diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e360392ee..c8f4b3a88 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ type RPCConfig struct {
 
 	// Set to true to enable the /BlockResults query. Saving ABCI Responses is also necessary
 	// to reindex events used in the command line
-	PersistABCIResponses bool `mapstructure:"persist-abci-responses"`
+	DiscardABCIResponses bool `mapstructure:"persist-abci-responses"`
 }
 
 // DefaultRPCConfig returns a default configuration for the RPC server
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func DefaultRPCConfig() *RPCConfig {
 
 		TLSCertFile: "",
 		TLSKeyFile:  "",
-		PersistABCIResponses: false,
+		DiscardABCIResponses: true,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/state/errors.go b/internal/state/errors.go
index 6e0cdfa47..38c581f7d 100644
--- a/internal/state/errors.go
+++ b/internal/state/errors.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package state
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
 
 type (
 	ErrInvalidBlock error
@@ -99,3 +102,5 @@ func (e ErrNoConsensusParamsForHeight) Error() string {
 func (e ErrNoABCIResponsesForHeight) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("could not find results for height #%d", e.Height)
 }
+
+var ErrABCIResponsesNotPersisted = errors.New("node is not persisting abci responses")
diff --git a/internal/state/helpers_test.go b/internal/state/helpers_test.go
index 0cedebb00..bf5069873 100644
--- a/internal/state/helpers_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/helpers_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func makeState(nVals, height int) (sm.State, dbm.DB, map[string]types.PrivValida
 	})
 
 	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	if err := stateStore.Save(s); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/state/store.go b/internal/state/store.go
index 1a2ddb944..b7f6d07a9 100644
--- a/internal/state/store.go
+++ b/internal/state/store.go
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ type Store interface {
 type dbStore struct {
 	db dbm.DB
 
-	// persistABCIResponses determines if all 
+	// discardABCIResponses determines if all 
 	// ABCI responses are persisted or just the last
-	persistABCIResponses bool
+	discardABCIResponses bool
 }
 
 var _ Store = (*dbStore)(nil)
 
 // NewStore creates the dbStore of the state pkg.
-func NewStore(db dbm.DB, persistABCIResponses bool) Store {
-	return dbStore{db, persistABCIResponses}
+func NewStore(db dbm.DB, discardABCIResponses bool) Store {
+	return dbStore{db, discardABCIResponses}
 }
 
 // LoadState loads the State from the database.
@@ -420,22 +420,19 @@ func ABCIResponsesResultsHash(ar *tmstate.ABCIResponses) []byte {
 }
 
 // LoadABCIResponses loads the ABCIResponses for the given height from the
-// database. If not found, ErrNoABCIResponsesForHeight is returned.
-//
-// This is useful for recovering from crashes where we called app.Commit and
-// before we called s.Save(). It can also be used to produce Merkle proofs of
-// the result of txs.
+// database. If the node has DiscardABCIResponses set to true, ErrABCIResponsesNotPersisted 
+// is persisted. If not found, ErrNoABCIResponsesForHeight is returned.
 func (store dbStore) LoadABCIResponses(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, error) {
-	if !store.persistABCIResponses {
-		return nil, errors.New("this is not supported")
+	if !store.discardABCIResponses {
+		return nil, ErrABCIResponsesNotPersisted
 	}
-
+	
 	buf, err := store.db.Get(abciResponsesKey(height))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if len(buf) == 0 {
 
+	if len(buf) == 0 {
 		return nil, ErrNoABCIResponsesForHeight{height}
 	}
 	abciResponses := new(tmstate.ABCIResponses)
@@ -450,6 +447,21 @@ func (store dbStore) LoadABCIResponses(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, er
 	return abciResponses, nil
 }
 
+// LoadLastABCIResponses loads the last ABCI response specifically after a crash
+// We conduct a sanity check here which compares the height from the last ABICResponse to the  
+// height that is given
+// 
+// This is used for recovering from crashes where we called app.Commit and
+// before we called s.Save(). It can also be used to produce Merkle proofs of
+// the result of txs.
+func (store dbStore) LoadLastABCIResponse(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, error) {
+	bz, err := store.db.Get(lastABCIResponseKey())
+	abciResponse := new(tmstate.ABCIResponses)
+	err = abciResponses.Unmarshal(bz)
+
+	return abciResponse, nil
+}
+
 // SaveABCIResponses persists the ABCIResponses to the database.
 // This is useful in case we crash after app.Commit and before s.Save().
 // Responses are indexed by height so they can also be loaded later to produce
@@ -472,9 +484,9 @@ func (store dbStore) SaveABCIResponses(height int64, abciResponses *tmstate.ABCI
 		return err
 	}
 	
-	// If the flag is true then we save the ABCIResponse. This can be used for the /BlockResults
+	// If the flag is false then we save the ABCIResponse. This can be used for the /BlockResults
 	// query or to reindex an event using the command line.
-	if store.persistABCIResponses {
+	if !store.discardABCIResponses {
 		if err := store.db.Set(abciResponsesKey(height), bz); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -485,6 +497,10 @@ func (store dbStore) SaveABCIResponses(height int64, abciResponses *tmstate.ABCI
 	return store.db.SetSync(lastABCIResponseKey(), bz)
 }
 
+type ResponsesInfo struct {
+	abcu
+}
+
 // SaveValidatorSets is used to save the validator set over multiple heights.
 // It is exposed so that a backfill operation during state sync can populate
 // the store with the necessary amount of validator sets to verify any evidence
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index b9ddd267b..e7e896bc3 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func makeNode(cfg *config.Config,
 	}
 	closers = append(closers, dbCloser)
 
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, cfg.RPC.PersistABCIResponses)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, cfg.RPC.DiscardABCIResponses)
 
 	genDoc, err := genesisDocProvider()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index 305f9b873..d82110ef5 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func TestCreateProposalBlock(t *testing.T) {
 
 	const height int64 = 1
 	state, stateDB, privVals := state(1, height)
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	maxBytes := 16384
 	const partSize uint32 = 256
 	maxEvidenceBytes := int64(maxBytes / 2)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func TestMaxTxsProposalBlockSize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	const height int64 = 1
 	state, stateDB, _ := state(1, height)
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	blockStore := store.NewBlockStore(dbm.NewMemDB())
 	const maxBytes int64 = 16384
 	const partSize uint32 = 256
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func TestMaxProposalBlockSize(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := log.TestingLogger()
 
 	state, stateDB, _ := state(types.MaxVotesCount, int64(1))
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	blockStore := store.NewBlockStore(dbm.NewMemDB())
 	const maxBytes int64 = 1024 * 1024 * 2
 	state.ConsensusParams.Block.MaxBytes = maxBytes
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ func state(nVals int, height int64) (sm.State, dbm.DB, []types.PrivValidator) {
 
 	// save validators to db for 2 heights
 	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	if err := stateStore.Save(s); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ func loadStatefromGenesis(t *testing.T) sm.State {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB)
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	cfg, err := config.ResetTestRoot("load_state_from_genesis")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/node/setup.go b/node/setup.go
index 28a61a0d4..608f0030c 100644
--- a/node/setup.go
+++ b/node/setup.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func createEvidenceReactor(
 	logger = logger.With("module", "evidence")
 	reactorShim := p2p.NewReactorShim(logger, "EvidenceShim", evidence.ChannelShims)
 
-	evidencePool, err := evidence.NewPool(logger, evidenceDB, sm.NewStore(stateDB), blockStore)
+	evidencePool, err := evidence.NewPool(logger, evidenceDB, sm.NewStore(stateDB, cfg.RPC.DiscardABCIResponses), blockStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("creating evidence pool: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/proto/tendermint/state/types.proto b/proto/tendermint/state/types.proto
index 919da91e5..a1a248842 100644
--- a/proto/tendermint/state/types.proto
+++ b/proto/tendermint/state/types.proto
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ message ConsensusParamsInfo {
   int64                            last_height_changed = 2;
 }
 
+message ResponsesInfo {
+  ABCIResponses abc
+}
+
 message Version {
   tendermint.version.Consensus consensus = 1 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
   string                       software  = 2;