diff --git a/crates/node/src/constants.rs b/crates/node/src/constants.rs
index 25b5976..5b02dca 100644
--- a/crates/node/src/constants.rs
+++ b/crates/node/src/constants.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /// This constant defines how much Wei accounts are pre-seeded with in genesis.
 ///
-/// We use [`u128::MAX`] here which means that accounts will be given 2^128 - 1 WEI which is
-/// (2^128 - 1) / 10^18 ETH.
-pub const INITIAL_BALANCE: u128 = u128::MAX;
+/// Note: After changing this number, check that the tests for kitchensink work as we encountered
+/// some issues with different values of the initial balance on Kitchensink.
+pub const INITIAL_BALANCE: u128 = 10u128.pow(37);
diff --git a/crates/node/src/geth.rs b/crates/node/src/geth.rs
index f2ab012..d91a8aa 100644
--- a/crates/node/src/geth.rs
+++ b/crates/node/src/geth.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ impl Instance {
         for signer_address in
             <EthereumWallet as NetworkWallet<Ethereum>>::signer_addresses(&self.wallet)
         {
+            // Note, the use of the entry API here means that we only modify the entries for any
+            // account that is not in the `alloc` field of the genesis state.
             genesis
                 .alloc
                 .entry(signer_address)
diff --git a/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs b/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs
index b6294ca..200f6aa 100644
--- a/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs
+++ b/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             for signer_address in
                 <EthereumWallet as NetworkWallet<Ethereum>>::signer_addresses(&self.wallet)
             {
+                // Note, the use of the entry API here means that we only modify the entries for any
+                // account that is not in the `alloc` field of the genesis state.
                 genesis
                     .alloc
                     .entry(signer_address)
diff --git a/genesis.json b/genesis.json
index 9993430..106353a 100644
--- a/genesis.json
+++ b/genesis.json
@@ -33,9 +33,5 @@
     "mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "timestamp": "0x00",
-    "alloc": {
-        "90F8bf6A479f320ead074411a4B0e7944Ea8c9C1": {
-            "balance": "10000000000000000000000"
-        }
-    }
+    "alloc": {}
 }
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