diff --git a/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/file-checksum.ts b/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/file-checksum.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b222680a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/file-checksum.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// src/lib/checksum.ts
+
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+
+import ts from "typescript";
+
+import { logger } from "@/lib/logger";
+
+/**
+ * Get a checksum representing a given entry point file.
+ *
+ * @param entryPoint The entry point file for which to compute the checksum.
+ *                   This is a path relative to the ENSIndexer app directory (`apps/ensindexer`).
+ * @param tsConfigPath The path to the TypeScript configuration file.
+ * @returns The computed checksum as a string.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * // Compute checksums for the `apps/ensindexer/ponder/ponder.config.ts` file
+ * const ponderConfigChecksum = fileChecksum("ponder/ponder.config.ts");
+ * // Compute checksums for the `apps/ensindexer/ponder/ponder.schema.ts` file
+ * const ponderSchemaChecksum = fileChecksum("ponder/ponder.schema.ts");
+ * // Compute checksums for the `apps/ensindexer/ponder/src/register-handlers.ts` file
+ * const ponderLogicChecksum = fileChecksum("ponder/src/register-handlers.ts");
+ * ```
+ */
+export function fileChecksum(entryPoint: string, tsConfigPath: string = "tsconfig.json"): string {
+  const root = process.cwd();
+  const resolvedEntry = resolve(root, entryPoint);
+
+  logger.info({
+    msg: "Computing entrypoint checksum",
+    entryPoint,
+    resolvedEntry,
+  });
+
+  // Read tsconfig
+  const tsConfigFile = ts.readConfigFile(tsConfigPath, ts.sys.readFile);
+  if (tsConfigFile.error) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to read tsconfig: ${tsConfigPath}`);
+  }
+
+  const parsedTsConfig = ts.parseJsonConfigFileContent(
+    tsConfigFile.config,
+    ts.sys,
+    root,
+    undefined,
+    tsConfigPath,
+  );
+
+  const tsProgram = ts.createProgram([resolvedEntry], parsedTsConfig.options);
+
+  const allTsFiles = tsProgram
+    .getSourceFiles()
+    .filter(
+      (sourceFile) =>
+        !sourceFile.isDeclarationFile &&
+        !sourceFile.fileName.includes("node_modules") &&
+        !sourceFile.fileName.startsWith("\0"),
+    )
+    .map((sourceFile) => sourceFile.fileName);
+  const tsSourceFiles = new Set<string>(allTsFiles);
+
+  if (tsSourceFiles.size === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`No source files found for entry point: ${entryPoint}`);
+  } else {
+    logger.info({
+      msg: "Files included in logic checksum",
+      entryPoint,
+      filesCount: tsSourceFiles.size,
+    });
+  }
+
+  const hash = createHash("sha256");
+
+  for (const file of tsSourceFiles) {
+    const content = ts.sys.readFile(file);
+    if (content) hash.update(content);
+  }
+
+  const checksum = hash.digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
+
+  logger.info({
+    msg: "Logic checksum",
+    entryPoint,
+    checksum,
+  });
+
+  return checksum;
+}
diff --git a/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/indexing-engines/ponder.ts b/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/indexing-engines/ponder.ts
index 84996fdc6..bbcbf0b60 100644
--- a/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/indexing-engines/ponder.ts
+++ b/apps/ensindexer/src/lib/indexing-engines/ponder.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from "ponder:registry";
 
 import { waitForEnsRainbowToBeReady } from "@/lib/ensrainbow/singleton";
+import { fileChecksum } from "@/ponder/logical-checksum";
 
 /**
  * Context passed to event handlers registered with
@@ -173,6 +174,18 @@ async function initializeIndexingSetup(): Promise<void> {
  * ```
  */
 async function initializeIndexingActivation(): Promise<void> {
+  const ponderConfigChecksum = fileChecksum("ponder/ponder.config.ts");
+  const ponderSchemaChecksum = fileChecksum("ponder/ponder.schema.ts");
+  const ponderLogicChecksum = fileChecksum("ponder/src/register-handlers.ts");
+
+  console.log(`Logical checksum`, {
+    ponderConfig: ponderConfigChecksum,
+    ponderSchema: ponderSchemaChecksum,
+    ponderLogic: ponderLogicChecksum,
+  });
+
+  // TODO: calculate the ENSIndexer Build ID from the checksums above
+
   await waitForEnsRainbowToBeReady();
 }