diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index c20931ab..71a82b7c 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	appName = "kava"
 	// DefaultKeyPass contains the default key password for genesis transactions
-	DefaultKeyPass = "12345678"
+	DefaultKeyPass   = "12345678"
+	Bech32MainPrefix = "k"
 )
 
 // default home directories for expected binaries
diff --git a/cmd/kvcli/main.go b/cmd/kvcli/main.go
index 37a877e9..975c9240 100644
--- a/cmd/kvcli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kvcli/main.go
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Read in the configuration file for the sdk
 	config := sdk.GetConfig()
-	config.SetBech32PrefixForAccount(sdk.Bech32PrefixAccAddr, sdk.Bech32PrefixAccPub)
-	config.SetBech32PrefixForValidator(sdk.Bech32PrefixValAddr, sdk.Bech32PrefixValPub)
-	config.SetBech32PrefixForConsensusNode(sdk.Bech32PrefixConsAddr, sdk.Bech32PrefixConsPub)
+	config.SetBech32PrefixForAccount(app.Bech32MainPrefix, app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixPublic)
+	config.SetBech32PrefixForValidator(app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixOperator, app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixOperator+sdk.PrefixPublic)
+	config.SetBech32PrefixForConsensusNode(app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixConsensus, app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixConsensus+sdk.PrefixPublic)
 	config.Seal()
 
 	// TODO: setup keybase, viper object, etc. to be passed into
diff --git a/cmd/kvd/main.go b/cmd/kvd/main.go
index 004ca350..520badc4 100644
--- a/cmd/kvd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kvd/main.go
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ func main() {
 	cdc := app.MakeCodec()
 
 	config := sdk.GetConfig()
-	config.SetBech32PrefixForAccount(sdk.Bech32PrefixAccAddr, sdk.Bech32PrefixAccPub)
-	config.SetBech32PrefixForValidator(sdk.Bech32PrefixValAddr, sdk.Bech32PrefixValPub)
-	config.SetBech32PrefixForConsensusNode(sdk.Bech32PrefixConsAddr, sdk.Bech32PrefixConsPub)
+	config.SetBech32PrefixForAccount(app.Bech32MainPrefix, app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixPublic)
+	config.SetBech32PrefixForValidator(app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixOperator, app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixOperator+sdk.PrefixPublic)
+	config.SetBech32PrefixForConsensusNode(app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixConsensus, app.Bech32MainPrefix+sdk.PrefixValidator+sdk.PrefixConsensus+sdk.PrefixPublic)
 	config.Seal()
 
 	ctx := server.NewDefaultContext()