diff --git a/scripts/build/build.mk b/scripts/build/build.mk
index d5b43eb9e7..1fb1908d75 100644
--- a/scripts/build/build.mk
+++ b/scripts/build/build.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export COMMIT := $(shell git log -1 --format='%H')
 LEDGER_ENABLED ?= true
 BINDIR ?= $(GOPATH)/bin
 BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build
-SIMAPP = ./simapp
+SIMAPP = simapp
 MOCKS_DIR = $(CURDIR)/tests/mocks
 HTTPS_GIT := https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk.git
 DOCKER := $(shell which docker)
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ ifeq (legacy,$(findstring legacy,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   build_tags += app_v1
 endif
 
+ifeq (v2,$(findstring v2,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  SIMAPP = simapp/v2
+endif
+
 # DB backend selection
 ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   build_tags += gcc
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ build-linux-arm64:
 	GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 LEDGER_ENABLED=false $(MAKE) build
 
 $(BUILD_TARGETS): go.sum $(BUILDDIR)/
-	cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/simapp && go $@ -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILD_ARGS) ./...
+	cd ${CURRENT_DIR}/${SIMAPP} && go $@ -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILD_ARGS) ./...
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/
diff --git a/scripts/simapp-v2-init.sh b/scripts/simapp-v2-init.sh
index 6bdb51de7b..a41cfba082 100755
--- a/scripts/simapp-v2-init.sh
+++ b/scripts/simapp-v2-init.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ set -o nounset
 set -x
 
 ROOT=$PWD
-SIMAPP_DIR="$ROOT/simapp/v2"
 
 SIMD="$ROOT/build/simdv2"
 CONFIG="${CONFIG:-$HOME/.simappv2/config}"
 
-cd "$SIMAPP_DIR"
-go build -o "$ROOT/build/simdv2" simdv2/main.go
+COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS=v2 make build     
 
 if [ -d "$($SIMD config home)" ]; then rm -r $($SIMD config home); fi
 
@@ -48,4 +46,4 @@ while ! $SIMD query block --type=height 5; do
   sleep 1
 done
 
-kill -9 "$SIMD_PID"
\ No newline at end of file
+kill -9 "$SIMD_PID"
diff --git a/server/v2/cometbft/abci.go b/server/v2/cometbft/abci.go
index a14a793a00..4f3c211294 100644
--- a/server/v2/cometbft/abci.go
+++ b/server/v2/cometbft/abci.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/transaction"
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	"cosmossdk.io/server/v2/appmanager"
+	"cosmossdk.io/server/v2/cometbft/client/grpc/cmtservice"
 	"cosmossdk.io/server/v2/cometbft/handlers"
 	"cosmossdk.io/server/v2/cometbft/mempool"
 	"cosmossdk.io/server/v2/cometbft/types"
@@ -26,12 +27,6 @@ import (
 	consensustypes "cosmossdk.io/x/consensus/types"
 )
 
-const (
-	QueryPathApp   = "app"
-	QueryPathP2P   = "p2p"
-	QueryPathStore = "store"
-)
-
 var _ abci.Application = (*Consensus[transaction.Tx])(nil)
 
 type Consensus[T transaction.Tx] struct {
@@ -212,13 +207,13 @@ func (c *Consensus[T]) Query(ctx context.Context, req *abciproto.QueryRequest) (
 	var resp *abciproto.QueryResponse
 
 	switch path[0] {
-	case QueryPathApp:
+	case cmtservice.QueryPathApp:
 		resp, err = c.handlerQueryApp(ctx, path, req)
 
-	case QueryPathStore:
+	case cmtservice.QueryPathStore:
 		resp, err = c.handleQueryStore(path, c.store, req)
 
-	case QueryPathP2P:
+	case cmtservice.QueryPathP2P:
 		resp, err = c.handleQueryP2P(path)
 
 	default:
diff --git a/server/v2/cometbft/client/grpc/cmtservice/service.go b/server/v2/cometbft/client/grpc/cmtservice/service.go
index 096889a5a2..426b32aa45 100644
--- a/server/v2/cometbft/client/grpc/cmtservice/service.go
+++ b/server/v2/cometbft/client/grpc/cmtservice/service.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cmtservice
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	abci "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/api/cometbft/abci/v1"
@@ -27,6 +26,12 @@ var (
 	_ codectypes.UnpackInterfacesMessage = &GetLatestValidatorSetResponse{}
 )
 
+const (
+	QueryPathApp   = "app"
+	QueryPathP2P   = "p2p"
+	QueryPathStore = "store"
+)
+
 type (
 	abciQueryFn = func(context.Context, *abci.QueryRequest) (*abci.QueryResponse, error)
 
@@ -265,8 +270,8 @@ func (s queryServer) ABCIQuery(ctx context.Context, req *ABCIQueryRequest) (*ABC
 
 	if path := SplitABCIQueryPath(req.Path); len(path) > 0 {
 		switch path[0] {
-		case "app", "store", "p2p", "custom": // TODO: check if we can use the ones from abci.go without having circular deps.
-			return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, fmt.Sprintf("ABCI query path not yet implemented: %s", req.Path))
+		case QueryPathApp, QueryPathStore, QueryPathP2P:
+			// valid path
 
 		default:
 			// Otherwise, error as to prevent either valid gRPC service requests or