diff --git a/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go b/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go
index a1e917dd8d1..412930e51dd 100644
--- a/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go
+++ b/gno.land/pkg/gnoland/app.go
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ func NewApp(dataRootDir string, skipFailingGenesisTxs bool, logger log.Logger, m
 	var err error
 
 	cfg := NewAppOptions()
+	cfg.SkipFailingGenesisTxs = skipFailingGenesisTxs
 
 	// Get main DB.
 	cfg.DB, err = dbm.NewDB("gnolang", dbm.GoLevelDBBackend, filepath.Join(dataRootDir, "data"))