diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index eac0fed470..b2d94186b3 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
 
-const (
-	AccountAddressPrefix = "cosmos"
-	Name                 = "sei-chain"
-)
-
 // this line is used by starport scaffolding # stargate/wasm/app/enabledProposals
 
 func getGovProposalHandlers() []govclient.ProposalHandler {
@@ -191,7 +186,7 @@ func init() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	DefaultNodeHome = filepath.Join(userHomeDir, "."+Name)
+	DefaultNodeHome = filepath.Join(userHomeDir, "."+AppName)
 }
 
 // App extends an ABCI application, but with most of its parameters exported.
@@ -245,7 +240,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// sm is the simulation manager
 	sm *module.SimulationManager
 
-	tracingInfo *tracing.TracingInfo
+	configurator module.Configurator
+	tracingInfo  *tracing.TracingInfo
 }
 
 // New returns a reference to an initialized blockchain app
@@ -267,7 +263,7 @@ func New(
 	cdc := encodingConfig.Amino
 	interfaceRegistry := encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry
 
-	bApp := baseapp.NewBaseApp(Name, logger, db, encodingConfig.TxConfig.TxDecoder(), baseAppOptions...)
+	bApp := baseapp.NewBaseApp(AppName, logger, db, encodingConfig.TxConfig.TxDecoder(), baseAppOptions...)
 	bApp.SetCommitMultiStoreTracer(traceStore)
 	bApp.SetVersion(version.Version)
 	bApp.SetInterfaceRegistry(interfaceRegistry)
@@ -571,7 +567,8 @@ func New(
 
 	app.mm.RegisterInvariants(&app.CrisisKeeper)
 	app.mm.RegisterRoutes(app.Router(), app.QueryRouter(), encodingConfig.Amino)
-	app.mm.RegisterServices(module.NewConfigurator(app.appCodec, app.MsgServiceRouter(), app.GRPCQueryRouter()))
+	app.configurator = module.NewConfigurator(app.appCodec, app.MsgServiceRouter(), app.GRPCQueryRouter())
+	app.mm.RegisterServices(app.configurator)
 
 	// create the simulation manager and define the order of the modules for deterministic simulations
 	app.sm = module.NewSimulationManager(
@@ -594,6 +591,7 @@ func New(
 		// this line is used by starport scaffolding # stargate/app/appModule
 	)
 	app.sm.RegisterStoreDecoders()
+	app.RegisterUpgradeHandlers()
 
 	// initialize stores
 	app.MountKVStores(keys)
@@ -644,7 +642,7 @@ func New(
 	return app
 }
 
-// Name returns the name of the App
+// AppName returns the name of the App
 func (app *App) Name() string { return app.BaseApp.Name() }
 
 // GetBaseApp returns the base app of the application
@@ -757,7 +755,7 @@ func (app *App) RegisterAPIRoutes(apiSvr *api.Server, apiConfig config.APIConfig
 
 	// register app's OpenAPI routes.
 	apiSvr.Router.Handle("/static/openapi.yml", http.FileServer(http.FS(docs.Docs)))
-	apiSvr.Router.HandleFunc("/", openapiconsole.Handler(Name, "/static/openapi.yml"))
+	apiSvr.Router.HandleFunc("/", openapiconsole.Handler(AppName, "/static/openapi.yml"))
 }
 
 // RegisterTxService implements the Application.RegisterTxService method.
diff --git a/app/const.go b/app/const.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76b690fe71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/const.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package app
+
+const (
+	// Prefix of bech32 encoded address
+	AccountAddressPrefix = "cosmos"
+	// Application name
+	AppName = "sei-chain"
+)
diff --git a/app/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09463fe7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/upgrades.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
+	upgradetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/types"
+)
+
+// Set this to the name of your upgrade
+const UpgradeName = "upgrade-1.0.0"
+
+func (app App) RegisterUpgradeHandlers() {
+	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(UpgradeName, func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
+		// Upgrade specific logic goes here
+		// For now, remove dex, epoch and oracle from the version map since
+		// they do not yet have upgrade logic
+		delete(fromVM, "dex")
+		delete(fromVM, "epoch")
+		delete(fromVM, "oracle")
+		return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/sei-chaind/main.go b/cmd/sei-chaind/main.go
index f1f94ff16c..1b52ffbafd 100644
--- a/cmd/sei-chaind/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sei-chaind/main.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	rootCmd, _ := NewRootCmd(
-		app.Name,
+		app.AppName,
 		app.AccountAddressPrefix,
 		app.DefaultNodeHome,
-		app.Name,
+		app.AppName,
 		app.ModuleBasics,
 		app.New,
 		// this line is used by starport scaffolding # root/arguments
diff --git a/cmd/sei-chaind/root.go b/cmd/sei-chaind/root.go
index 59c88cbf4c..04572c870a 100644
--- a/cmd/sei-chaind/root.go
+++ b/cmd/sei-chaind/root.go
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ func NewRootCmd(
 		WithViper(rootOptions.envPrefix)
 
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   appName + "d",
-		Short: "Stargate CosmosHub App",
+		Use:   "seid",
+		Short: "Stargate Sei App",
 		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 			// set the default command outputs
 			cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())