diff --git a/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/base.py b/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/base.py
index 0d2df50534..887439414f 100644
--- a/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/base.py
+++ b/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/base.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def generate_config_tendermint(self) -> "DockerComposeGenerator":
         if not self.use_tm_testnet_setup:
             return self
 
-        hosts = " \\\n".join(
+        hosts = " ".join(
             [
                 "--hostname=" + self.service_builder.get_tm_container_name(index=k)
                 for k in range(self.service_builder.service.number_of_agents)
diff --git a/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/templates.py b/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/templates.py
index bd19678e28..1e201343b3 100644
--- a/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/templates.py
+++ b/autonomy/deploy/generators/docker_compose/templates.py
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@
 """Deployment Templates."""
 
 
-TENDERMINT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE: str = """/usr/bin/tendermint testnet \
-        --config /etc/tendermint/config-template.toml \
-        --v {validators} \
-        --o . \
-        {hosts}
-"""
+TENDERMINT_CONFIG_TEMPLATE: str = """/usr/bin/tendermint testnet --config /etc/tendermint/config-template.toml --v {validators} --o . {hosts}"""
 
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_TEMPLATE: str = """version: "2.4"
 services:
diff --git a/tests/test_autonomy/test_cli/test_deploy/test_build/test_deployment.py b/tests/test_autonomy/test_cli/test_deploy/test_build/test_deployment.py
index 79aa92801a..13451f56b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_autonomy/test_cli/test_deploy/test_build/test_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/test_autonomy/test_cli/test_deploy/test_build/test_deployment.py
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ def test_docker_compose_build_with_testnet(
                     str(self.t / DEFAULT_BUILD_FOLDER),
                     "--local",
                     "--local-tm-setup",
-                    "--n",
-                    "1",
                 )
             )