diff --git a/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_block.rs b/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_block.rs
index 5d0953bb..1df7b2ba 100644
--- a/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_block.rs
+++ b/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_block.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ where
         print_order_and_timestamp(&block_data.available_orders, &block_data);
     }
 
-    let provider_factory = config.base_config().create_provider_factory()?;
+    let provider_factory = config.base_config().create_provider_factory(true)?;
     let chain_spec = config.base_config().chain_spec()?;
 
     if cli.sim_landed_block {
diff --git a/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_range.rs b/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_range.rs
index da96d7f3..15398294 100644
--- a/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_range.rs
+++ b/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/backtest_build_range.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ where
         result
     };
 
-    let provider_factory = config.base_config().create_provider_factory()?;
+    let provider_factory = config.base_config().create_provider_factory(true)?;
     let chain_spec = config.base_config().chain_spec()?;
 
     let mut profits = Vec::new();
diff --git a/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/redistribute/cli/mod.rs b/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/redistribute/cli/mod.rs
index 215b7b78..8bf59bd7 100644
--- a/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/redistribute/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rbuilder/src/backtest/redistribute/cli/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ where
     let mut historical_data_storage =
         HistoricalDataStorage::new_from_path(&config.base_config().backtest_fetch_output_file)
             .await?;
-    let provider = config.base_config().create_provider_factory()?;
+    let provider = config.base_config().create_provider_factory(true)?;
     let mut csv_writer = cli
         .csv
         .map(|path| -> io::Result<_> { CSVResultWriter::new(path) })
diff --git a/crates/rbuilder/src/bin/debug-bench-machine.rs b/crates/rbuilder/src/bin/debug-bench-machine.rs
index 2f7c1f1e..dec269f7 100644
--- a/crates/rbuilder/src/bin/debug-bench-machine.rs
+++ b/crates/rbuilder/src/bin/debug-bench-machine.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
 
     let chain_spec = config.base_config().chain_spec()?;
 
-    let provider_factory = config.base_config().create_provider_factory()?;
+    let provider_factory = config.base_config().create_provider_factory(true)?;
 
     let last_block = provider_factory.last_block_number()?;
 
diff --git a/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/base_config.rs b/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/base_config.rs
index 1e45f454..2e990b6e 100644
--- a/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/base_config.rs
+++ b/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/base_config.rs
@@ -230,8 +230,10 @@ impl BaseConfig {
     }
 
     /// Open reth db and DB should be opened once per process but it can be cloned and moved to different threads.
+    /// skip_root_hash -> will create a mock roothasher. Used on backtesting since reth can't compute roothashes on the past.
     pub fn create_provider_factory(
         &self,
+        skip_root_hash: bool,
     ) -> eyre::Result<ProviderFactoryReopener<NodeTypesWithDBAdapter<EthereumNode, Arc<DatabaseEnv>>>>
     {
         create_provider_factory(
@@ -240,7 +242,11 @@ impl BaseConfig {
             self.reth_static_files_path.as_deref(),
             self.chain_spec()?,
             false,
-            Some(self.live_root_hash_config()?),
+            if skip_root_hash {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(self.live_root_hash_config()?)
+            },
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/cli.rs b/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/cli.rs
index 5bde1f7d..5484ffdb 100644
--- a/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/rbuilder/src/live_builder/cli.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ where
         config.base_config().log_enable_dynamic,
     )
     .await?;
-    let provider = config.base_config().create_provider_factory()?;
+    let provider = config.base_config().create_provider_factory(false)?;
     let builder = config.new_builder(provider, cancel.clone()).await?;
 
     let ctrlc = tokio::spawn(async move {