diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/config/test/chain.ini b/apps/cic-ussd/config/test/chain.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f64b7f1
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+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/config/test/chain.ini
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+[chain]
+spec = 'evm:foo:1:bar'
diff --git a/apps/data-seeding/config/chain.ini b/apps/data-seeding/config/chain.ini
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index 00000000..9fda0988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/data-seeding/config/chain.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[chain]
+spec =