diff --git a/src/block-explorer.ts b/src/block-explorer.ts
index e519856..159352e 100644
--- a/src/block-explorer.ts
+++ b/src/block-explorer.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ async function checkAddressContractStatus({
           return;
         }
       }
+      if (body.status == "0" && body.result.includes("Invalid API Key")) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid API key`);
+      }
 
       logCallback(`${address} appears to be an EOA. Retrying in ${checkInterval / 1000} seconds...`, LogType.Level1);
       await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, checkInterval));
@@ -70,8 +73,9 @@ async function checkAddressContractStatus({
       await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, checkInterval));
     }
   }
-
-  logCallback(`${address} could not be confirmed as a contract after ${maxTries} attempts.`, LogType.Level1);
+  const errorMessage = `${address} could not be confirmed as a contract after ${maxTries} attempts.`;
+  logCallback(errorMessage, LogType.Level1);
+  throw new Error(errorMessage);
 }
 
 export {
diff --git a/src/integration-tests.ts b/src/integration-tests.ts
index 6654079..c7f0306 100644
--- a/src/integration-tests.ts
+++ b/src/integration-tests.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ function setupIntegrationTests(
     TESTING_OPT_L2_REBASABLE_TOKEN: deployedContracts.l2.tokenRebasableProxyAddress,
     TESTING_OPT_L2_ERC20_TOKEN_BRIDGE: deployedContracts.l2.tokenBridgeProxyAddress,
   }, { override: true });
-  console.log("process.env=", process.env);
 }
 
 async function runIntegrationTestsScript({
diff --git a/src/steps.ts b/src/steps.ts
index 4ea84d2..3a86a28 100644
--- a/src/steps.ts
+++ b/src/steps.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { LogCallback, LogType } from "./log-utils";
 import { DeployParameters, MainConfig, TestingParameters } from "./main-config";
 import { diffyscanRpcUrl, l1RpcUrl, l2RpcUrl, localL1RpcPort, localL2RpcPort, NetworkType } from "./rpc-utils";
 import { runStateMateScript, setupStateMateConfig, setupStateMateEnvs } from "./state-mate";
-import { runVerificationScript, setupGovExecutorVerification } from "./verification";
+import { runVerificationScript, setupGovExecutorVerification, setupHardhatConfigInL2Repo } from "./verification";
 
 const NUM_L1_DEPLOYED_CONTRACTS = 10;
 
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ const deployAndTestOnForksSteps: Step[] = [
 ];
 
 const deployOnRealNetworkSteps: Step[] = [
+  {
+    name: "Burn L2 Deployer Nonces",
+    action: (_, logCallback) =>
+      burnL2DeployerNonces(l2RpcUrl(NetworkType.Live), NUM_L1_DEPLOYED_CONTRACTS, logCallback),
+  },
   {
     name: "Deploy Governance Executor",
     action: async (ctx, logCallback) => {
@@ -216,11 +221,6 @@ const deployOnRealNetworkSteps: Step[] = [
       });
     },
   },
-  {
-    name: "Burn L2 Deployer Nonces",
-    action: (_, logCallback) =>
-      burnL2DeployerNonces(l2RpcUrl(NetworkType.Live), NUM_L1_DEPLOYED_CONTRACTS, logCallback),
-  },
   {
     name: "Run Deploy Script",
     action: async (ctx, logCallback) => {
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ const publishSourcesSteps: Step[] = [
   {
     name: "Verification",
     action: async (_, logCallback) => {
+      setupHardhatConfigInL2Repo();
       await runVerificationScript({
         config: "l1_live_deployment_args.json",
         network: "l1",
diff --git a/src/verification.ts b/src/verification.ts
index efffc13..57bfa7f 100644
--- a/src/verification.ts
+++ b/src/verification.ts
@@ -81,8 +81,27 @@ function setupGovExecutorVerification() {
   );
 }
 
+function setupHardhatConfigInL2Repo() {
+  dotenv.populate(
+    process.env as { [key: string]: string },
+    {
+      L1_PRC_URL: env.url("L1_REMOTE_RPC_URL"),
+      L2_PRC_URL: env.url("L2_REMOTE_RPC_URL"),
+      L1_BLOCK_EXPLORER_API_KEY: env.string("L1_EXPLORER_TOKEN"),
+      L2_BLOCK_EXPLORER_API_KEY: env.string("L2_EXPLORER_TOKEN"),
+      L1_CHAIN_ID: env.string("L1_CHAIN_ID"),
+      L2_CHAIN_ID: env.string("L2_CHAIN_ID"),
+      L1_BLOCK_EXPLORER_BROWSER_URL: env.url("L1_BLOCK_EXPLORER_BROWSER_URL"),
+      L2_BLOCK_EXPLORER_BROWSER_URL: env.url("L2_BLOCK_EXPLORER_BROWSER_URL"),
+      L1_BLOCK_EXPLORER_API_URL: `https://${env.string("L1_BLOCK_EXPLORER_API_HOST")}/api`,
+      L2_BLOCK_EXPLORER_API_URL: `https://${env.string("L2_BLOCK_EXPLORER_API_HOST")}/api`
+    }
+  );
+}
+
 export {
     runVerificationScript,
     waitForBlockFinalization,
-    setupGovExecutorVerification
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    setupGovExecutorVerification,
+    setupHardhatConfigInL2Repo
+}