diff --git a/pages/builders/chain-operators/tutorials/create-l2-rollup.mdx b/pages/builders/chain-operators/tutorials/create-l2-rollup.mdx
index 19bae6b04..54daaeefd 100644
--- a/pages/builders/chain-operators/tutorials/create-l2-rollup.mdx
+++ b/pages/builders/chain-operators/tutorials/create-l2-rollup.mdx
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ make geth
 {<h3>Initialize op-geth</h3>}
 
 ```bash
-build/bin/geth init --datadir=datadir genesis.json
+build/bin/geth init --state.scheme=hash --datadir=datadir genesis.json
 ```
 
 </Steps>