diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index 10f47c3b7..adc40a3fb 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 	encodingConfig = simapp.MakeEncodingConfig()
 	initClientCtx  = client.Context{}.
 			WithJSONMarshaler(encodingConfig.Marshaler).
+			WithInterfaceRegistry(encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry).
 			WithTxConfig(encodingConfig.TxConfig).
 			WithCodec(encodingConfig.Amino).
 			WithInput(os.Stdin).