diff --git a/runtime/v2/builder.go b/runtime/v2/builder.go
index 2dc6ca7227d2..0a1b279330de 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/builder.go
+++ b/runtime/v2/builder.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 type AppBuilder[T transaction.Tx] struct {
 	app          *App[T]
 	config       server.DynamicConfig
-	storeOptions rootstore.Options
+	storeOptions *rootstore.Options
 
 	// the following fields are used to overwrite the default
 	branch      func(state store.ReaderMap) store.WriterMap
@@ -131,10 +131,16 @@ func (a *AppBuilder[T]) Build(opts ...AppBuilderOption[T]) (*App[T], error) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	var storeOptions rootstore.Options
+	if a.storeOptions != nil {
+		storeOptions = *a.storeOptions
+	} else {
+		storeOptions = rootstore.DefaultStoreOptions()
+	}
 	factoryOptions := &rootstore.FactoryOptions{
 		Logger:    a.app.logger,
 		RootDir:   home,
-		Options:   a.storeOptions,
+		Options:   storeOptions,
 		StoreKeys: append(a.app.storeKeys, "stf"),
 		SCRawDB:   scRawDb,
 	}
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ func AppBuilderWithPostTxExec[T transaction.Tx](postTxExec func(ctx context.Cont
 	}
 }
 
-func AppBuilderWithStoreOptions[T transaction.Tx](opts rootstore.Options) AppBuilderOption[T] {
+func AppBuilderWithStoreOptions[T transaction.Tx](opts *rootstore.Options) AppBuilderOption[T] {
 	return func(a *AppBuilder[T]) {
 		a.storeOptions = opts
 	}
diff --git a/simapp/v2/app_di.go b/simapp/v2/app_di.go
index 1411b28823ba..a41a6addafea 100644
--- a/simapp/v2/app_di.go
+++ b/simapp/v2/app_di.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func NewSimApp[T transaction.Tx](
 		app          = &SimApp[T]{}
 		appBuilder   *runtime.AppBuilder[T]
 		err          error
-		storeOptions = root.DefaultStoreOptions()
+		storeOptions = &root.Options{}
 
 		// merge the AppConfig and other configuration in one config
 		appConfig = depinject.Configs(
@@ -190,13 +190,15 @@ func NewSimApp[T transaction.Tx](
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	var builderOpts []runtime.AppBuilderOption[T]
 	if sub := viper.Sub("store.options"); sub != nil {
-		err = sub.Unmarshal(&storeOptions)
+		err = sub.Unmarshal(storeOptions)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
+		builderOpts = append(builderOpts, runtime.AppBuilderWithStoreOptions[T](storeOptions))
 	}
-	app.App, err = appBuilder.Build(runtime.AppBuilderWithStoreOptions[T](storeOptions))
+	app.App, err = appBuilder.Build(builderOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go b/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go
index 2e315c64a186..d58619170e0d 100644
--- a/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go
+++ b/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go
@@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ import (
 	v2 "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil/v2/cli"
 )
 
-func newApp[T transaction.Tx](
-	logger log.Logger, viper *viper.Viper,
-) serverv2.AppI[T] {
+func newApp[T transaction.Tx](logger log.Logger, viper *viper.Viper) serverv2.AppI[T] {
 	viper.Set(serverv2.FlagHome, simapp.DefaultNodeHome)
-
-	return serverv2.AppI[T](
-		simapp.NewSimApp[T](logger, viper))
+	return serverv2.AppI[T](simapp.NewSimApp[T](logger, viper))
 }
 
 func initRootCmd[T transaction.Tx](