diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 8068599d..1076e5bf 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func NewArtela(
 	)
 
 	// set the runner cache capacity of aspect-runtime
-	aspecttypes.InitRuntimePool(cast.ToInt32(appOpts.Get(srvflags.AspectPoolSize)))
+	aspecttypes.InitRuntimePool(cast.ToInt32(appOpts.Get(srvflags.ApplyPoolSize)), cast.ToInt32(appOpts.Get(srvflags.QueryPoolSize)))
 
 	// grant capabilities for the ibc and ibc-transfer modules
 	scopedIBCKeeper := app.CapabilityKeeper.ScopeToModule(ibcexported.ModuleName)
diff --git a/ethereum/server/config/config.go b/ethereum/server/config/config.go
index 3579184c..6516aff0 100644
--- a/ethereum/server/config/config.go
+++ b/ethereum/server/config/config.go
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ type EVMConfig struct {
 
 // AspectConfig defines the application configuration values for Aspect.
 type AspectConfig struct {
-	// PoolSize defines capacity of aspect runtime instance pool
-	PoolSize int32
+	// ApplyPoolSize defines capacity of aspect runtime instance pool for applying txs
+	ApplyPoolSize int32
+	// QueryPoolSize defines capacity of aspect runtime instance pool for querying txs
+	QueryPoolSize int32
 }
 
 // JSONRPCConfig defines configuration for the EVM RPC server.
@@ -291,14 +293,19 @@ func (c EVMConfig) Validate() error {
 // DefaultAspectConfig returns the default Aspect configuration
 func DefaultAspectConfig() *AspectConfig {
 	return &AspectConfig{
-		PoolSize: aspecttypes.DefaultAspectPoolSize,
+		ApplyPoolSize: aspecttypes.DefaultAspectPoolSize,
+		QueryPoolSize: aspecttypes.DefaultAspectPoolSize,
 	}
 }
 
 // Validate returns an error if the tracer type is invalid.
 func (a AspectConfig) Validate() error {
-	if a.PoolSize < 0 {
-		return errors.New("Aspect pool-size cannot be negative")
+	if a.ApplyPoolSize < 0 {
+		return errors.New("Aspect apply-pool-size cannot be negative")
+	}
+
+	if a.QueryPoolSize < 0 {
+		return errors.New("Aspect query-pool-size cannot be negative")
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -452,7 +459,8 @@ func GetConfig(v *viper.Viper) (Config, error) {
 			KeyPath:         v.GetString("tls.key-path"),
 		},
 		Aspect: AspectConfig{
-			PoolSize: v.GetInt32("aspect.pool-size"),
+			ApplyPoolSize: v.GetInt32("aspect.apply-pool-size"),
+			QueryPoolSize: v.GetInt32("aspect.query-pool-size"),
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/server/config/toml.go b/ethereum/server/config/toml.go
index 37b72d3c..c64be474 100644
--- a/ethereum/server/config/toml.go
+++ b/ethereum/server/config/toml.go
@@ -96,5 +96,6 @@ key-path = "{{ .TLS.KeyPath }}"
 ###                            Aspect Configuration                         ###
 ###############################################################################
 [aspect]
-pool-size = {{ .Aspect.PoolSize }}
+apply-pool-size = {{ .Aspect.ApplyPoolSize }}
+query-pool-size = {{ .Aspect.QueryPoolSize }}
 `
diff --git a/ethereum/server/flags/flags.go b/ethereum/server/flags/flags.go
index 9dd4d790..ecf121f8 100644
--- a/ethereum/server/flags/flags.go
+++ b/ethereum/server/flags/flags.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ const (
 
 // Aspect flags
 const (
-	AspectPoolSize = "aspect.pool-size"
+	ApplyPoolSize = "aspect.apply-pool-size"
+	QueryPoolSize = "aspect.query-pool-size"
 )
 
 // TLS flags
diff --git a/ethereum/server/start.go b/ethereum/server/start.go
index c2b42c3e..b86599f6 100644
--- a/ethereum/server/start.go
+++ b/ethereum/server/start.go
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ is performed. Note, when enabled, gRPC will also be automatically enabled.
 	cmd.Flags().String(artelaflag.TLSCertPath, "", "the cert.pem file path for the server TLS configuration")
 	cmd.Flags().String(artelaflag.TLSKeyPath, "", "the key.pem file path for the server TLS configuration")
 
-	cmd.Flags().Uint64(artelaflag.AspectPoolSize, aspecttypes.DefaultAspectPoolSize, "the cache pool size for runtime instances of the aspect")
+	cmd.Flags().Uint64(artelaflag.ApplyPoolSize, aspecttypes.DefaultAspectPoolSize, "the cache pool size for runtime instances for applying message")
+	cmd.Flags().Uint64(artelaflag.QueryPoolSize, aspecttypes.DefaultAspectPoolSize, "the cache pool size for runtime instances for querying message")
 
 	// add support for all Tendermint-specific command line options
 	tcmd.AddNodeFlags(cmd)
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index e441f340..837d4e4b 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     sed -i '' 's/enabled = false/enabled = true/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
     sed -i '' 's/127.0.0.1:8545/0.0.0.0:8545/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
     sed -i '' 's/allow-unprotected-txs = false/allow-unprotected-txs = true/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
-    sed -i '' 's/pool-size = 0/pool-size = 10/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
 
     # set prunning options
     sed -i '' 's/pruning = "default"/pruning = "custom"/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ else
     sed -i 's/enabled = false/enabled = true/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
     sed -i 's/127.0.0.1:8545/0.0.0.0:8545/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
     sed -i 's/allow-unprotected-txs = false/allow-unprotected-txs = true/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
-    sed -i 's/pool-size = 0/pool-size = 10/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml
 
     # set prunning options
     sed -i 's/pruning = "default"/pruning = "custom"/g' $HOME/.artelad/config/app.toml