# Joining Testnet | Jackal Chain Docs
After installing canined. You can join the testnet by following these steps:

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# Joining Testnet

After installing `canined`. You can join the testnet by following these steps:

    canined init <alias> --chain-id=<chain-id>

note

`chain-id` for testnet is currently `lupulella-2`.

Then we want to replace our generated genesis file with the one used to start the network. We also need to set our peers and seeds.

For an updated list of peers & seeds, please check this page.

    wget -O ~/.canine/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JackalLabs/jackal-chain-assets/main/testnet/genesis.json

    export SEEDS="84f520678ef59ea02f942fa6323ec562ca5a3249@45.79.161.178:26656,cecc087977336da1e9ccd2c50097cd9e7d5e1874@141.95.33.39:26656"
    sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" ~/.canine/config/config.toml

As a validator, you'll need to set a minimum gas price like so:

    GAS="0.002ujkl"
    sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"$GAS\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/app.toml