diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 74ba81ee18a0..61ff5568319d 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func NewSimApp(
 	app.ParamsKeeper = initParamsKeeper(appCodec, legacyAmino, keys[paramstypes.StoreKey], tkeys[paramstypes.TStoreKey])
 
 	// set the BaseApp's parameter store
-	app.ConsensusParamsKeeper = consensusparamkeeper.NewKeeper(appCodec, keys[consensusparamtypes.StoreKey], authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName).String())
+	app.ConsensusParamsKeeper = consensusparamkeeper.NewKeeper(appCodec, runtime.NewKVStoreService(keys[consensusparamtypes.StoreKey]), authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName).String())
 	bApp.SetParamStore(&app.ConsensusParamsKeeper)
 
 	// add keepers