diff --git a/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.orly b/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.orly
index 5bfd917..5c1ea4e 100644
--- a/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.orly
+++ b/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.orly
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # ORLY relay Dockerfile for negentropy interop testing
 
-FROM golang:1.23-alpine AS builder
+FROM golang:1.24-alpine AS builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache git make
 
 WORKDIR /build
 COPY . .
 
-# Build orly binary
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o orly ./cmd/orly
+# Build orly relay binary (main.go in project root) and sync binary
+RUN GOTOOLCHAIN=auto CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o orly . && \
+    GOTOOLCHAIN=auto CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o orly-sync ./cmd/orly
 
 # Runtime image
 FROM alpine:3.19
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl jq
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=builder /build/orly /app/
+COPY --from=builder /build/orly-sync /app/
 
 RUN mkdir -p /data
 
diff --git a/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.strfry b/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.strfry
index be4d9d3..150c9b8 100644
--- a/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.strfry
+++ b/tests/negentropy/Dockerfile.strfry
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libsecp256k1-dev \
     libflatbuffers-dev \
     libzstd-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
     pkg-config \
     libtool \
     autoconf \
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libsecp256k1-0 \
     libflatbuffers1 \
     libzstd1 \
+    libssl3 \
     curl \
     jq \
     websocat \
diff --git a/tests/negentropy/docker-compose.yml b/tests/negentropy/docker-compose.yml
index 45ba32b..62564ad 100644
--- a/tests/negentropy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/negentropy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,19 +8,13 @@
 
 services:
   strfry:
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile.strfry
+    image: dockurr/strfry:latest
     ports:
       - "7777:7777"
     volumes:
-      - strfry-data:/data
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:7777"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 30s
+      - strfry-data:/strfry-db
+      - ./strfry.conf:/etc/strfry.conf:ro
+    command: ["/app/strfry", "relay", "--config=/etc/strfry.conf"]
     networks:
       - negentropy-test
 
@@ -34,18 +28,16 @@ services:
       - ORLY_PORT=3334
       - ORLY_DATA_DIR=/data
       - ORLY_LOG_LEVEL=info
-      - ORLY_SYNC_TARGET_RELAYS=ws://strfry:7777
     volumes:
       - orly-data:/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:3334"]
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-sf", "http://localhost:3334"]
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
+      retries: 10
       start_period: 10s
     depends_on:
-      strfry:
-        condition: service_healthy
+      - strfry
     networks:
       - negentropy-test
 
@@ -61,10 +53,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - sync-data:/data
     depends_on:
-      strfry:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      orly:
-        condition: service_healthy
+      - strfry
+      - orly
     networks:
       - negentropy-test
 
diff --git a/tests/negentropy/strfry.conf b/tests/negentropy/strfry.conf
index 861540f..cfde7ee 100644
--- a/tests/negentropy/strfry.conf
+++ b/tests/negentropy/strfry.conf
@@ -1,36 +1,78 @@
-## strfry configuration for negentropy interop testing
+##
+## strfry config for negentropy interop testing
+##
+
+# Directory that contains the strfry LMDB database
+db = "/strfry-db/"
+
+dbParams {
+    maxreaders = 256
+    mapsize = 10995116277760
+    noReadAhead = false
+}
+
+events {
+    maxEventSize = 65536
+    rejectEventsNewerThanSeconds = 900
+    rejectEventsOlderThanSeconds = 94608000
+    rejectEphemeralEventsOlderThanSeconds = 60
+    ephemeralEventsLifetimeSeconds = 300
+    maxNumTags = 2000
+    maxTagValSize = 1024
+}
 
 relay {
-    # Interface to listen on. Use 0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces
+    # Listen on all interfaces for Docker
     bind = "0.0.0.0"
-
-    # Port to open for the nostr websocket protocol
     port = 7777
 
-    # Enable negentropy protocol for sync
-    negentropy {
+    nofiles = 1000000
+    realIpHeader = ""
+
+    info {
+        name = "strfry test"
+        description = "strfry instance for negentropy interop testing"
+        pubkey = ""
+        contact = ""
+        icon = ""
+        nips = ""
+    }
+
+    maxWebsocketPayloadSize = 131072
+    maxReqFilterSize = 200
+    autoPingSeconds = 55
+    enableTcpKeepalive = false
+    queryTimesliceBudgetMicroseconds = 10000
+    maxFilterLimit = 10000
+    maxSubsPerConnection = 20
+
+    writePolicy {
+        plugin = ""
+    }
+
+    compression {
         enabled = true
-        maxSyncEvents = 1000000
+        slidingWindow = true
+    }
+
+    logging {
+        dumpInAll = false
+        dumpInEvents = false
+        dumpInReqs = false
+        dbScanPerf = false
+        invalidEvents = true
     }
 
-    # Number of threads for handling negentropy messages
     numThreads {
+        ingester = 3
+        reqWorker = 3
+        reqMonitor = 3
         negentropy = 4
     }
 
-    # Nostr protocol settings
-    nostr {
-        # Maximum message size (1MB)
-        maxFilterLimit = 10000
+    negentropy {
+        # Enable negentropy protocol for sync testing
+        enabled = true
+        maxSyncEvents = 1000000
     }
 }
-
-db {
-    # LMDB directory
-    path = "/data/strfry-db/"
-}
-
-events {
-    # Maximum events to return
-    maxLimit = 10000
-}