diff --git a/finality-provider/config/babylon.go b/finality-provider/config/babylon.go
index 18b601a5..09a7bc67 100644
--- a/finality-provider/config/babylon.go
+++ b/finality-provider/config/babylon.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func DefaultBBNConfig() BBNConfig {
 		// Setting this to relatively low value, out current babylon client (lens) will
 		// block for this amout of time to wait for transaction inclusion in block
 		BlockTimeout: 1 * time.Minute,
-		OutputFormat: dc.OutputFormat,
+		OutputFormat: "text",
 		SignModeStr:  dc.SignModeStr,
 	}
 }