diff --git a/da/celestia/celestia.go b/da/celestia/celestia.go
index 4af7f40d2..71a189e6b 100644
--- a/da/celestia/celestia.go
+++ b/da/celestia/celestia.go
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ import (
 	pb "github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/types/pb/dymint"
 )
 
-const (
-	defaultTxPollingRetryDelay = 20 * time.Second
-	defaultSubmitRetryDelay    = 10 * time.Second
-	defaultTxPollingAttempts   = 5
-)
-
 type CNCClientI interface {
 	SubmitPFD(ctx context.Context, namespaceID [8]byte, blob []byte, fee int64, gasLimit uint64) (*cnc.TxResponse, error)
 	NamespacedShares(ctx context.Context, namespaceID [8]byte, height uint64) ([][]byte, error)
@@ -50,16 +44,6 @@ type DataAvailabilityLayerClient struct {
 var _ da.DataAvailabilityLayerClient = &DataAvailabilityLayerClient{}
 var _ da.BatchRetriever = &DataAvailabilityLayerClient{}
 
-// Config stores Celestia DALC configuration parameters.
-type Config struct {
-	BaseURL     string        `json:"base_url"`
-	AppNodeURL  string        `json:"app_node_url"`
-	Timeout     time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
-	Fee         int64         `json:"fee"`
-	GasLimit    uint64        `json:"gas_limit"`
-	NamespaceID [8]byte       `json:"namespace_id"`
-}
-
 // WithCNCClient sets CNC client.
 func WithCNCClient(client CNCClientI) da.Option {
 	return func(daLayerClient da.DataAvailabilityLayerClient) {
@@ -99,16 +83,20 @@ func WithSubmitRetryDelay(delay time.Duration) da.Option {
 func (c *DataAvailabilityLayerClient) Init(config []byte, pubsubServer *pubsub.Server, kvStore store.KVStore, logger log.Logger, options ...da.Option) error {
 	c.logger = logger
 
-	if len(config) > 0 {
-		err := json.Unmarshal(config, &c.config)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if len(config) <= 0 {
+		return errors.New("config is empty")
+	}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(config, &c.config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = (&c.config).InitNamespaceID()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	c.pubsubServer = pubsubServer
 	// Set defaults
-	var err error
 	c.txPollingRetryDelay = defaultTxPollingRetryDelay
 	c.txPollingAttempts = defaultTxPollingAttempts
 	c.submitRetryDelay = defaultSubmitRetryDelay
diff --git a/da/celestia/config.go b/da/celestia/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3be4ad0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/da/celestia/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package celestia
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultTxPollingRetryDelay = 20 * time.Second
+	defaultSubmitRetryDelay    = 10 * time.Second
+	defaultTxPollingAttempts   = 5
+)
+
+// Config stores Celestia DALC configuration parameters.
+type Config struct {
+	BaseURL        string        `json:"base_url"`
+	AppNodeURL     string        `json:"app_node_url"`
+	Timeout        time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+	Fee            int64         `json:"fee"`
+	GasLimit       uint64        `json:"gas_limit"`
+	NamespaceIDStr string        `json:"namespace_id"`
+	NamespaceID    [8]byte       `json:"-"`
+}
+
+var CelestiaDefaultConfig = Config{
+	BaseURL:        "http://127.0.0.1:26659",
+	AppNodeURL:     "",
+	Timeout:        30 * time.Second,
+	Fee:            20000,
+	GasLimit:       20000000,
+	NamespaceIDStr: "000000000000ffff",
+	NamespaceID:    [8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255},
+}
+
+func (c *Config) InitNamespaceID() error {
+	// Decode NamespaceID from string to byte array
+	namespaceBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(c.NamespaceIDStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	copy(c.NamespaceID[:], namespaceBytes)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/da/da_test.go b/da/da_test.go
index 076f71098..3cf52d0b8 100644
--- a/da/da_test.go
+++ b/da/da_test.go
@@ -37,16 +37,26 @@ func TestLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Skip("TODO")
 		}
 		t.Run(dalc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			doTestLifecycle(t, registry.GetClient(dalc))
+			doTestLifecycle(t, dalc)
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-func doTestLifecycle(t *testing.T, dalc da.DataAvailabilityLayerClient) {
+func doTestLifecycle(t *testing.T, daType string) {
+	var err error
 	require := require.New(t)
 	pubsubServer := pubsub.NewServer()
 	pubsubServer.Start()
-	err := dalc.Init([]byte{}, pubsubServer, nil, test.NewLogger(t))
+
+	dacfg := []byte{}
+	dalc := registry.GetClient(daType)
+
+	if daType == "celestia" {
+		dacfg, err = json.Marshal(celestia.CelestiaDefaultConfig)
+		require.NoError(err)
+	}
+
+	err = dalc.Init(dacfg, pubsubServer, nil, test.NewLogger(t))
 	require.NoError(err)
 
 	err = dalc.Start()