diff --git a/app/upgrades/v18/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades/v18/upgrades.go
index e88d2018ecb..2e2ec4b8557 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/v18/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/v18/upgrades.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package v18
 import (
 	"time"
 
+	feemarkettypes "github.com/skip-mev/feemarket/x/feemarket/types"
+
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ func ConfigureFeeMarketModule(ctx sdk.Context, keepers *keepers.AppKeepers) erro
 
 	params.Enabled = true
 	params.FeeDenom = types.UAtomDenom
-	params.DistributeFees = true
+	params.DistributeFees = false // burn fees
 	params.MinBaseGasPrice = sdk.MustNewDecFromStr("0.005")
-	params.MaxBlockUtilization = 100000000
+	params.MaxBlockUtilization = feemarkettypes.DefaultMaxBlockUtilization
 	if err := keepers.FeeMarketKeeper.SetParams(ctx, params); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}