diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging/westend-taskdef.json b/.github/workflows/staging/westend-taskdef.json
index f4529ee559..445227401a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging/westend-taskdef.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging/westend-taskdef.json
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
                     "containerPort": 7001,
                     "protocol": "tcp"
                 },
+                {
+                    "containerPort": 8545,
+                    "protocol": "tcp"
+                },
                 {
                     "containerPort": 8546,
                     "protocol": "tcp"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.staging b/Dockerfile.staging
index 787478567b..34a7d000b3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.staging
+++ b/Dockerfile.staging
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ RUN go get ./...
 RUN go install -trimpath github.com/ChainSafe/gossamer/cmd/gossamer
 
 RUN ["sh", "-c", "gossamer init --chain=${chain} --base-path=${basepath}/${chain}"]
-ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "-c", "service datadog-agent start && gossamer --chain=${chain} --base-path=${basepath}/${chain} --prometheus-external --prometheus-port=9876 --pprof.enabled --pprof.listening-address=\":6060\""]
-EXPOSE 7001 8546 8540 9876 6060
+ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "-c", "service datadog-agent start && gossamer --chain=${chain} --base-path=${basepath}/${chain} --rpc-external=true --unsafe-rpc=true --prometheus-external --prometheus-port=9876 --pprof.enabled --pprof.listening-address=\":6060\""]
+EXPOSE 7001 8545 8546 8540 9876 6060