diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index 1277c8b7ab74..c4e96d0d6639 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/snapshots"
 	snapshottypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/snapshots/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store"
-	simutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/sims"
+	simtestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/sims"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	authcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/client/cli"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import (
 // main function.
 func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	// we "pre"-instantiate the application for getting the injected/configured encoding configuration
-	tempApp := simapp.NewSimApp(log.NewNopLogger(), dbm.NewMemDB(), nil, true, simutil.EmptyAppOptions{})
+	tempApp := simapp.NewSimApp(log.NewNopLogger(), dbm.NewMemDB(), nil, true, simtestutil.NewAppOptionsWithFlagHome(simapp.DefaultNodeHome))
 	encodingConfig := params.EncodingConfig{
 		InterfaceRegistry: tempApp.InterfaceRegistry(),
 		Codec:             tempApp.AppCodec(),