diff --git a/cmd/akashd/context.go b/cmd/akashd/context.go
index ed26bc9b5b..3404142c03 100644
--- a/cmd/akashd/context.go
+++ b/cmd/akashd/context.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func (ctx *context) TMConfig() (*tmconfig.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	cfg := tmconfig.DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.P2P.AuthEnc = false
 
 	if err := viper.Unmarshal(cfg); err != nil {
 		return nil, err