diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 1e64321f21..3a42d51aff 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -372,8 +372,6 @@ func New(
 		authAddr,
 	)
 
-	logger.Info("bank keeper blocklist addresses", "addresses", app.BlockedAddrs())
-
 	app.BankKeeper = bankkeeper.NewBaseKeeper(
 		appCodec,
 		keys[banktypes.StoreKey],
diff --git a/app/export.go b/app/export.go
index 1f1ae26a96..61bc52659b 100644
--- a/app/export.go
+++ b/app/export.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 func (app *App) ExportAppStateAndValidators(
 	forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string, modulesToExport []string,
 ) (servertypes.ExportedApp, error) {
-	// as if they could withdraw from the start of the next block
 	ctx := app.NewContext(true, tmproto.Header{Height: app.LastBlockHeight()})
 
 	// We export at last height + 1, because that's the height at which
diff --git a/cmd/zetacored/root.go b/cmd/zetacored/root.go
index 440b921bc2..3880b12108 100644
--- a/cmd/zetacored/root.go
+++ b/cmd/zetacored/root.go
@@ -268,48 +268,43 @@ func (ac appCreator) newApp(
 	)
 }
 
-// appExport creates a new simapp (optionally at a given height)
+// appExport is used to export the state of the application for a genesis file.
 func (ac appCreator) appExport(
 	logger log.Logger, db dbm.DB, traceStore io.Writer, height int64, forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string,
 	appOpts servertypes.AppOptions,
 	modulesToExport []string,
 ) (servertypes.ExportedApp, error) {
-	var anApp *app.App
+	var zetaApp *app.App
 
 	homePath, ok := appOpts.Get(flags.FlagHome).(string)
 	if !ok || homePath == "" {
 		return servertypes.ExportedApp{}, errors.New("application home not set")
 	}
 
-	if height != -1 {
-		anApp = app.New(
-			logger,
-			db,
-			traceStore,
-			false,
-			map[int64]bool{},
-			homePath,
-			uint(1),
-			ac.encCfg,
-			appOpts,
-		)
-
-		if err := anApp.LoadHeight(height); err != nil {
+	loadLatest := false
+	if height == -1 {
+		loadLatest = true
+	}
+
+	zetaApp = app.New(
+		logger,
+		db,
+		traceStore,
+		loadLatest,
+		map[int64]bool{},
+		homePath,
+		uint(1),
+		ac.encCfg,
+		appOpts,
+	)
+
+	// If height is -1, it means we are using the latest height.
+	// For all other cases, we load the specified height from the Store
+	if !loadLatest {
+		if err := zetaApp.LoadHeight(height); err != nil {
 			return servertypes.ExportedApp{}, err
 		}
-	} else {
-		anApp = app.New(
-			logger,
-			db,
-			traceStore,
-			true,
-			map[int64]bool{},
-			homePath,
-			uint(1),
-			ac.encCfg,
-			appOpts,
-		)
 	}
 
-	return anApp.ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs, modulesToExport)
+	return zetaApp.ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs, modulesToExport)
 }