
 MYSQL_PASSWORD=root
 MYSQL_DATABASE=relayer
 MYSQL_HOST=localhost:3306
+MYSQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS=50
+MYSQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS=3000
+MYSQL_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME_IN_MS=100000
 RELAYER_ECDSA_KEY=
-L1_BRIDGE_ADDRESS=0xB12d6112D64B213880Fa53F815aF1F29c91CaCe9
-L2_BRIDGE_ADDRESS=0xA53a0f12879Aba509A24D2e5C959a36cdD18F9d0
-L1_TAIKO_ADDRESS=0x9b557777Be33A8A2fE6aF93E017A0d139B439E5D
-L2_TAIKO_ADDRESS=0x80EDBd3f3618b348526F0970AEAFA52b6f204449
-L1_RPC_URL=ws://34.132.67.34:8546
-L2_RPC_URL=ws://ws.a1.testnet.taiko.xyz
-BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE=2
-MYSQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS=
-MYSQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS=
-MYSQL_CONN_MAX_LIFETIME_IN_MS=
-NUM_GOROUTINES=20
-SUBSCRIPTION_BACKOFF_IN_SECONDS=3
-CONFIRMATIONS_BEFORE_PROCESSING=15
+L1_BRIDGE_ADDRESS=0x3612E284D763f42f5E4CB72B1602b23DAEC3cA60
+L2_BRIDGE_ADDRESS=0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000004
+L1_TAIKO_ADDRESS=0x7B3AF414448ba906f02a1CA307C56c4ADFF27ce7
+L2_TAIKO_ADDRESS=0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000001
+L1_RPC_URL=wss://l1ws.a1.taiko.xyz
+L2_RPC_URL=wss://l2ws.a1.taiko.xyz
+CONFIRMATIONS_BEFORE_PROCESSING=13
 CORS_ORIGINS=*
+NUM_GOROUTINES=100
+BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE=10
 HEADER_SYNC_INTERVAL_IN_SECONDS=60
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/relayer/README.md b/packages/relayer/README.md
index f12149044b5..b12f5bfe8fe 100644
--- a/packages/relayer/README.md
+++ b/packages/relayer/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 
 A relayer for the Bridge to watch and sync event between Layer 1 and Taiko Layer 2.
 
+## Running the app
+
+run `cp .default.env .env`, and add your own private key as `RELAYER_ECDSA_KEY` in `.env`. You need to be running a MySQL instance, and replace all the `MYSQL_` env vars with yours.
+
+Run `go run cmd/main.go --help` to see a list of possible configuration flags, or `go run cmd/main.go` to run with defaults, which will process messages from L1 to L2, and from L2 to L1, and start indexing blocks from 0.
+
 ## Project structure
 
 ### bin