diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 82183047..f20f8b07 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ coral_ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=coral \
 				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.NodeDir=.corald \
 				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.Bech32Prefix=coral \
 				  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)"
+# we could consider enabling governance override?
+#				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.EnableSpecificProposals=MigrateContract,UpdateAdmin,ClearAdmin \
 
 coral_ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
 coral_ldflags := $(strip $(coral_ldflags))
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ flex_ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=gaiaflex \
 				  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.ClientName=gaiaflex \
 				  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
 				  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
+				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.ProposalsEnabled=true \
 				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.CLIDir=.gaiaflex \
 				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.NodeDir=.gaiaflexd \
 				  -X github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/app.Bech32Prefix=cosmos \
@@ -86,7 +89,6 @@ flex_ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=gaiaflex \
 flex_ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
 flex_ldflags := $(strip $(flex_ldflags))
 
-
 BUILD_FLAGS := -tags $(build_tags_comma_sep) -ldflags '$(ldflags)' -trimpath
 CORAL_BUILD_FLAGS := -tags $(build_tags_comma_sep) -ldflags '$(coral_ldflags)' -trimpath
 FLEX_BUILD_FLAGS := -tags $(build_tags_comma_sep) -ldflags '$(flex_ldflags)' -trimpath
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index cc45f80f..e0eb742c 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -46,8 +47,9 @@ var (
 	NodeDir      = ".wasmd"
 	Bech32Prefix = sdk.Bech32MainPrefix
 
-	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", then we check this to decide to enable all or disable all x/wasm proposals
-	ProposalsEnabled = false
+	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", and this is "true", then enable all x/wasm proposals.
+	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", and this is not "true", then disable all x/wasm proposals.
+	ProposalsEnabled = "false"
 	// If set to non-empty string it must be comma-separated list of values that are all a subset
 	// of "EnableAllProposals" (takes precedence over ProposalsEnabled)
 	// https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/02a54d33ff2c064f3539ae12d75d027d9c665f05/x/wasm/internal/types/proposal.go#L28-L34
@@ -58,9 +60,11 @@ var (
 // produce a list of enabled proposals to pass into wasmd app.
 func GetEnabledProposals() []wasm.ProposalType {
 	if EnableSpecificProposals == "" {
-		if ProposalsEnabled {
+		if ProposalsEnabled == "true" {
+			fmt.Println("Enabled all proposals")
 			return wasm.EnableAllProposals
 		} else {
+			fmt.Println("Disabled all proposals")
 			return wasm.DisableAllProposals
 		}
 	}
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ func GetEnabledProposals() []wasm.ProposalType {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	fmt.Printf("Enabled proposals: %s\n", proposals)
 	return proposals
 }