diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5de654b..639b376 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ data/lnd1/*
 !data/lnd1/.gitkeep
 data/lnd2/*
 !data/lnd2/.gitkeep
+data/lnd3/*
+!data/lnd3/.gitkeep
 data/backend/*
 !data/backend/boltz.conf
 !data/backend/seed.dat
diff --git a/aliases.sh b/aliases.sh
index 5fe0efb..1691a60 100644
--- a/aliases.sh
+++ b/aliases.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ alias elements-cli-sim-client='run_in_container elements-cli-sim-client'
 alias elements-cli-sim-server='run_in_container elements-cli-sim-server'
 alias boltz-client-cli-sim='run_in_container boltzcli-sim'
 alias boltzcli-sim='run_in_container boltzcli-sim' #backwards compat
-alias boltz-backend-cli-sim='boltz-backend-cli-sim'
 alias mine-block='bitcoin-cli-sim-client -generate 1 && elements-cli-sim-client -generate 1'
 
 lightning-cli-sim() {
diff --git a/data/backend/boltz.conf b/data/backend/boltz.conf
index a6b16e6..c5da4b5 100755
--- a/data/backend/boltz.conf
+++ b/data/backend/boltz.conf
@@ -129,11 +129,17 @@ maxZeroConfAmount = 0
 
   wallet = "regtest"
 
-  [currencies.lnd]
+  [[currencies.lnds]]
   host = "lnd-2"
   port = 10_009
-  certpath = "/data/lnd/tls.cert"
-  macaroonpath = "/data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/regtest/admin.macaroon"
+  certpath = "/data/lnd-2/tls.cert"
+  macaroonpath = "/data/lnd-2/data/chain/bitcoin/regtest/admin.macaroon"
+
+  [[currencies.lnds]]
+  host = "lnd-3"
+  port = 10_009
+  certpath = "/data/lnd-3/tls.cert"
+  macaroonpath = "/data/lnd-3/data/chain/bitcoin/regtest/admin.macaroon"
 
   [currencies.cln]
     host = "cln-2"
diff --git a/data/lnd3/.gitkeep b/data/lnd3/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/lnd3/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e01ac67..a072e5e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ x-services:
       - cln2-data:/root/.lightning-2
       - lnd1-data:/root/.lnd-1
       - lnd2-data:/root/.lnd-2
+      - lnd3-data:/root/.lnd-3
       - boltz-client-data:/root/.boltz-client
       - boltz-data:/root/.boltz-backend
       - arkd-data:/root/.arkd
@@ -160,7 +161,8 @@ services:
       ['--datadir', '/boltz-data', '--configpath', '/boltz-data/boltz.conf']
     volumes:
       - boltz-data:/boltz-data
-      - lnd2-data:/data/lnd
+      - lnd2-data:/data/lnd-2
+      - lnd3-data:/data/lnd-3
       - cln2-data:/data/lightning
       - elements-data:/data/elements
       - bitcoin-data:/data/bitcoin
@@ -361,6 +363,16 @@ services:
       - lnd2-data:/app/lnd/
     profiles: ['default', 'ci', 'backend-dev', 'webapp-ci']
 
+  lnd-3:
+    <<: *base-lnd
+    container_name: boltz-lnd-3
+    hostname: lnd-3
+    ports:
+      - 12009:10009
+    volumes:
+      - lnd3-data:/app/lnd/
+    profiles: ['default', 'ci', 'backend-dev', 'webapp-ci']
+
   bitcoind-init:
     <<: *base-scripts
     restart: no
@@ -388,6 +400,8 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
       lnd-2:
         condition: service_healthy
+      lnd-3:
+        condition: service_healthy
       cln-1:
         condition: service_healthy
       cln-2:
@@ -678,6 +692,13 @@ volumes:
       type: none
       o: bind
       device: ./data/lnd2
+  lnd3-data:
+    name: boltz-lnd3-data
+    driver: local
+    driver_opts:
+      type: none
+      o: bind
+      device: ./data/lnd3
   nginx-data:
     name: boltz-nginx-data
     driver: local
diff --git a/images/scripts/cleanup.sh b/images/scripts/cleanup.sh
index 7259810..7d767d9 100644
--- a/images/scripts/cleanup.sh
+++ b/images/scripts/cleanup.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ WIPE_DIRS=(
     ".lightning-2"
     ".lnd-1"
     ".lnd-2"
+    ".lnd-3"
     ".boltz-backend"
     ".boltz-client"
     ".arkd"
diff --git a/images/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/images/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index 62e71fc..ccaf652 100755
--- a/images/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/images/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DIRECTORIES=(
     "/root/.lightning-2"
     "/root/.lnd-1"
     "/root/.lnd-2"
+    "/root/.lnd-3"
     "/root/.bitcoin"
     "/root/.elements"
     "/root/.boltz-client"
diff --git a/images/scripts/utils.sh b/images/scripts/utils.sh
index b277279..9ca7f46 100755
--- a/images/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/images/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ lightning-sync(){
   wait-for-cln-sync 2
   wait-for-lnd-sync 1
   wait-for-lnd-sync 2
+  wait-for-lnd-sync 3
 }
 
 lightning-init(){
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ lightning-init(){
     fund_cln_node 2
     fund_lnd_node 1
     fund_lnd_node 2
+    fund_lnd_node 3
   done
 
   echo "mining 3 blocks..."
@@ -315,6 +317,23 @@ lightning-init(){
 
   lightning-sync
 
+  # lnd-3 -> lnd-1 (for routing through client network)
+  lncli-sim 3 connect $(lncli-sim 1 getinfo | jq -r '.identity_pubkey')@lnd-1 > /dev/null
+  echo "open channel from lnd-3 to lnd-1"
+  lncli-sim 3 openchannel $(lncli-sim 1 getinfo | jq -r '.identity_pubkey') $channel_size $balance_size > /dev/null
+  bitcoin-cli-sim-server -generate $channel_confirms > /dev/null
+  wait-for-lnd-channel 3
+  lightning-sync
+
+  # lnd-3 -> cln-2 (direct to server CLN)
+  lncli-sim 3 connect $(lightning-cli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.id')@cln-2 > /dev/null
+  echo "open channel from lnd-3 to cln-2"
+  lncli-sim 3 openchannel $(lightning-cli-sim 2 getinfo | jq -r '.id') $channel_size $balance_size > /dev/null
+  bitcoin-cli-sim-server -generate $channel_confirms > /dev/null
+  wait-for-lnd-channel 3
+  wait-for-cln-channel 2
+  lightning-sync
+
 }
 
 wait-for-lnd-channel(){