diff --git a/docker/run_relayer.sh b/docker/run_relayer.sh
index 91ab8e0d6..91048f385 100755
--- a/docker/run_relayer.sh
+++ b/docker/run_relayer.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ rm -f $dir_prefix/NETWORK_READY
 
 until cat $dir_prefix/NETWORK_READY &> /dev/null
 do
-    if [[ retry_count -ge 600 ]]; then
+    if [[ retry_count -ge 300 ]]; then
         echo "Subnets didn't start up quickly enough."
         exit 1
     fi
     echo "Waiting for subnets to start up. Retry count: $retry_count"
     retry_count=$((retry_count+1))
-    sleep 1
+    sleep 2
 done
 
 # Source all variables set in run_setup.sh
diff --git a/scripts/deploy_teleporter.sh b/scripts/deploy_teleporter.sh
index 282ff3398..6b3d4c908 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_teleporter.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy_teleporter.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         --help) 
             printHelp && exit 0 ;;
         *) 
-            echo "Invalid option: -$1" && printHelp && exit 1;;
+            echo "Invalid option: $1" && printHelp && exit 1;;
     esac
     shift
 done
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
index d93066a0c..746f1e857 100755
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         -h   | --help) 
             printHelp ;;
         *) 
-          echo "Invalid option: -$1" && printHelp && exit 1;;
+          echo "Invalid option: $1" && printHelp && exit 1;;
     esac
     shift
 done
diff --git a/scripts/local/run.sh b/scripts/local/run.sh
index d0ba1d77d..71aa9ca6b 100755
--- a/scripts/local/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/local/run.sh
@@ -7,19 +7,7 @@ set -e # Stop on first error
 source ./scripts/utils.sh
 source ./scripts/versions.sh
 
-LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE=
-RUN_STOP_FLAG="-c"
-HELP=
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-    case "$1" in
-        -l | --local-relayer-image) LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE=$2 ;;
-        -p | --pause) RUN_STOP_FLAG= ;;
-        -h | --help) HELP=true ;;
-    esac
-    shift
-done
-
-if [ "$HELP" = true ]; then
+function printHelp {
     echo "Usage: ./scripts/local/run.sh [OPTIONS]"
     echo "Run Teleporter."
     echo ""
@@ -27,8 +15,7 @@ if [ "$HELP" = true ]; then
     echo "  -l, --local-relayer-image <tag>   Use a local AWM Relayer image instead of pulling from dockerhub"
     echo "  -p, --pause                       Pause the network on stop. Will attempt to restart the paused network on subsequent runs"
     echo "  -h, --help                        Print this help message"
-    exit 0
-fi
+}
 
 function cleanup {
     echo "Shutting down network before exiting..."
@@ -36,11 +23,22 @@ function cleanup {
     echo "Network stopped"
 }
 
+LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE=
+RUN_STOP_FLAG="-c"
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -l | --local-relayer-image) LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE=$2 ;;
+        -p | --pause) RUN_STOP_FLAG= ;;
+        -h | --help) printHelp && exit 0 ;;
+        *)  echo "Invalid option: $1" && printHelp && exit 1;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
 # Set up the trap to catch the SIGINT signal (CTRL+C)
 # Note that the output of the cleanup function defined in run_setup.sh does not appear if CTRL+C is used to kill this script,
 # but the function does in fact run as expected.
-trap cleanup SIGTERM
-trap cleanup SIGINT
+trap cleanup SIGTERM SIGINT
 
 # Set ARCH env so as a container executes without issues in a portable way
 # Should be amd64 for linux/macos x86 hosts, and arm64 for macos M1
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ setARCH
 if [ -z "$LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE" ]; then
     echo "Using published awm-relayer image"
     docker compose -f docker/docker-compose-run.yml --project-directory ./ up --abort-on-container-exit --build &
+    docker_pid=$!
 else
     echo "Using local awm-relayer image: $LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE"
     if [[ "$(docker images -q awm-relayer:$LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE 2> /dev/null)" == "" ]]; then
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ else
     rm -f docker/docker-compose-run-local.yml
     sed "s/<TAG>/$LOCAL_RELAYER_IMAGE/g" docker/docker-compose-run-local-template.yml > docker/docker-compose-run-local.yml
     docker compose -f docker/docker-compose-run-local.yml --project-directory ./ up --abort-on-container-exit --build &
+    docker_pid=$!
 fi
 
-tail -f /dev/null
+wait $docker_pid