diff --git a/app/default_overrides.go b/app/default_overrides.go
index 81086ab4ec..6079c3fcfc 100644
--- a/app/default_overrides.go
+++ b/app/default_overrides.go
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ func DefaultConsensusConfig() *tmcfg.Config {
 
 func DefaultAppConfig() *serverconfig.Config {
 	cfg := serverconfig.DefaultConfig()
-	cfg.API.Enable = true
+	cfg.API.Enable = false
+	cfg.GRPC.Enable = false
+	cfg.GRPCWeb.Enable = false
 
 	// the default snapshot interval was determined by picking a large enough
 	// value as to not dramatically increase resource requirements while also
diff --git a/app/default_overrides_test.go b/app/default_overrides_test.go
index 8987df18d5..944343f70e 100644
--- a/app/default_overrides_test.go
+++ b/app/default_overrides_test.go
@@ -51,3 +51,15 @@ func TestDefaultGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, distributiontypes.DefaultParams().WithdrawAddrEnabled, distributionGenesisState.Params.WithdrawAddrEnabled)
 	assert.Equal(t, distributiontypes.DefaultParams().CommunityTax, distributionGenesisState.Params.CommunityTax)
 }
+
+func TestDefaultAppConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := DefaultAppConfig()
+
+	assert.False(t, cfg.API.Enable)
+	assert.False(t, cfg.GRPC.Enable)
+	assert.False(t, cfg.GRPCWeb.Enable)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(1500), cfg.StateSync.SnapshotInterval)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint32(2), cfg.StateSync.SnapshotKeepRecent)
+	assert.Equal(t, "0.1utia", cfg.MinGasPrices)
+}
diff --git a/scripts/single-node.sh b/scripts/single-node.sh
index d2ffbe40dd..eb7cfe27e0 100755
--- a/scripts/single-node.sh
+++ b/scripts/single-node.sh
@@ -91,4 +91,6 @@ sed -i'.bak' 's#"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657"#"tcp://0.0.0.0:26657"#g' "${CELESTIA_APP
 echo "Starting celestia-app..."
 celestia-appd start \
   --home ${CELESTIA_APP_HOME} \
-  --api.enable
+  --api.enable \
+  --grpc.enable \
+  --grpc-web.enable