diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 2e4b194633a8..b78133179889 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			IAVLFastNodeModuleWhitelist: []string{"lockup"},
 			IAVLLazyLoading:             false,
 			AppDBBackend:                "",
+			MaxEventSize:                0,
 		},
 		Telemetry: telemetry.Config{
 			Enabled:      false,
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ func GetConfig(v *viper.Viper) (Config, error) {
 	if err := v.Unmarshal(conf); err != nil {
 		return Config{}, fmt.Errorf("error extracting app config: %w", err)
 	}
+	sdk.MaxEventSize = conf.BaseConfig.MaxEventSize
 	return *conf, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/server/config/toml.go b/server/config/toml.go
index 88873fed8d8d..96d02b0ff0b2 100644
--- a/server/config/toml.go
+++ b/server/config/toml.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -312,7 +310,6 @@ func init() {
 func ParseConfig(v *viper.Viper) (*Config, error) {
 	conf := DefaultConfig()
 	err := v.Unmarshal(conf)
-	types.MaxEventSize = conf.BaseConfig.MaxEventSize
 
 	return conf, err
 }