diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index dd87d6bcd..e9e485afa 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func createEvidenceReactor(config *cfg.Config, dbProvider DBProvider,
 	}
 	evidenceLogger := logger.With("module", "evidence")
 	evidencePool, err := evidence.NewPool(evidenceDB, sm.NewStore(stateDB, sm.StoreOptions{
-		DiscardABCIResponses: false,
+		DiscardABCIResponses: config.RPC.DiscardABCIResponses,
 	}), blockStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ func NewNode(config *cfg.Config,
 	}
 
 	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, sm.StoreOptions{
-		DiscardABCIResponses: false,
+		DiscardABCIResponses: config.RPC.DiscardABCIResponses,
 	})
 
 	state, genDoc, err := LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateDB, genesisDocProvider)