diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index d972ed3e5413..1c39d78c5c1d 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ func testnetify(ctx *Context, home string, testnetAppCreator types.AppCreator, d
 	cmtApp := NewCometABCIWrapper(testnetApp)
 	_, context := getCtx(ctx, true)
 	clientCreator := proxy.NewLocalClientCreator(cmtApp)
-	metrics := node.DefaultMetricsProvider(config.Instrumentation)
+	metrics := node.DefaultMetricsProvider(cmtcfg.DefaultConfig().Instrumentation)
 	_, _, _, _, proxyMetrics, _, _ := metrics(genDoc.ChainID)
 	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(clientCreator, proxyMetrics)
 	if err := proxyApp.Start(); err != nil {
@@ -800,13 +800,21 @@ func testnetify(ctx *Context, home string, testnetAppCreator types.AppCreator, d
 	var block *cmttypes.Block
 	switch {
 	case appHeight == blockStore.Height():
-		// This state occurs when we stop the node with the halt height flag, and need to handle differently
-		state.LastBlockHeight++
 		block = blockStore.LoadBlock(blockStore.Height())
-		block.AppHash = appHash
-		state.AppHash = appHash
+		// If the state's last blockstore height does not match the app and blockstore height, we likely stopped with the halt height flag.
+		if state.LastBlockHeight != appHeight {
+			state.LastBlockHeight = appHeight
+			block.AppHash = appHash
+			state.AppHash = appHash
+		} else {
+			// Node was likely stopped via SIGTERM, delete the next block's seen commit
+			err := blockStoreDB.Delete([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("SC:%v", blockStore.Height()+1)))
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
 	case blockStore.Height() > state.LastBlockHeight:
-		// This state occurs when we kill the node
+		// This state usually occurs when we gracefully stop the node.
 		err = blockStore.DeleteLatestBlock()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err