diff --git a/scripts/localnet_start.sh b/scripts/localnet_start.sh
index 3fb93de20a..ac2a059547 100755
--- a/scripts/localnet_start.sh
+++ b/scripts/localnet_start.sh
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ tmux start-server
 tmux new-session -d -s localnet -n Mixnet -d "/usr/bin/env sh -c \" cargo run --release --bin nym-mixnode -- run --id mix1-$suffix \""
 tmux split-window -t localnet:0 "/usr/bin/env sh -c \" cargo run --release --bin nym-mixnode -- run --id mix2-$suffix \""
 tmux split-window -t localnet:0 "/usr/bin/env sh -c \" cargo run --release --bin nym-mixnode -- run --id mix3-$suffix \""
-tmux split-window -t localnet:0 "/usr/bin/env sh -c \" cargo run --release --bin nym-gateway -- run --id gateway-$suffix \""
-
-echo "waiting for nym-gateway to launch on port 9000..."
+tmux split-window -t localnet:0 "/usr/bin/env sh -c \" cargo run --release --bin nym-gateway -- run --id gateway-$suffix --local \""
 
 while ! nc -z localhost 9000; do
+  echo "waiting for nym-gateway to launch on port 9000..."
   sleep 2
 done