diff --git a/cmd/nitro/init.go b/cmd/nitro/init.go
index d9ae0df3b0..5a020959d1 100644
--- a/cmd/nitro/init.go
+++ b/cmd/nitro/init.go
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ func openInitializeChainDb(ctx context.Context, stack *node.Node, config *NodeCo
 							startBlockHash = latestBlock.Hash()
 						}
 						log.Info("Starting or continuing rebuilding of wasm store", "codeHash", position, "startBlockHash", startBlockHash)
-						if err := gethexec.RebuildWasmStore(ctx, wasmDb, chainDb, config.Execution.RPC.MaxRecreateStateDepth, l2BlockChain, position, startBlockHash); err != nil {
+						if err := gethexec.RebuildWasmStore(ctx, wasmDb, chainDb, config.Execution.RPC.MaxRecreateStateDepth, &config.Execution.StylusTarget, l2BlockChain, position, startBlockHash); err != nil {
 							return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error rebuilding of wasm store: %w", err)
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go b/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go
index 19d77fc38f..991c94540e 100644
--- a/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go
+++ b/execution/gethexec/executionengine.go
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) MarkFeedStart(to arbutil.MessageIndex) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *ExecutionEngine) Initialize(rustCacheSize uint32, targetConfig *StylusTargetConfig) error {
-	if rustCacheSize != 0 {
-		programs.ResizeWasmLruCache(rustCacheSize)
-	}
+func populateStylusTargetCache(targetConfig *StylusTargetConfig) error {
 	var effectiveStylusTarget string
 	target := rawdb.LocalTarget()
 	switch target {
@@ -171,6 +168,16 @@ func (s *ExecutionEngine) Initialize(rustCacheSize uint32, targetConfig *StylusT
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *ExecutionEngine) Initialize(rustCacheSize uint32, targetConfig *StylusTargetConfig) error {
+	if rustCacheSize != 0 {
+		programs.ResizeWasmLruCache(rustCacheSize)
+	}
+	if err := populateStylusTargetCache(targetConfig); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error populating stylus target cache: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *ExecutionEngine) SetRecorder(recorder *BlockRecorder) {
 	if s.Started() {
 		panic("trying to set recorder after start")
diff --git a/execution/gethexec/wasmstorerebuilder.go b/execution/gethexec/wasmstorerebuilder.go
index dcbee45a3f..698ba3ec8a 100644
--- a/execution/gethexec/wasmstorerebuilder.go
+++ b/execution/gethexec/wasmstorerebuilder.go
@@ -59,9 +59,14 @@ func WriteToKeyValueStore[T any](store ethdb.KeyValueStore, key []byte, val T) e
 // It also stores a special value that is only set once when rebuilding commenced in RebuildingStartBlockHashKey as the block
 // time of the latest block when rebuilding was first called, this is used to avoid recomputing of assembly and module of
 // contracts that were created after rebuilding commenced since they would anyway already be added during sync.
-func RebuildWasmStore(ctx context.Context, wasmStore ethdb.KeyValueStore, chainDb ethdb.Database, maxRecreateStateDepth int64, l2Blockchain *core.BlockChain, position, rebuildingStartBlockHash common.Hash) error {
+func RebuildWasmStore(ctx context.Context, wasmStore ethdb.KeyValueStore, chainDb ethdb.Database, maxRecreateStateDepth int64, targetConfig *StylusTargetConfig, l2Blockchain *core.BlockChain, position, rebuildingStartBlockHash common.Hash) error {
 	var err error
 	var stateDb *state.StateDB
+
+	if err := populateStylusTargetCache(targetConfig); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error populating stylus target cache: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	latestHeader := l2Blockchain.CurrentBlock()
 	// Attempt to get state at the start block when rebuilding commenced, if not available (in case of non-archival nodes) use latest state
 	rebuildingStartHeader := l2Blockchain.GetHeaderByHash(rebuildingStartBlockHash)
diff --git a/system_tests/program_test.go b/system_tests/program_test.go
index e171f2a444..522e4b1034 100644
--- a/system_tests/program_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/program_test.go
@@ -1891,7 +1891,8 @@ func TestWasmStoreRebuilding(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Start rebuilding and wait for it to finish
 	log.Info("starting rebuilding of wasm store")
-	Require(t, gethexec.RebuildWasmStore(ctx, wasmDbAfterDelete, nodeB.ExecNode.ChainDB, nodeB.ExecNode.ConfigFetcher().RPC.MaxRecreateStateDepth, bc, common.Hash{}, bc.CurrentBlock().Hash()))
+	execConfig := nodeB.ExecNode.ConfigFetcher()
+	Require(t, gethexec.RebuildWasmStore(ctx, wasmDbAfterDelete, nodeB.ExecNode.ChainDB, execConfig.RPC.MaxRecreateStateDepth, &execConfig.StylusTarget, bc, common.Hash{}, bc.CurrentBlock().Hash()))
 
 	wasmDbAfterRebuild := nodeB.ExecNode.Backend.ArbInterface().BlockChain().StateCache().WasmStore()