fix(server): fix fallback genesis path (backport #22564) (#22573)

Co-authored-by: Julien Robert <[email protected]>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* (server) [#22564](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/22564) Fix fallback genesis path in server
 * (x/group) [#22425](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/22425) Proper address rendering in error
 * (sims) [#21906](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21906) Skip sims test when running dry on validators
 * (cli) [#21919](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21919) Query address-by-acc-num by account_id instead of id.

server/util.go

@@ -513,7 +513,12 @@ func DefaultBaseappOptions(appOpts types.AppOptions) []func(*baseapp.BaseApp) {
 	chainID := cast.ToString(appOpts.Get(flags.FlagChainID))
 	if chainID == "" {
 		// fallback to genesis chain-id
-		reader, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(homeDir, "config", "genesis.json"))
+		genesisPathCfg, _ := appOpts.Get("genesis_file").(string)
+		if genesisPathCfg == "" {
+			genesisPathCfg = filepath.Join("config", "genesis.json")
+		}
+
+		reader, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(homeDir, genesisPathCfg))
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}