diff --git a/cmd/flags/comet.go b/cmd/flags/comet.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a4a7a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/flags/comet.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package flags
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	cfg "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/config"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultCometConfig = cfg.DefaultConfig()
+)
+
+// AddCometBFTFlags adds flags for cometbft to the provided command
+func AddCometBFTFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("statesync.enable", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.Enable, "enable state sync")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArray("statesync.rpc_servers", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.RPCServers, "state sync rpc servers")
+	cmd.Flags().Int64("statesync.trust_height", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.TrustHeight, "state sync trust height")
+	cmd.Flags().String("statesync.trust_hash", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.TrustHash, "state sync trust hash")
+	cmd.Flags().Duration("statesync.trust_period", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.TrustPeriod, "state sync trust period")
+	cmd.Flags().Duration("statesync.discovery_time", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.DiscoveryTime, "state sync discovery time")
+	cmd.Flags().String("statesync.temp_dir", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.TempDir, "state sync temp dir")
+	cmd.Flags().Duration("statesync.chunk_request_timeout", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.ChunkRequestTimeout, "state sync chunk request timeout")
+	cmd.Flags().Int32("statesync.chunk_fetchers", defaultCometConfig.StateSync.ChunkFetchers, "state sync chunk fetchers")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/initiad/root.go b/cmd/initiad/root.go
index ef4c2d4a..861d7bdf 100644
--- a/cmd/initiad/root.go
+++ b/cmd/initiad/root.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 	initiaapp "github.com/initia-labs/initia/app"
 	"github.com/initia-labs/initia/app/params"
+	initiacmdflags "github.com/initia-labs/initia/cmd/flags"
 	movecmd "github.com/initia-labs/initia/cmd/move"
 	cryptokeyring "github.com/initia-labs/initia/crypto/keyring"
 	"github.com/initia-labs/initia/x/genutil"
@@ -161,7 +162,10 @@ func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig, b
 		a.newApp,
 		a.appExport,
 		server.StartCmdOptions{
-			AddFlags: addModuleInitFlags,
+			AddFlags: func(startCmd *cobra.Command) {
+				crisis.AddModuleInitFlags(startCmd)
+				initiacmdflags.AddCometBFTFlags(startCmd)
+			},
 			PostSetup: func(svrCtx *server.Context, clientCtx client.Context, ctx context.Context, g *errgroup.Group) error {
 				g.Go(func() error {
 					errCh := make(chan error, 1)
@@ -196,10 +200,6 @@ func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig, b
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(movecmd.MoveCommand(encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry.SigningContext().AddressCodec(), false))
 }
 
-func addModuleInitFlags(startCmd *cobra.Command) {
-	crisis.AddModuleInitFlags(startCmd)
-}
-
 func genesisCommand(encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig, basicManager module.BasicManager) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:                        "genesis",