diff --git a/config/tendermint/config.go b/config/tendermint/config.go
index 828e67ef..19f7386b 100644
--- a/config/tendermint/config.go
+++ b/config/tendermint/config.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func GetConfig(rootDir string) cfg.Config {
 	mapConfig.SetDefault("mempool_broadcast", true)
 	mapConfig.SetDefault("mempool_wal_dir", rootDir+"/data/mempool.wal")
 
-	mapConfig.SetDefault("tx_indexer", "none")
+	mapConfig.SetDefault("tx_indexer", "kv")
 
 	return mapConfig
 }
diff --git a/config/tendermint_test/config.go b/config/tendermint_test/config.go
index b6462cab..9cb8ee32 100644
--- a/config/tendermint_test/config.go
+++ b/config/tendermint_test/config.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func ResetConfig(localPath string) cfg.Config {
 	mapConfig.SetDefault("mempool_broadcast", true)
 	mapConfig.SetDefault("mempool_wal_dir", "")
 
-	mapConfig.SetDefault("tx_indexer", "none")
+	mapConfig.SetDefault("tx_indexer", "kv")
 
 	logger.SetLogLevel(mapConfig.GetString("log_level"))