diff --git a/create_lxc_base.sh b/create_lxc_base.sh
index 570b8e6..f482879 100755
--- a/create_lxc_base.sh
+++ b/create_lxc_base.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ else
     # TODO move this sovereign-stack-base construction VM to separate dedicated IP
     lxc config set "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
 
-    # for CHAIN in mainnet testnet; do
-    #     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-    #         lxc storage volume attach ss-base "$CHAIN-$DATA" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "/home/ubuntu/$CHAIN/$DATA"
-    #     done
-    # done
+    for CHAIN in mainnet testnet; do
+        for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
+            lxc storage volume attach ss-base "$CHAIN-$DATA" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA"
+        done
+    done
 
     lxc start "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
 
@@ -43,14 +43,23 @@ else
     # ensure the ssh service is listening at localhost
     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- wait-for-it -t 100 127.0.0.1:22
 
-    sleep 3
-
-
-    # for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
-    #     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-    #         lxc file push --recursive --project=default "/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA/" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/home/ubuntu/$CHAIN/$DATA/"
-    #     done
-    # done
+    # If we have any chaninstate or blocks in our SSME, let's push them to the
+    # remote host as a zfs volume that way deployments can share a common history
+    # of chainstate/blocks.
+    for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
+        for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
+            DATA_PATH="/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA"
+            if [ -d "$DATA_PATH" ]; then
+                COMPLETE_FILE_PATH="$DATA_PATH/complete"
+                if lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- [ ! -f "$COMPLETE_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+                    lxc file push --recursive --project=default "$DATA_PATH/" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA/"
+                    lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- su ubuntu - bash -c "echo $(date) > $COMPLETE_FILE_PATH"
+                else
+                    echo "INFO: it appears as though $CHAIN/$DATA has already been initialized. Continuing."
+                fi
+            fi
+        done
+    done
 
     # stop the VM and get a snapshot.
     lxc stop "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
@@ -63,3 +72,10 @@ lxc publish --public "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --project=def
 
 echo "INFO: Success! We can now delete the base image."
 lxc delete -f "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
+
+# now let's get a snapshot of each of the blocks/chainstate directories.
+for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
+    for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
+        lxc storage volume snapshot ss-base --project=default "$CHAIN-$DATA" 
+    done
+done