diff --git a/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go b/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
index 382bac3fe..011c818e8 100644
--- a/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
 
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/debug"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server"
 	servertypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/snapshots"
-	snapshottypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/snapshots/types"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store"
 	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"
@@ -301,59 +297,19 @@ func txCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 // newApp is an AppCreator
 func newApp(logger log.Logger, db dbm.DB, traceStore io.Writer, appOpts servertypes.AppOptions) servertypes.Application {
-	var cache sdk.MultiStorePersistentCache
-
-	if cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get(server.FlagInterBlockCache)) {
-		cache = store.NewCommitKVStoreCacheManager()
-	}
-
 	skipUpgradeHeights := make(map[int64]bool)
 	for _, h := range cast.ToIntSlice(appOpts.Get(server.FlagUnsafeSkipUpgrades)) {
 		skipUpgradeHeights[int64(h)] = true
 	}
 
-	pruningOpts, err := server.GetPruningOptionsFromFlags(appOpts)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	snapshotDir := filepath.Join(cast.ToString(appOpts.Get(flags.FlagHome)), "data", "snapshots")
-	err = os.MkdirAll(snapshotDir, os.ModePerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	snapshotDB, err := dbm.NewDB("metadata", server.GetAppDBBackend(appOpts), snapshotDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	snapshotStore, err := snapshots.NewStore(snapshotDB, snapshotDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	snapshotOptions := snapshottypes.NewSnapshotOptions(
-		cast.ToUint64(appOpts.Get(server.FlagStateSyncSnapshotInterval)),
-		cast.ToUint32(appOpts.Get(server.FlagStateSyncSnapshotKeepRecent)),
-	)
-
+	baseappOptions := server.DefaultBaseappOptions(appOpts)
 	return app.New(
 		logger, db, traceStore, true, skipUpgradeHeights,
 		cast.ToString(appOpts.Get(flags.FlagHome)),
 		cast.ToUint(appOpts.Get(server.FlagInvCheckPeriod)),
 		app.MakeEncodingConfig(), // Ideally, we would reuse the one created by NewRootCmd.
 		appOpts,
-		baseapp.SetPruning(pruningOpts),
-		baseapp.SetMinGasPrices(cast.ToString(appOpts.Get(server.FlagMinGasPrices))),
-		baseapp.SetHaltHeight(cast.ToUint64(appOpts.Get(server.FlagHaltHeight))),
-		baseapp.SetHaltTime(cast.ToUint64(appOpts.Get(server.FlagHaltTime))),
-		baseapp.SetMinRetainBlocks(cast.ToUint64(appOpts.Get(server.FlagMinRetainBlocks))),
-		baseapp.SetInterBlockCache(cache),
-		baseapp.SetTrace(cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get(server.FlagTrace))),
-		baseapp.SetIndexEvents(cast.ToStringSlice(appOpts.Get(server.FlagIndexEvents))),
-		baseapp.SetSnapshot(snapshotStore, snapshotOptions),
-		baseapp.SetIAVLCacheSize(cast.ToInt(appOpts.Get(server.FlagIAVLCacheSize))),
-		baseapp.SetIAVLDisableFastNode(cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get(server.FlagDisableIAVLFastNode))),
+		baseappOptions...,
 	)
 }