diff --git a/src/cli/config/options.ts b/src/cli/config/options.ts
index 6e1e5e86..6c3079f4 100644
--- a/src/cli/config/options.ts
+++ b/src/cli/config/options.ts
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ export const debugOptions: CliCommandOptions<IDebugArgsInput> = {
             "Should the bundler deploy the simulations contract on startup",
         type: "boolean",
         require: true,
-        default: false
+        default: true
     },
     tenderly: {
         description: "RPC url follows the tenderly format",
diff --git a/src/cli/deploySimulationsContract.ts b/src/cli/deploySimulationsContract.ts
index da950b4f..9b9be004 100644
--- a/src/cli/deploySimulationsContract.ts
+++ b/src/cli/deploySimulationsContract.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ export const deploySimulationsContract = async ({
         )
     }
 
+    if (args.entrypointSimulationContract) {
+        const simulations = args.entrypointSimulationContract
+        const simulationsCode = await publicClient.getCode({
+            address: simulations
+        })
+        if (simulationsCode !== undefined && simulationsCode !== "0x") {
+            return args.entrypointSimulationContract
+        }
+    }
+
     const walletClient = createWalletClient({
         transport: http(args.rpcUrl),
         account: utilityPrivateKey