diff --git a/backend/cmd/misc/main.go b/backend/cmd/misc/main.go
index 97d446cda..84f8d7136 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/misc/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/misc/main.go
@@ -183,27 +183,27 @@ func Run() {
 	defer db.FrontendWriterDB.Close()
 
 	// clickhouse
-	// db.ClickHouseWriter, db.ClickHouseReader = db.MustInitDB(&types.DatabaseConfig{
-	// 	Username:     cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Username,
-	// 	Password:     cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Password,
-	// 	Name:         cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Name,
-	// 	Host:         cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Host,
-	// 	Port:         cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Port,
-	// 	MaxOpenConns: cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.MaxOpenConns,
-	// 	SSL:          cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.SSL,
-	// 	MaxIdleConns: cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.MaxIdleConns,
-	// }, &types.DatabaseConfig{
-	// 	Username:     cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Username,
-	// 	Password:     cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Password,
-	// 	Name:         cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Name,
-	// 	Host:         cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Host,
-	// 	Port:         cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Port,
-	// 	MaxOpenConns: cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.MaxOpenConns,
-	// 	SSL:          cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.SSL,
-	// 	MaxIdleConns: cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.MaxIdleConns,
-	// }, "clickhouse", "clickhouse")
-	// defer db.ClickHouseReader.Close()
-	// defer db.ClickHouseWriter.Close()
+	db.ClickHouseWriter, db.ClickHouseReader = db.MustInitDB(&types.DatabaseConfig{
+		Username:     cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Username,
+		Password:     cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Password,
+		Name:         cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Name,
+		Host:         cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Host,
+		Port:         cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.Port,
+		MaxOpenConns: cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.MaxOpenConns,
+		SSL:          cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.SSL,
+		MaxIdleConns: cfg.ClickHouse.WriterDatabase.MaxIdleConns,
+	}, &types.DatabaseConfig{
+		Username:     cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Username,
+		Password:     cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Password,
+		Name:         cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Name,
+		Host:         cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Host,
+		Port:         cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.Port,
+		MaxOpenConns: cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.MaxOpenConns,
+		SSL:          cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.SSL,
+		MaxIdleConns: cfg.ClickHouse.ReaderDatabase.MaxIdleConns,
+	}, "clickhouse", "clickhouse")
+	defer db.ClickHouseReader.Close()
+	defer db.ClickHouseWriter.Close()
 
 	// Initialize the persistent redis client
 	rdc := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
diff --git a/backend/local_deployment/main.star b/backend/local_deployment/main.star
index 85a0a5e3b..187841175 100644
--- a/backend/local_deployment/main.star
+++ b/backend/local_deployment/main.star
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ POSTGRES_DB = "db"
 ALLOY_PORT_ID = "alloy"
 ALLOY_DB = "alloy"
 CLICKHOUSE_PORT_ID = "clickhouse"
+CLICKHOUSE_PORT_ID_HTTP = "clickhouse-http"
 CLICKHOUSE_DB = "clickhouse"
 POSTGRES_USER = "postgres"
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD = "pass"
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def run(plan, args):
 				image = "clickhouse/clickhouse-server:24.5",
 				ports = {
 					CLICKHOUSE_PORT_ID: PortSpec(9000, application_protocol = "clickhouse"),
-					"http": PortSpec(8123),
+					CLICKHOUSE_PORT_ID_HTTP: PortSpec(8123),
 				},
 				env_vars = {
 					"CLICKHOUSE_DB": CLICKHOUSE_DB,
diff --git a/backend/local_deployment/provision-explorer-config.sh b/backend/local_deployment/provision-explorer-config.sh
index c81dcccdf..183e0c400 100755
--- a/backend/local_deployment/provision-explorer-config.sh
+++ b/backend/local_deployment/provision-explorer-config.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ echo "Alloy port is $ALLOY_PORT"
 CLICKHOUSE_PORT=$(kurtosis port print my-testnet clickhouse clickhouse --format number)
 echo "Clickhouse port is $CLICKHOUSE_PORT"
 
+CLICKHOUSE_PORT_HTTP=$(kurtosis port print my-testnet clickhouse clickhouse-http --format number)
+echo "Clickhouse http port is $CLICKHOUSE_PORT_HTTP"
+
 LBT_PORT=$(kurtosis port print my-testnet littlebigtable littlebigtable --format number)
 echo "Little bigtable port is $LBT_PORT"
 
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ EL_PORT=$EL_PORT
 REDIS_PORT=$REDIS_PORT
 ALLOY_PORT=$ALLOY_PORT
 CLICKHOUSE_PORT=$CLICKHOUSE_PORT
+CLICKHOUSE_PORT_HTTP=$CLICKHOUSE_PORT_HTTP
 LBT_PORT=$LBT_PORT
 EOF