diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index a1a44d15f9..077483dd05 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ func NewEthermintApp(
 		appCodec,
 		keys[bitcoincommitertypes.MemStoreKey],
 		app.GetSubspace(bitcoincommitertypes.ModuleName),
+		homePath,
 	)
 
 	/****  Module Options ****/
diff --git a/testutil/keeper/bitcoincommiter.go b/testutil/keeper/bitcoincommiter.go
index b1f0ee6dbb..b5ad4203e8 100644
--- a/testutil/keeper/bitcoincommiter.go
+++ b/testutil/keeper/bitcoincommiter.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func BitcoincommiterKeeper(t testing.TB) (*keeper.Keeper, sdk.Context) {
 		cdc,
 		memStoreKey,
 		paramsSubspace,
+		"",
 	)
 
 	ctx := sdk.NewContext(stateStore, tmproto.Header{}, false, log.NewNopLogger())
diff --git a/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/config.go b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c9470b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+type BITCOINConfig struct {
+	// NetworkName defines the bitcoin network name
+	NetworkName string `yaml:"network-name"`
+	RPCHost     string `yaml:"rpc-host"`
+	RPCPort     string `yaml:"rpc-port"`
+	RPCUser     string `yaml:"rpc-user"`
+	RPCPass     string `yaml:"rpc-pass"`
+	WalletName  string `yaml:"wallet-name"`
+	// Destination defines the taproot transaction destination address
+	Destination string `yaml:"destination"`
+}
+
+const (
+	BitcoinRPCConfigFileName = "bitcoin.yaml"
+)
+
+func DefaultBITCOINConfig(homePath string) (*BITCOINConfig, error) {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(homePath + "/" + BitcoinRPCConfigFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("can not read rpc config file: %v", err)
+	}
+	config := BITCOINConfig{}
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
+	return &config, err
+}
diff --git a/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/connfig_test.go b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/connfig_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a3687e796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/connfig_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package keeper_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	config, _ := keeper.DefaultBITCOINConfig("../test/source")
+	require.Equal(t, "signet", config.NetworkName)
+	require.Equal(t, "localhost", config.RPCHost)
+	require.Equal(t, "8332", config.RPCPort)
+	require.Equal(t, "b2node", config.RPCUser)
+	require.Equal(t, "b2node", config.RPCPass)
+	require.Equal(t, "b2node", config.WalletName)
+	require.Equal(t, "tb1qgm39cu009lyvq93afx47pp4h9wxq5x92lxxgnz", config.Destination)
+}
diff --git a/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper.go b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper.go
index c206b5d43b..b262f4e243 100644
--- a/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ import (
 	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	paramtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/types"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
-
 	"github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/bitcoincommiter/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ type (
 		cdc        codec.BinaryCodec
 		memKey     storetypes.StoreKey
 		paramstore paramtypes.Subspace
+		config     *BITCOINConfig
 	}
 )
 
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@ func NewKeeper(
 	cdc codec.BinaryCodec,
 	memKey storetypes.StoreKey,
 	ps paramtypes.Subspace,
+	homePath string,
 ) *Keeper {
-	// set KeyTable if it has not already been set
-	if !ps.HasKeyTable() {
-		ps = ps.WithKeyTable(types.ParamKeyTable())
-	}
-
+	bitcoinConfig, _ := DefaultBITCOINConfig(homePath)
 	return &Keeper{
 		cdc:        cdc,
 		memKey:     memKey,
 		paramstore: ps,
+		config:     bitcoinConfig,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db72d21bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/bitcoincommiter/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	codecc "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
+	codectypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	paramskeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/keeper"
+	bitcoincommitertypes "github.com/evmos/ethermint/x/bitcoincommiter/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestInitKeeper(t *testing.T) {
+	amino := codecc.NewLegacyAmino()
+	interfaceRegistry := codectypes.NewInterfaceRegistry()
+	marshaler := codecc.NewProtoCodec(interfaceRegistry)
+	key := sdk.NewKVStoreKey("key")
+	tkey := sdk.NewTransientStoreKey("tkey")
+	paramsKeeper := paramskeeper.NewKeeper(marshaler, amino, key, tkey)
+	space := paramsKeeper.Subspace(bitcoincommitertypes.ModuleName)
+	commiterKey := sdk.NewKVStoreKey(bitcoincommitertypes.ModuleName)
+	keeper := NewKeeper(marshaler, commiterKey, space, "../test/source")
+	require.Equal(t, "signet", keeper.config.NetworkName)
+	require.Equal(t, "localhost", keeper.config.RPCHost)
+	require.Equal(t, "8332", keeper.config.RPCPort)
+	require.Equal(t, "b2node", keeper.config.RPCUser)
+	require.Equal(t, "b2node", keeper.config.RPCPass)
+	require.Equal(t, "b2node", keeper.config.WalletName)
+	require.Equal(t, "tb1qgm39cu009lyvq93afx47pp4h9wxq5x92lxxgnz", keeper.config.Destination)
+}
diff --git a/x/bitcoincommiter/test/source/bitcoin.yaml b/x/bitcoincommiter/test/source/bitcoin.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67b36d8426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/bitcoincommiter/test/source/bitcoin.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+network-name: signet
+rpc-host: localhost
+rpc-port: 8332
+rpc-user: b2node
+rpc-pass: b2node
+wallet-name: b2node
+destination: tb1qgm39cu009lyvq93afx47pp4h9wxq5x92lxxgnz