diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fc71fdea900..df585e79fa6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,52 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.3.0 (March 13, 2017)
+## 0.3.0 (March 14, 2017)
 
 BREAKING CHANGES:
 
 - Remove `--data` flag and use `BCHOME` to set the home directory (defaults to `~/.basecoin`)
 - Remove `--in-proc` flag and start Tendermint in-process by default (expect Tendermint files in $BCHOME/tendermint).
 To start just the ABCI app/server, use `basecoin start --without-tendermint`.
+- Consolidate genesis files so the Basecoin genesis is an object under `app_options` in Tendermint genesis. For instance:
+
+```
+{
+  "app_hash": "",
+  "chain_id": "foo_bar_chain",
+  "genesis_time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+  "validators": [
+    {
+      "amount": 10,
+      "name": "",
+      "pub_key": [
+	1,
+	"7B90EA87E7DC0C7145C8C48C08992BE271C7234134343E8A8E8008E617DE7B30"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "app_options": {
+    "accounts": [{
+      "pub_key": {
+        "type": "ed25519",
+        "data": "6880db93598e283a67c4d88fc67a8858aa2de70f713fe94a5109e29c137100c2"
+      },
+      "coins": [
+        {
+          "denom": "blank",
+          "amount": 12345
+        },
+        {
+          "denom": "ETH",
+          "amount": 654321
+        }
+      ]
+    }],
+    "plugin_options": ["plugin1/key1", "value1", "plugin1/key2", "value2"]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Note the array of key-value pairs is now under `app_options.plugin_options` while the `app_options` themselves are well formed.
 
 FEATURES:
 
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index b783ea5c6cf3..5aafff04ce89 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (app *Basecoin) SetOption(key string, value string) string {
 		if plugin == nil {
 			return "Invalid plugin name: " + pluginName
 		}
-		log.Info("SetOption on plugin", "plugin", pluginName, "key", key, "value", value)
+		log.Notice("SetOption on plugin", "plugin", pluginName, "key", key, "value", value)
 		return plugin.SetOption(app.state, key, value)
 	} else {
 		// Set option on basecoin
diff --git a/app/genesis.go b/app/genesis.go
index 8f96aa8bc9b0..ad8b2b6c9e34 100644
--- a/app/genesis.go
+++ b/app/genesis.go
@@ -2,32 +2,37 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/tendermint/basecoin/types"
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
-	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
-	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	//tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
 func (app *Basecoin) LoadGenesis(path string) error {
-	tmDoc, appDoc, err := loadGenesis(path)
+	genDoc, err := loadGenesis(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Println("TMGendoc", tmDoc)
-	fmt.Println("AppGendoc", appDoc)
 
-	app.SetOption("base/chain_id", appDoc.ChainID)
-	for _, acc := range appDoc.Accounts {
+	// set chain_id
+	app.SetOption("base/chain_id", genDoc.ChainID)
+
+	// set accounts
+	for _, acc := range genDoc.AppOptions.Accounts {
 		accBytes, err := json.Marshal(acc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		r := app.SetOption("base/account", string(accBytes))
 		// TODO: SetOption returns an error
-		log.Notice("SetOption", "result", r)
+		log.Notice("Done setting Account via SetOption", "result", r)
+	}
+
+	// set plugin options
+	for _, kv := range genDoc.AppOptions.pluginOptions {
+		r := app.SetOption(kv.Key, kv.Value)
+		log.Notice("Done setting Plugin key-value pair via SetOption", "result", r, "k", kv.Key, "v", kv.Value)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -39,32 +44,40 @@ type keyValue struct {
 
 // includes tendermint (in the json, we ignore here)
 type FullGenesisDoc struct {
+	ChainID    string      `json:"chain_id"`
 	AppOptions *GenesisDoc `json:"app_options"`
 }
 
 type GenesisDoc struct {
-	ChainID  string          `json:"chain_id"`
-	Accounts []types.Account `json:"accounts"`
+	Accounts      []types.Account   `json:"accounts"`
+	PluginOptions []json.RawMessage `json:"plugin_options"`
+
+	pluginOptions []keyValue // unmarshaled rawmessages
 }
 
-func loadGenesis(filePath string) (*tmtypes.GenesisDoc, *GenesisDoc, error) {
+func loadGenesis(filePath string) (*FullGenesisDoc, error) {
 	bytes, err := cmn.ReadFile(filePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "loading genesis file")
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "loading genesis file")
 	}
 
-	tmGenesis := new(tmtypes.GenesisDoc)
-	appGenesis := new(FullGenesisDoc)
-
 	// the tendermint genesis is go-wire
-	err = wire.ReadJSONBytes(bytes, tmGenesis)
+	// tmGenesis := new(tmtypes.GenesisDoc)
+	// err = wire.ReadJSONBytes(bytes, tmGenesis)
 
 	// the basecoin genesis go-data :)
-	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, appGenesis)
+	genDoc := new(FullGenesisDoc)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, genDoc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unmarshaling genesis file")
+	}
+
+	pluginOpts, err := parseGenesisList(genDoc.AppOptions.PluginOptions)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unmarshaling genesis file")
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return tmGenesis, appGenesis.AppOptions, nil
+	genDoc.AppOptions.pluginOptions = pluginOpts
+	return genDoc, nil
 }
 
 func parseGenesisList(kvz_ []json.RawMessage) (kvz []keyValue, err error) {
diff --git a/app/testdata/genesis.json b/app/testdata/genesis.json
index 0308716c9ce8..ee8879fd288f 100644
--- a/app/testdata/genesis.json
+++ b/app/testdata/genesis.json
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-[
-  "base/chainID", "foo_bar_chain",
-  "base/account", {
-    "pub_key": {
-      "type": "ed25519",
-      "data": "6880db93598e283a67c4d88fc67a8858aa2de70f713fe94a5109e29c137100c2"
-    },
-    "coins": [
-      {
-        "denom": "blank",
-        "amount": 12345
+{
+  "chain_id": "foo_bar_chain",
+  "app_options": {
+    "accounts": [{
+      "pub_key": {
+        "type": "ed25519",
+        "data": "6880db93598e283a67c4d88fc67a8858aa2de70f713fe94a5109e29c137100c2"
       },
-      {
-        "denom": "ETH",
-        "amount": 654321
-      }
-    ]
+      "coins": [
+        {
+          "denom": "blank",
+          "amount": 12345
+        },
+        {
+          "denom": "ETH",
+          "amount": 654321
+        }
+      ]
+    }],
+    "plugin_options": ["plugin1/key1", "value1", "plugin1/key2", "value2"]
   }
-]
+}
diff --git a/cmd/commands/init.go b/cmd/commands/init.go
index 695220445cbf..de60b0b5b8bd 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/init.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/init.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const privValJSON = `{
 
 const genesisJSON = `{
   "app_hash": "",
-  "chain_id": "test-chain-Ppk1h3",
+  "chain_id": "test_chain_id",
   "genesis_time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
   "validators": [
     {
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ const genesisJSON = `{
     }
   ],
   "app_options": {
-    "chain_id": "test_chain_id",
     "accounts": [{
       "pub_key": {
         "type": "ed25519",
diff --git a/demo/data/chain1/genesis.json b/demo/data/chain1/genesis.json
index 4b9ab3079ab3..d50161a5aad8 100644
--- a/demo/data/chain1/genesis.json
+++ b/demo/data/chain1/genesis.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "app_options": {
-    "chain_id": "test_chain_1",
     "accounts": [
       {
         "pub_key": {
diff --git a/demo/data/chain2/genesis.json b/demo/data/chain2/genesis.json
index 2079970346b0..c53461756202 100644
--- a/demo/data/chain2/genesis.json
+++ b/demo/data/chain2/genesis.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "app_options": {
-    "chain_id": "test_chain_2",
     "accounts": [
       {
         "pub_key": {
diff --git a/docs/guide/basecoin-tool.md b/docs/guide/basecoin-tool.md
index 7046093d9c17..8d87e43f9803 100644
--- a/docs/guide/basecoin-tool.md
+++ b/docs/guide/basecoin-tool.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Now we can make a `genesis.json` file and add an account with our public key:
 
 ```json
 [
-  "base/chainID", "example-chain",
+  "base/chain_id", "example-chain",
   "base/account", {
     "pub_key": [1, "43AA6C88034F9EB8D2717CA4BBFCBA745EFF19B13EFCD6F339EDBAAAFCD2F7B3"],
     "coins": [
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Now we can make a `genesis.json` file and add an account with our public key:
 ```
 
 Here we've granted ourselves `1000000000` units of the `gold` token.
-Note that we've also set the `base/chainID` to be `example-chain`.
+Note that we've also set the `base/chain_id` to be `example-chain`.
 All transactions must therefore include the `--chain_id example-chain` in order to make sure they are valid for this chain.
 Previously, we didn't need this flag because we were using the default chain ID ("test_chain_id").
 Now that we're using a custom chain, we need to specify the chain explicitly on the command line.
diff --git a/plugins/counter/counter_test.go b/plugins/counter/counter_test.go
index 833b18f86df2..9c76544bc54f 100644
--- a/plugins/counter/counter_test.go
+++ b/plugins/counter/counter_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestCounterPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	eyesCli := eyescli.NewLocalClient("", 0)
 	chainID := "test_chain_id"
 	bcApp := app.NewBasecoin(eyesCli)
-	bcApp.SetOption("base/chainID", chainID)
+	bcApp.SetOption("base/chain_id", chainID)
 	// t.Log(bcApp.Info())
 
 	// Add Counter plugin
diff --git a/tests/tmsp/tmsp_test.go b/tests/tmsp/tmsp_test.go
index 309af1a69708..eec105deda15 100644
--- a/tests/tmsp/tmsp_test.go
+++ b/tests/tmsp/tmsp_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func TestSendTx(t *testing.T) {
 	eyesCli := eyescli.NewLocalClient("", 0)
 	chainID := "test_chain_id"
 	bcApp := app.NewBasecoin(eyesCli)
-	bcApp.SetOption("base/chainID", chainID)
+	bcApp.SetOption("base/chain_id", chainID)
 	// t.Log(bcApp.Info())
 
 	test1PrivAcc := types.PrivAccountFromSecret("test1")
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestSequence(t *testing.T) {
 	eyesCli := eyescli.NewLocalClient("", 0)
 	chainID := "test_chain_id"
 	bcApp := app.NewBasecoin(eyesCli)
-	bcApp.SetOption("base/chainID", chainID)
+	bcApp.SetOption("base/chain_id", chainID)
 	// t.Log(bcApp.Info())
 
 	// Get the test account