diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index a970c25..ad6d9f3 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ func New(
 		keys[machinemoduletypes.AddressIndexKey],
 		keys[machinemoduletypes.MemStoreKey],
 		app.GetSubspace(machinemoduletypes.ModuleName),
+		authtypes.NewModuleAddress(govtypes.ModuleName).String(),
 	)
 	machineModule := machinemodule.NewAppModule(appCodec, app.MachineKeeper, app.AccountKeeper, app.BankKeeper)
 
diff --git a/x/machine/keeper/keeper.go b/x/machine/keeper/keeper.go
index 56c5cb0..499b9d4 100644
--- a/x/machine/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/machine/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type (
 		addressIndexStoreKey          storetypes.StoreKey
 		memKey                        storetypes.StoreKey
 		paramstore                    paramtypes.Subspace
+		authority                     string
 	}
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func NewKeeper(
 	addressIndexStoreKey,
 	memKey storetypes.StoreKey,
 	ps paramtypes.Subspace,
+	authority string,
 ) *Keeper {
 	// set KeyTable if it has not already been set
 	if !ps.HasKeyTable() {