diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 407a898595..708d5f1fab 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ cat $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["deposit_param
 cat $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["mint"]["params"]["mint_denom"]="aphoton"' > $HOME/.ethermintd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.ethermintd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json
 
 # Set gas limit in genesis
-cat $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus_params["block"]["max_gas"]="20000000"' > $HOME/.ethermintd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.ethermintd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json
+cat $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json | jq '.consensus["params"]["block"]["max_gas"]="20000000"' > $HOME/.ethermintd/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.ethermintd/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.ethermintd/config/genesis.json
 
 # Allocate genesis accounts (cosmos formatted addresses)
 ethermintd genesis add-genesis-account $KEY 100000000000000000000000000aphoton --keyring-backend $KEYRING