diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3949f99f2..e02972215 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 * [#1091](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/chain-main/pull/1091) Update cometbft to `0.38.13`, sdk to `v0.50.10` and memiavl to latest.
 - [#1091](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/chain-main/pull/1091) Upgrade cometbft to v0.38.13, cosmos-sdk to `v0.50.10`.
 - [#1099](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/chain-main/pull/1099) Avoid negative coin amount error when query supply liquid of non BaseCoinUnit.
+- [#1152](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/chain-main/pull/1152) Fix unsuppored sign mode SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL for bank transfer.
 
 *Dec 6, 2023*
 
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 98d0bdd91..03aab896d 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	mempool "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/mempool"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
+	sigtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx/signing"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/ante"
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/posthandler"
 	authsims "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/simulation"
 	authtx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	txmodule "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx/config"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/vesting"
 	vestingtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/vesting/types"
@@ -361,6 +364,21 @@ func New(
 		authAddr,
 		logger,
 	)
+	// optional: enable sign mode textual by overwriting the default tx config (after setting the bank keeper)
+	enabledSignModes := slices.Clone(authtx.DefaultSignModes)
+	enabledSignModes = append(enabledSignModes, sigtypes.SignMode_SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL)
+	txConfigOpts := authtx.ConfigOptions{
+		EnabledSignModes:           enabledSignModes,
+		TextualCoinMetadataQueryFn: txmodule.NewBankKeeperCoinMetadataQueryFn(app.BankKeeper),
+	}
+	txConfig, err := authtx.NewTxConfigWithOptions(
+		appCodec,
+		txConfigOpts,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	app.txConfig = txConfig
 	app.StakingKeeper = stakingkeeper.NewKeeper(
 		appCodec,
 		runtime.NewKVStoreService(keys[stakingtypes.StoreKey]),
@@ -549,7 +567,7 @@ func New(
 	app.ModuleManager = module.NewManager(
 		genutil.NewAppModule(
 			app.AccountKeeper, app.StakingKeeper, app,
-			encodingConfig.TxConfig,
+			txConfig,
 		),
 		auth.NewAppModule(appCodec, app.AccountKeeper, nil, app.GetSubspace(authtypes.ModuleName)),
 		vesting.NewAppModule(app.AccountKeeper, app.BankKeeper),
@@ -745,7 +763,7 @@ func New(
 				AccountKeeper:   app.AccountKeeper,
 				BankKeeper:      app.BankKeeper,
 				FeegrantKeeper:  app.FeeGrantKeeper,
-				SignModeHandler: encodingConfig.TxConfig.SignModeHandler(),
+				SignModeHandler: txConfig.SignModeHandler(),
 				SigGasConsumer:  ante.DefaultSigVerificationGasConsumer,
 			},
 			IBCKeeper: app.IBCKeeper,
diff --git a/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go b/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
index 5716c6da6..c1678d2db 100644
--- a/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/chain-maind/app/app.go
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	clientcfg "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/config"
 	serverconfig "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/config"
 	simtestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/sims"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx/signing"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/log"
 	tmcfg "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/config"
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ import (
 	servertypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	authcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/client/cli"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	txmodule "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx/config"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
 	genutilcli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil/client/cli"
@@ -70,6 +74,11 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 		WithHomeDir(app.DefaultNodeHome).
 		WithViper(EnvPrefix)
 
+	initClientCtx, err := clientcfg.ReadDefaultValuesFromDefaultClientConfig(initClientCtx)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "chain-maind",
 		Short: "Cronos.org Chain app",
@@ -78,6 +87,7 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 			cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())
 			cmd.SetErr(cmd.ErrOrStderr())
 
+			initClientCtx = initClientCtx.WithCmdContext(cmd.Context())
 			initClientCtx, err := client.ReadPersistentCommandFlags(initClientCtx, cmd.Flags())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -86,6 +96,27 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
+			// This needs to go after ReadFromClientConfig, as that function
+			// sets the RPC client needed for SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL. This sign mode
+			// is only available if the client is online.
+			if !initClientCtx.Offline {
+				enabledSignModes := slices.Clone(tx.DefaultSignModes)
+				enabledSignModes = append(enabledSignModes, signing.SignMode_SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL)
+				txConfigOpts := tx.ConfigOptions{
+					EnabledSignModes:           enabledSignModes,
+					TextualCoinMetadataQueryFn: txmodule.NewGRPCCoinMetadataQueryFn(initClientCtx),
+				}
+				txConfig, err := tx.NewTxConfigWithOptions(
+					initClientCtx.Codec,
+					txConfigOpts,
+				)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				initClientCtx = initClientCtx.WithTxConfig(txConfig)
+			}
 			if err := client.SetCmdClientContextHandler(initClientCtx, cmd); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -99,8 +130,6 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 	initRootCmd(rootCmd, encodingConfig, tempApp.BasicModuleManager)
 
 	autoCliOpts := tempApp.AutoCliOpts()
-	initClientCtx, _ = clientcfg.ReadDefaultValuesFromDefaultClientConfig(initClientCtx)
-	// autoCliOpts.Keyring, _ = keyring.NewAutoCLIKeyring(initClientCtx.Keyring)
 	autoCliOpts.ClientCtx = initClientCtx
 
 	if err := autoCliOpts.EnhanceRootCommand(rootCmd); err != nil {
diff --git a/integration_tests/test_basic.py b/integration_tests/test_basic.py
index 79eacf33f..554ae8dbf 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_basic.py
@@ -104,3 +104,14 @@ def test_statesync(cluster):
     # discovery_time is set to 5 seconds, add extra seconds for processing
     wait_for_block(cluster.cosmos_cli(i), 10)
     print("successfully syncing")
+
+
+def test_textual(cluster):
+    cli = cluster.cosmos_cli()
+    rsp = cli.transfer(
+        cli.address("community"),
+        cli.address("signer2"),
+        "1cro",
+        sign_mode="textual",
+    )
+    assert rsp["code"] == 0, rsp["raw_log"]