diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f882c56959..29d753a6dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.22.0
+
+*July 16th, 2018*
+
+BREAKING CHANGES
+* [x/gov] Increase VotingPeriod, DepositPeriod, and MinDeposit
+
+IMPROVEMENTS
+* [gaiad] Default config updates:
+    - `timeout_commit=5000` so blocks only made every 5s
+    - `prof_listen_addr=localhost:6060` so profile server is on by default
+    - `p2p.send_rate` and `p2p.recv_rate` increases 10x (~5MB/s)
+
+BUG FIXES
+* [server] Fix to actually overwrite default tendermint config
+
 ## 0.21.1
 
 *July 14th, 2018*
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index 1e6ed06c98..51547d116b 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -77,16 +77,21 @@ func interceptLoadConfig() (conf *cfg.Config, err error) {
 	rootDir := tmpConf.RootDir
 	configFilePath := filepath.Join(rootDir, "config/config.toml")
 	// Intercept only if the file doesn't already exist
+
 	if _, err := os.Stat(configFilePath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		// the following parse config is needed to create directories
-		sdkDefaultConfig, _ := tcmd.ParseConfig()
-		sdkDefaultConfig.ProfListenAddress = "prof_laddr=localhost:6060"
-		sdkDefaultConfig.P2P.RecvRate = 5120000
-		sdkDefaultConfig.P2P.SendRate = 5120000
-		cfg.WriteConfigFile(configFilePath, sdkDefaultConfig)
+		conf, _ = tcmd.ParseConfig()
+		conf.ProfListenAddress = "localhost:6060"
+		conf.P2P.RecvRate = 5120000
+		conf.P2P.SendRate = 5120000
+		conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = 5000
+		cfg.WriteConfigFile(configFilePath, conf)
 		// Fall through, just so that its parsed into memory.
 	}
-	conf, err = tcmd.ParseConfig()
+
+	if conf == nil {
+		conf, err = tcmd.ParseConfig()
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper.go b/x/gov/keeper.go
index b60404b8ce..572c5388eb 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper.go
@@ -128,18 +128,24 @@ func (keeper Keeper) activateVotingPeriod(ctx sdk.Context, proposal Proposal) {
 // =====================================================
 // Procedures
 
+var (
+	defaultMinDeposit       int64 = 10
+	defaultMaxDepositPeriod int64 = 10000
+	defaultVotingPeriod     int64 = 10000
+)
+
 // Gets procedure from store. TODO: move to global param store and allow for updating of this
 func (keeper Keeper) GetDepositProcedure() DepositProcedure {
 	return DepositProcedure{
-		MinDeposit:       sdk.Coins{sdk.NewCoin("steak", 10)},
-		MaxDepositPeriod: 200,
+		MinDeposit:       sdk.Coins{sdk.NewCoin("steak", defaultMinDeposit)},
+		MaxDepositPeriod: defaultMaxDepositPeriod,
 	}
 }
 
 // Gets procedure from store. TODO: move to global param store and allow for updating of this
 func (keeper Keeper) GetVotingProcedure() VotingProcedure {
 	return VotingProcedure{
-		VotingPeriod: 200,
+		VotingPeriod: defaultVotingPeriod,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/x/gov/keeper_test.go b/x/gov/keeper_test.go
index 786953fd3a..988a8a6a7e 100644
--- a/x/gov/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/gov/keeper_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 )
 
+// overwrite defaults for testing
+func init() {
+	defaultMinDeposit = 10
+	defaultMaxDepositPeriod = 200
+	defaultVotingPeriod = 200
+}
+
 func TestGetSetProposal(t *testing.T) {
 	mapp, keeper, _, _, _, _ := getMockApp(t, 0)
 	mapp.BeginBlock(abci.RequestBeginBlock{})
diff --git a/x/gov/proposals.go b/x/gov/proposals.go
index 64ffe6bfa2..bb6b0aed4c 100644
--- a/x/gov/proposals.go
+++ b/x/gov/proposals.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type TextProposal struct {
 	Description  string       `json:"description"`   //  Description of the proposal
 	ProposalType ProposalKind `json:"proposal_type"` //  Type of proposal. Initial set {PlainTextProposal, SoftwareUpgradeProposal}
 
-	Status ProposalStatus `json:"string"` //  Status of the Proposal {Pending, Active, Passed, Rejected}
+	Status ProposalStatus `json:"proposal_status"` //  Status of the Proposal {Pending, Active, Passed, Rejected}
 
 	SubmitBlock  int64     `json:"submit_block"`  //  Height of the block where TxGovSubmitProposal was included
 	TotalDeposit sdk.Coins `json:"total_deposit"` //  Current deposit on this proposal. Initial value is set at InitialDeposit
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (pt ProposalKind) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) {
 	case 's':
 		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s", pt.String())))
 	default:
-		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", pt)))
+		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", byte(pt))))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -283,6 +283,6 @@ func (status ProposalStatus) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) {
 	case 's':
 		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s", status.String())))
 	default:
-		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", status)))
+		s.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", byte(status))))
 	}
 }