diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fb08d46..3ee1593a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* (app,cli) [tharsis#725](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/725) Fix cli-config for  `keys` command.
 * (rpc) [tharsis#727](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/727) Decode raw transaction using RLP.
 * (rpc) [tharsis#661](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/661) Fix OOM bug when creating too many filters using JSON-RPC.
 * (evm) [tharsis#660](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/660) Fix `nil` pointer panic in `ApplyNativeMessage`.
diff --git a/client/keys.go b/client/keys.go
index 0569637b..06bc345c 100644
--- a/client/keys.go
+++ b/client/keys.go
@@ -93,14 +93,12 @@ func runAddCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	dryRun, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(flags.FlagDryRun)
 	if dryRun {
 		kr, err = keyring.New(sdk.KeyringServiceName(), keyring.BackendMemory, clientCtx.KeyringDir, buf, hd.EthSecp256k1Option())
-	} else {
-		backend, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flags.FlagKeyringBackend)
-		kr, err = keyring.New(sdk.KeyringServiceName(), backend, clientCtx.KeyringDir, buf, hd.EthSecp256k1Option())
+		clientCtx = clientCtx.WithKeyring(kr)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return clientkeys.RunAddCmd(clientCtx.WithKeyring(kr), cmd, args, buf)
+	return clientkeys.RunAddCmd(clientCtx, cmd, args, buf)
 }