diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 52286b5116..4b3b262375 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ func NewWasmApp(
 
 	cdc := MakeCodec()
 
+	debug := viper.GetBool(cli.TraceFlag)
+	baseAppOptions = append(baseAppOptions, bam.SetDebug(debug))
+
 	bApp := bam.NewBaseApp(appName, logger, db, auth.DefaultTxDecoder(cdc), baseAppOptions...)
 	bApp.SetCommitMultiStoreTracer(traceStore)
 	bApp.SetAppVersion(version.Version)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 91bbd54d01..98694a5872 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace github.com/keybase/go-keychain => github.com/99designs/go-keychain v0.0.0-20191008050251-8e49817e8af4
+
+replace github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/confio/cosmos-sdk v0.38.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2da6f4f93b..4ddde4d711 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ github.com/btcsuite/winsvc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jsenWakMcC0zFBFurPLEAyrnc/teJEM1O46f
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
+github.com/confio/cosmos-sdk v0.38.2 h1:w0SWy9hS7wvHkqPY5F/ZuGVf38rMJptdftrMats7j7U=
+github.com/confio/cosmos-sdk v0.38.2/go.mod h1:9ZZex0GKpyNCvilvVAPBoB+0n3A/aO1+/UhPVEaiCy4=
 github.com/confio/go-cosmwasm v0.6.2 h1:UMi8mP6VjID1QMPnLMW6xP6zdn7hXmgQTOYSwQgCN0k=
 github.com/confio/go-cosmwasm v0.6.2/go.mod h1:pHipRby+f3cv97QPLELkzOAlNs/s87uDyhc+SnMn7L4=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=