diff --git a/docker/localnode/scripts/step1_configure_init.sh b/docker/localnode/scripts/step1_configure_init.sh
index d425181259..3c799bf3e3 100755
--- a/docker/localnode/scripts/step1_configure_init.sh
+++ b/docker/localnode/scripts/step1_configure_init.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ seid version # Uncomment the below line if there are any dependency issues
 
 # Initialize validator node
 MONIKER="sei-node-$NODE_ID"
-seid init "$MONIKER" --chain-id sei
+
+seid init "$MONIKER" --chain-id sei >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # Copy configs
 ORACLE_CONFIG_FILE="build/generated/node_$NODE_ID/price_feeder_config.toml"
diff --git a/scripts/initialize_local.sh b/scripts/initialize_local.sh
index d3cdaaadbd..26724e757e 100755
--- a/scripts/initialize_local.sh
+++ b/scripts/initialize_local.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ rm -rf ~/test_accounts/
 test_account_name=alice
 # add test_account_name to keys
 ./build/seid keys add $test_account_name --keyring-backend test
-./build/seid add-genesis-account $(./build/seid keys show $test_account_name -a) 100000000000000000000usei
+./build/seid add-genesis-account $(./build/seid keys show $test_account_name -a --keyring-backend test) 100000000000000000000usei --keyring-backend test
 # generate genesis tx
-./build/seid gentx $test_account_name 70000000000000000000usei --chain-id sei
+./build/seid gentx $test_account_name 70000000000000000000usei --chain-id sei --keyring-backend test
 sed -i'' -e 's/mode = "full"/mode = "validator"/g' $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml
 sed -i'' -e 's/indexer = \["null"\]/indexer = \["kv"\]/g' $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml
 KEY=$(jq '.pub_key' ~/.sei/config/priv_validator_key.json -c)
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ mv ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis_3.json ~/.sei/config/genesis.json && rm ~/.sei/conf
 cat ~/.sei/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["deposit_params"]["max_deposit_period"]="300s"' > ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis.json ~/.sei/config/genesis.json
 cat ~/.sei/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["voting_params"]["voting_period"]="120s"' > ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis.json ~/.sei/config/genesis.json
 cat ~/.sei/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["distribution"]["params"]["community_tax"]="0.000000000000000000"' > ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv ~/.sei/config/tmp_genesis.json ~/.sei/config/genesis.json
-./build/seid start --chain-id sei-chain
+./build/seid start --chain-id sei