diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index a8a806a7c6f0..7c2fac102d64 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -412,12 +412,9 @@ func (app *BaseApp) DeliverTx(req abci.RequestDeliverTx) (res abci.ResponseDeliv
 		return sdkerrors.ResponseDeliverTxWithEvents(err, gInfo.GasWanted, gInfo.GasUsed, sdk.MarkEventsToIndex(anteEvents, app.indexEvents), app.trace)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("DeliverTx")
 	if sdk.MaxEventSize > 0 {
-		fmt.Println("sdk.MaxEventSize > 0", sdk.MaxEventSize)
 		for i, event := range result.Events {
 			for j, attr := range event.Attributes {
-				fmt.Println("lengths", len([]byte(attr.Key)), len([]byte(attr.Value)))
 				if len([]byte(attr.Key))+len([]byte(attr.Value)) > sdk.MaxEventSize {
 					result.Events[i].Attributes[j].Value = "evt val too large, inc max-event-size in config.toml"
 				}
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index b78133179889..a285e7081884 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ type BaseConfig struct {
 	// An empty string indicates that the Tendermint config's DBBackend value should be used.
 	AppDBBackend string `mapstructure:"app-db-backend"`
 
+	// MaxEventSize defines the maximum size of an attribute (key + value) of an event that will be stored in the block results.
+	// If an attribute is larger than this size, it will be replaced with a placeholder in the block results.
 	MaxEventSize int `mapstructure:"max-event-size" json:"max-event-size"`
 }
 
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			IAVLFastNodeModuleWhitelist: []string{"lockup"},
 			IAVLLazyLoading:             false,
 			AppDBBackend:                "",
-			MaxEventSize:                0,
+			MaxEventSize:                1000000, // 1MB
 		},
 		Telemetry: telemetry.Config{
 			Enabled:      false,
diff --git a/server/config/toml.go b/server/config/toml.go
index 96d02b0ff0b2..e99254381d27 100644
--- a/server/config/toml.go
+++ b/server/config/toml.go
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ iavl-lazy-loading = {{ .BaseConfig.IAVLLazyLoading }}
 # The fallback is the db_backend value set in Tendermint's config.toml.
 app-db-backend = "{{ .BaseConfig.AppDBBackend }}"
 
-# Maximum event size in bytes. 0 means no limit
+# Maximum event size in bytes that is stored in the block results. 0 means no limit
+# If an attribute of an event is larger than the max size, the attribute will be replaced with a placeholder.
 max-event-size = {{ .BaseConfig.MaxEventSize }}
 
 ###############################################################################