diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go
index 9e8674a84b55..fac1bedd8221 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/init.go
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ func InitCmd(mbm module.BasicManager, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Command {
 			config.Mempool.KeepInvalidTxsInCache = true
 			config.Mempool.TTLNumBlocks = 15
 
+			config.P2P.UseLegacy = true
+			config.P2P.MaxNumInboundPeers = 250
+			config.P2P.MaxNumOutboundPeers = 70
+			config.P2P.MaxConnections = 320
+			config.P2P.Seeds = "a46bbdb81e66c950e3cdbe5ee748a2d6bdb185dd@161.97.168.77:26656,f0c58d904dec824605ac36114db28f1bf84f6ea3@144.76.112.238:26656" // nolint:lll
+			config.RPC.TimeoutBroadcastTxCommit = time.Second * 40
+
 			config.SetRoot(clientCtx.HomeDir)
 
 			chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flags.FlagChainID)