diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 7791e903..44fd8d93 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-rm -rf ~/.emintcli
-rm -rf ~/.emintd
+
+KEY="ethermintkey"
+CHAINID=8
+MONIKER="mymoniker"
+
+# remove existing chain environment, data and 
+rm -rf ~/.emint*
 
 make install
 
 emintcli config keyring-backend test
-emintcli keys add mykey
+
+# if mykey exists it should be deleted
+emintcli keys add $KEY
 
 # Set moniker and chain-id for Ethermint (Moniker can be anything, chain-id must be an integer)
-emintd init mymoniker --chain-id 8
+emintd init $MONIKER --chain-id $CHAINID
 
 # Set up config for CLI
-emintcli config chain-id 8
+emintcli config chain-id $CHAINID
 emintcli config output json
 emintcli config indent true
 emintcli config trust-node true
 
 # Allocate genesis accounts (cosmos formatted addresses)
-emintd add-genesis-account $(emintcli keys show mykey -a) 1000000000000000000photon,1000000000000000000stake
+emintd add-genesis-account $(emintcli keys show $KEY -a) 1000000000000000000photon,1000000000000000000stake
 
 # Sign genesis transaction
-emintd gentx --name mykey --keyring-backend test
+emintd gentx --name $KEY --keyring-backend test
 
 # Collect genesis tx
 emintd collect-gentxs
@@ -28,5 +35,10 @@ emintd collect-gentxs
 # Run this to ensure everything worked and that the genesis file is setup correctly
 emintd validate-genesis
 
+# Command to run the rest server in a different terminal/window
+echo -e '\n\nRun this rest-server command in a different terminal/window:'
+echo -e "emintcli rest-server --laddr \"tcp://localhost:8545\" --unlock-key $KEY --chain-id $CHAINID\n\n"
+
 # Start the node (remove the --pruning=nothing flag if historical queries are not needed)
-emintd start --pruning=nothing
\ No newline at end of file
+emintd start --pruning=nothing --rpc.unsafe --log_level "main:info,state:info,mempool:info"
+