diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/DataStorageOptionsTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/DataStorageOptionsTest.java
index 6be6429adb9..0ea1e8dea1e 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/DataStorageOptionsTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/options/stable/DataStorageOptionsTest.java
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public void bonsaiTrieLogPruningLimitLegacyOption() {
     internalTestSuccess(
         dataStorageConfiguration ->
             assertThat(dataStorageConfiguration.getBonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize()).isEqualTo(600),
-        "--Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled",
-        "--Xbonsai-trie-logs-pruning-window-size",
+        "--bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled",
+        "--bonsai-trie-logs-pruning-window-size",
         "600");
   }
 
diff --git a/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml b/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
index e89442f7f78..ac8911d6269 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
+++ b/besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ bonsai-historical-block-limit=512
 bonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled=true
 bonsai-trie-logs-pruning-window-size=100_000
 receipt-compaction-enabled=true
+hash-preimage-storage-enabled=true
 
 # feature flags
 Xsecp256k1-native-enabled=false
@@ -248,4 +249,4 @@ Xevm-jumpdest-cache-weight-kb=32000
 # plugins
 Xplugins-external-enabled=true
 plugins=["none"]
-plugin-continue-on-error=false
\ No newline at end of file
+plugin-continue-on-error=false
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldState.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldState.java
index c029c403c73..d43f585b45d 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldState.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldState.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ private void updateTheAccounts(
       final BonsaiAccount updatedAccount = bonsaiValue.getUpdated();
       try {
         if (updatedAccount == null) {
-          final Hash addressHash = preImageProxy.hashAndSaveAddressPreImage(accountKey);
+          final Hash addressHash = getPreImageProxy().hashAndSaveAddressPreImage(accountKey);
           accountTrie.remove(addressHash);
           maybeStateUpdater.ifPresent(
               bonsaiUpdater -> bonsaiUpdater.removeAccountInfoState(addressHash));
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ private void updateTheAccounts(
           maybeStateUpdater.ifPresent(
               bonsaiUpdater ->
                   bonsaiUpdater.putAccountInfoState(
-                      preImageProxy.hashAndSaveAddressPreImage(accountKey), accountValue));
+                      getPreImageProxy().hashAndSaveAddressPreImage(accountKey), accountValue));
           accountTrie.put(addressHash, accountValue);
         }
       } catch (MerkleTrieException e) {
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java
index afeeed05349..49e8fe03dc1 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/bonsai/worldview/BonsaiWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.StorageSlotKey;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.bonsai.BonsaiAccount;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.bonsai.storage.CachingPreImageStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.DiffBasedValue;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.worldview.DiffBasedWorldView;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.worldview.accumulator.DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator;
@@ -95,9 +94,4 @@ protected void assertCloseEnoughForDiffing(
       final BonsaiAccount source, final AccountValue account, final String context) {
     BonsaiAccount.assertCloseEnoughForDiffing(source, account, context);
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public CachingPreImageStorage getPreImageProxy() {
-    return world.getPreImageProxy();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/storage/DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/storage/DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage.java
index 0e01a9a9d60..4043089fc62 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/storage/DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/storage/DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public abstract class DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage.class);
 
   // TODO: config this based on dataStorageConfiguration, use real storage where appropriate
-  protected final CachingPreImageStorage preImageProxy =
+  //   currently hard-coded to Unbounded preimage store so ref/spec tests pass
+  private static final CachingPreImageStorage preImageProxy =
       new CachingPreImageStorage.UnboundedPreImageStorage();
 
   // 0x776f726c64526f6f74
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ public SegmentedKeyValueStorage getComposedWorldStateStorage() {
     return composedWorldStateStorage;
   }
 
+  public CachingPreImageStorage getPreImageProxy() {
+    return preImageProxy;
+  }
+
   public KeyValueStorage getTrieLogStorage() {
     return trieLogStorage;
   }
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/DiffBasedWorldState.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/DiffBasedWorldState.java
index de35ed7c409..5eacb87f777 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/DiffBasedWorldState.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/DiffBasedWorldState.java
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ public abstract class DiffBasedWorldState
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DiffBasedWorldState.class);
 
-  // TODO: where the shit to initialize you?  just use unbounded for now to ensure ref tests pass
-  protected static final CachingPreImageStorage preImageProxy =
-      new CachingPreImageStorage.UnboundedPreImageStorage(); // CachingOnlyPreImageStorage();
-
   protected DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage worldStateKeyValueStorage;
   protected final DiffBasedCachedWorldStorageManager cachedWorldStorageManager;
   protected final TrieLogManager trieLogManager;
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ private boolean isPersisted(final WorldStateKeyValueStorage worldStateKeyValueSt
 
   @Override
   public CachingPreImageStorage getPreImageProxy() {
-    return preImageProxy;
+    return worldStateKeyValueStorage.getPreImageProxy();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/accumulator/DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/accumulator/DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java
index daec20a412e..efa9002f7ad 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/accumulator/DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/diffbased/common/worldview/accumulator/DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.RLP;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.MerkleTrieException;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.bonsai.storage.CachingPreImageStorage;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.DiffBasedAccount;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.DiffBasedValue;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.storage.DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage;
@@ -614,6 +615,11 @@ public DiffBasedWorldStateKeyValueStorage getWorldStateStorage() {
     return wrappedWorldView().getWorldStateStorage();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public CachingPreImageStorage getPreImageProxy() {
+    return wrappedWorldView().getPreImageProxy();
+  }
+
   public void rollForward(final TrieLog layer) {
     layer
         .getAccountChanges()
@@ -881,7 +887,7 @@ public void reset() {
 
   protected Hash hashAndSaveAccountPreImage(final Address address) {
     // default to using address static hash cache:
-    return address.addressHash();
+    return getPreImageProxy().hashAndSaveAddressPreImage(address);
   }
 
   public abstract DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator<ACCOUNT> copy();