diff --git a/m1/movement/src/account/fund.rs b/m1/movement/src/account/fund.rs
index b8167180..c3846aad 100644
--- a/m1/movement/src/account/fund.rs
+++ b/m1/movement/src/account/fund.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     account::create::DEFAULT_FUNDED_COINS,
     common::{
         types::{CliCommand, CliTypedResult, FaucetOptions, ProfileOptions, RestOptions},
-        utils::{fund_account, wait_for_transactions},
+        utils::{fund_account, wait_for_transactions, fund_pub_key},
     },
 };
 use aptos_types::account_address::AccountAddress;
@@ -46,17 +46,24 @@ impl CliCommand<String> for FundWithFaucet {
     }
 
     async fn execute(self) -> CliTypedResult<String> {
+        // todo: the below is a hotfix. Determine why the auth_key parameter in the rpc is not working
+        /* 
         let hashes = fund_account(
             self.faucet_options.faucet_url(&self.profile_options)?,
             self.amount,
             self.account,
         )
         .await?;
+        */
+        let hashes = fund_pub_key(
+            self.faucet_options.faucet_url(&self.profile_options)?, 
+            (self.profile_options.public_key()?).to_string()
+        ).await?;
         let client = self.rest_options.client(&self.profile_options)?;
         wait_for_transactions(&client, hashes).await?;
         return Ok(format!(
-            "Added {} Octas to account {}",
-            self.amount, self.account
+            "Added 10 MOV to account {}",
+            self.account
         ));
     }
 }
diff --git a/m1/movement/src/common/utils.rs b/m1/movement/src/common/utils.rs
index 601ae684..126afde0 100644
--- a/m1/movement/src/common/utils.rs
+++ b/m1/movement/src/common/utils.rs
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ pub async fn fund_account(
 ) -> CliTypedResult<Vec<HashValue>> {
     let response = reqwest::Client::new()
         .post(format!(
-            "{}mint?amount={}&auth_key={}",
+            "{}v1/mint?amount={}&auth_key={}",
             faucet_url, num_octas, address
         ))
         .body("{}")
diff --git a/m1/movement/src/faucet/mod.rs b/m1/movement/src/faucet/mod.rs
index 9564fb9c..4b4a6d91 100644
--- a/m1/movement/src/faucet/mod.rs
+++ b/m1/movement/src/faucet/mod.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,22 @@ use clap::Parser;
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct FaucetTool {
     #[clap(long)]
-    pub_key: String,
+    pub_key: Option<String>,
     #[clap(flatten)]
     pub(crate) faucet_options: FaucetOptions,
     #[clap(flatten)]
     pub(crate) rest_options: RestOptions,
+    #[clap(flatten)]
+    pub(crate) profile_options: ProfileOptions,
+}
+
+impl FaucetTool {
+    fn pub_key(&self, profile: &ProfileOptions) -> CliTypedResult<String> {
+        match &self.pub_key {
+            Some(pub_key) => Ok(pub_key.clone()),
+            None => Ok((profile.public_key()?).to_string()),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -26,15 +37,15 @@ impl CliCommand<String> for FaucetTool {
     }
 
     async fn execute(self) -> CliTypedResult<String> {
-        let profile = ProfileOptions::default();
+        let profile = &self.profile_options;
         let hashes = fund_pub_key(
             self.faucet_options.faucet_url(&profile)?,
-            self.pub_key.clone(),
+            self.pub_key(&profile)?,
         ).await?;
         let client = self.rest_options.client_raw(self.faucet_options.faucet_url(&profile)?)?;
         wait_for_transactions(&client, hashes).await?;
         return Ok(format!(
-            "Added 1000_000_000 Octas to account {}", self.pub_key
+            "Added 10 MOV to account {}", self.pub_key(&profile)?
         ));
     }
 }