1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/plugin/evm/vm.go b/plugin/evm/vm.go
index 993727e..55411cf 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/vm.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/vm.go
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ func (vm *VM) Initialize(
 	config := eth.DefaultConfig
 	config.ManualCanonical = true
 	config.Genesis = g
+	// disable the experimental snapshot feature from geth
+	config.TrieCleanCache += config.SnapshotCache
+	config.SnapshotCache = 0
+
 	config.Miner.ManualMining = true
 	config.Miner.DisableUncle = true