diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 1a0e56670..7323b53b4 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -229,13 +229,7 @@ func NewIrisApp(
 	interfaceRegistry := encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry
 
 	// Setup Mempool
-	baseAppOptions = append(baseAppOptions, func(app *baseapp.BaseApp) {
-		memPool := mempool.NoOpMempool{}
-		app.SetMempool(memPool)
-		handler := baseapp.NewDefaultProposalHandler(memPool, app)
-		app.SetPrepareProposal(handler.PrepareProposalHandler())
-		app.SetProcessProposal(handler.ProcessProposalHandler())
-	})
+	baseAppOptions = append(baseAppOptions, NoOpMempoolOption())
 
 	bApp := baseapp.NewBaseApp(
 		iristypes.AppName,
@@ -957,3 +951,13 @@ func initParamsKeeper(
 
 	return paramsKeeper
 }
+
+func NoOpMempoolOption() func(*baseapp.BaseApp) {
+	return func(app *baseapp.BaseApp) {
+		memPool := mempool.NoOpMempool{}
+		app.SetMempool(memPool)
+		handler := baseapp.NewDefaultProposalHandler(memPool, app)
+		app.SetPrepareProposal(handler.PrepareProposalHandler())
+		app.SetProcessProposal(handler.ProcessProposalHandler())
+	}
+}