diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/resources/node.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/resources/node.rb
index c077928..4555a07 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/resources/node.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/resources/node.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ action :enable do
   config[:account] = {}
   config[:account][:password] = ["#{base_path}/password"]
 
+  if config[:parity][:chain] == "dev"
+    config[:parity][:chain] = "#{base_path}/chain-config.json"
+  end
+
   directory base_path do
     recursive true
     owner     "parity"
@@ -42,8 +46,10 @@ action :enable do
 
   ruby_block "generate config" do
     block do
+      parity_args = "--chain #{config[:parity][:chain]} --base-path #{base_path}"
+
       parity_account_list = Mixlib::ShellOut.new(
-        "parity account list --chain #{config[:parity][:chain]} --base-path #{base_path}",
+        "parity account list #{parity_args}",
         user: "parity"
       )
       parity_account_list.run_command
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ action :enable do
 
       if parity_account.empty?
         parity_account_create = Mixlib::ShellOut.new(
-          "parity account new --chain #{config[:parity][:chain]} --base-path #{base_path} --password #{base_path}/password",
+          "parity account new #{parity_args} --password #{base_path}/password",
           user: "parity"
         )
         parity_account_create.run_command
@@ -62,6 +68,18 @@ action :enable do
 
       config[:account][:unlock] = [parity_account]
 
+      # Using our own chain config (i.e. dev)
+      if config[:parity][:chain].include?(".json")
+        template "#{base_path}/chain-config.json" do
+          source 'chain-config.json.erb'
+          variables parity_account: parity_account
+          owner     "parity"
+          group     "parity"
+          mode      0640
+          notifies :restart, "service[#{parity_service}]", :delayed
+        end
+      end
+
       file "config" do
         path      config_path
         content   TOML::Generator.new(config).body
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/chain-config.json.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/chain-config.json.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9075929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/chain-config.json.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+	"name": "KreditsChain",
+	"engine": {
+		"instantSeal": { "params": {} }
+	},
+	"params": {
+		"accountStartNonce": "0x00",
+		"maximumExtraDataSize": "0x20",
+		"minGasLimit": "0x1388",
+		"networkID" : "0x11"
+	},
+	"genesis": {
+		"seal": {
+       "ethereum": {
+          "nonce": "0x00006d6f7264656e",
+          "mixHash": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000647572616c65787365646c6578"
+       }
+		},
+		"difficulty": "0x20000",
+		"author": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		"timestamp": "0x00",
+		"parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		"extraData": "0x",
+		"gasLimit": "0x5B8D80"
+	},
+	"accounts": {
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "ecrecover", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 3000, "word": 0 } } } },
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "sha256", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 60, "word": 12 } } } },
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000003": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "ripemd160", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 600, "word": 120 } } } },
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000004": { "balance": "1", "builtin": { "name": "identity", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 15, "word": 3 } } } },
+		"<%= @parity_account %>":{"balance": "1606938044258990275541962092341162602522" }
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/parity.systemd.service.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/parity.systemd.service.erb
index 073e82d..0700f45 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/parity.systemd.service.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-parity/templates/default/parity.systemd.service.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Parity Daemon (<%= @environment %>)
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/parity --config <%= @config_file %> $ARGS
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/parity --config <%= @config_file %> --no-discovery $ARGS
 User=parity
 Group=parity