diff --git a/cmd/omniflixhubd/cmd/root.go b/cmd/omniflixhubd/cmd/root.go
index 79ceb94..f39e837 100644
--- a/cmd/omniflixhubd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/omniflixhubd/cmd/root.go
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server"
 	servertypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx/signing"
 	authcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/client/cli"
 	authcodec "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/codec"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	authtxconfig "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx/config"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/crisis"
 	genutilcli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil/client/cli"
@@ -104,9 +107,29 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := client.SetCmdClientContextHandler(initClientCtx, cmd); err != nil {
+
+			// This needs to go after ReadFromClientConfig, as that function
+			// sets the RPC client needed for SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL. This sign mode
+			// is only available if the client is online.
+			if !initClientCtx.Offline {
+				txConfigOpts := tx.ConfigOptions{
+					EnabledSignModes:           append(tx.DefaultSignModes, signing.SignMode_SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL),
+					TextualCoinMetadataQueryFn: authtxconfig.NewGRPCCoinMetadataQueryFn(initClientCtx),
+				}
+				txConfigWithTextual, err := tx.NewTxConfigWithOptions(
+					initClientCtx.Codec,
+					txConfigOpts,
+				)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				initClientCtx = initClientCtx.WithTxConfig(txConfigWithTextual)
+			}
+
+			if err = client.SetCmdClientContextHandler(initClientCtx, cmd); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
 			appTemplate, appConfig := initAppConfig()
 			customTMConfig := initCometBftConfig()
 			return server.InterceptConfigsPreRunHandler(cmd, appTemplate, appConfig, customTMConfig)
@@ -116,7 +139,8 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 	initRootCmd(rootCmd, encodingConfig, tempApp)
 
 	// must need as part of cosmos-sdk 0.50.x migration
-	if err := autoCliOpts(initClientCtx, tempApp).EnhanceRootCommand(rootCmd); err != nil {
+	autocliOptions := autoCliOpts(initClientCtx, tempApp)
+	if err := autocliOptions.EnhanceRootCommand(rootCmd); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
@@ -345,5 +369,9 @@ func autoCliOpts(initClientCtx client.Context, tempApp *app.OmniFlixApp) autocli
 		ValidatorAddressCodec: authcodec.NewBech32Codec(sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32ValidatorAddrPrefix()),
 		ConsensusAddressCodec: authcodec.NewBech32Codec(sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32ConsensusAddrPrefix()),
 		ClientCtx:             initClientCtx,
+		TxConfigOpts: tx.ConfigOptions{
+			EnabledSignModes:           tx.DefaultSignModes,
+			TextualCoinMetadataQueryFn: authtxconfig.NewGRPCCoinMetadataQueryFn(initClientCtx),
+		},
 	}
 }