diff --git a/scripts/local_setup.sh b/scripts/local_setup.sh
index 158eb1eb..fb122fdf 100755
--- a/scripts/local_setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/local_setup.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["voting_params
 # cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["params"]["voting_period"]="30s"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["params"]["expedited_voting_period"]="15s"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus["params"]["validator"]["pub_key_types"]=["secp256k1"]' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus_params["block"]["max_gas"]="100000000"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 
 $BIN keys add satoshi --keyring-backend test
 ADDR=$($BIN keys show satoshi --keyring-backend test -a)
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh b/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh
index 90c89554..eabe1b77 100755
--- a/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh
+++ b/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["voting_params
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["params"]["voting_period"]="180s"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["params"]["max_deposit_period"]="180s"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus["params"]["validator"]["pub_key_types"]=["secp256k1"]' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus_params["block"]["max_gas"]="100000000"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 
 # TO-DO?
 # - chain id