diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 976c019c..ab165b07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ Install and run `laconic2d`:
   # start the chain
   laconic2d start
   ```
+
+Run tests:
+
+  ```bash
+  make test-integration
+  ```
diff --git a/cmd/laconic2d/cmd/root.go b/cmd/laconic2d/cmd/root.go
index 1f3a5bd3..f578999d 100644
--- a/cmd/laconic2d/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/laconic2d/cmd/root.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			// overwrite the block timeout
 			cmtCfg := cmtcfg.DefaultConfig()
 			cmtCfg.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = 3 * time.Second
-			cmtCfg.LogLevel = "*:error,p2p:info,state:info" // better default logging
+			cmtCfg.LogLevel = "*:error,p2p:info,state:info,auction:info,bond:info,registry:info" // better default logging
 
 			return server.InterceptConfigsPreRunHandler(cmd, serverconfig.DefaultConfigTemplate, srvCfg, cmtCfg)
 		},
diff --git a/scripts/init.sh b/scripts/init.sh
index abde54cd..0f9a788a 100755
--- a/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/scripts/init.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 rm -r ~/.laconic2d || true
 LACONIC2D_BIN=$(which laconic2d)
 # configure laconic2d
-$LACONIC2D_BIN config set config log_level "*:error,p2p:info,state:info,auction:info,bond:info,registry:info" --skip-validate
 $LACONIC2D_BIN config set client chain-id demo
 $LACONIC2D_BIN config set client keyring-backend test
 $LACONIC2D_BIN keys add alice