diff --git a/local-interchain/chains/README.md b/local-interchain/chains/README.md
index 3a77cfea0..6feb25125 100644
--- a/local-interchain/chains/README.md
+++ b/local-interchain/chains/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 Current the neutron heighliner image does not work due to some /tmp issue in the docker image. For this reason, you must compile the image yourself to use the latest v50 instance.
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/neutron-org/neutron.git
+git clone https://github.com/neutron-org/neutron.git --depth 1 --branch v4.2.1
 cd neutron
-git checkout v4.2.1
 
 # neutron-node:latest
 make build-e2e-docker-image
diff --git a/local-interchain/interchain/start.go b/local-interchain/interchain/start.go
index 71a591f63..2d93d273c 100644
--- a/local-interchain/interchain/start.go
+++ b/local-interchain/interchain/start.go
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ func StartChain(installDir, chainCfgFile string, ac *types.AppStartConfig) {
 		for provider, consumers := range icsPair {
 			var p ibc.Chain
 
-			allConsumers := make([]ibc.Chain, len(consumers))
-			for idx, consumer := range consumers {
+			allConsumers := []ibc.Chain{}
+			for _, consumer := range consumers {
 				for _, chain := range chains {
 					if chain.Config().ChainID == provider {
 						p = chain
 					}
 					if chain.Config().ChainID == consumer {
-						allConsumers[idx] = chain
+						allConsumers = append(allConsumers, chain)
 					}
 				}
 			}