diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e363891e2..2f23fd54f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ test_sim_gaia_nondeterminism:
 
 test_sim_gaia_fast:
 	@echo "Running quick Gaia simulation. This may take several minutes..."
-	@go test ./cmd/gaia/app -run TestFullGaiaSimulation -SimulationEnabled=true -SimulationNumBlocks=50 -v -timeout 24h
+	@go test ./cmd/gaia/app -run TestFullGaiaSimulation -SimulationEnabled=true -SimulationNumBlocks=150 -v -timeout 24h
 
 test_sim_gaia_slow:
 	@echo "Running full Gaia simulation. This may take awhile!"
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/app/sim_test.go b/cmd/gaia/app/sim_test.go
index 3878166b3..61affb261 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/app/sim_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/app/sim_test.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func TestAppStateDeterminism(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("Skipping Gaia simulation")
 	}
 
-	numSeeds := 5
+	numSeeds := 3
 	numTimesToRunPerSeed := 5
 	appHashList := make([]json.RawMessage, numTimesToRunPerSeed)
 
@@ -206,10 +206,11 @@ func TestAppStateDeterminism(t *testing.T) {
 				testAndRunTxs(app),
 				[]simulation.RandSetup{},
 				[]simulation.Invariant{},
-				20,
-				20,
-				true,
+				50,
+				100,
+				false,
 			)
+			app.Commit()
 			appHash := app.LastCommitID().Hash
 			appHashList[j] = appHash
 		}
diff --git a/x/mock/simulation/random_simulate_blocks.go b/x/mock/simulation/random_simulate_blocks.go
index fc7543280..14ca6c216 100644
--- a/x/mock/simulation/random_simulate_blocks.go
+++ b/x/mock/simulation/random_simulate_blocks.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func createBlockSimulator(testingMode bool, tb testing.TB, t *testing.T, event f
 					AssertAllInvariants(t, app, invariants, log)
 				}
 				if opCount%50 == 0 {
-					fmt.Printf("\rSimulating... block %d/%d, operation %d/%d.", header.Height, totalNumBlocks, opCount, blocksize)
+					fmt.Printf("\rSimulating... block %d/%d, operation %d/%d.  ", header.Height, totalNumBlocks, opCount, blocksize)
 				}
 			}
 			opCount++