diff --git a/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go b/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
index 9899afa2eac..3caad44892b 100644
--- a/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
+++ b/gno.land/pkg/sdk/vm/keeper.go
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ func uncachedPackageLoad(
 
 		loadStdlib(stdlibsDir, gnoStore)
 
+		// XXX Quick and dirty to make this function work on non-validator nodes
+		iter := iavlStore.Iterator(nil, nil)
+		for ; iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
+			baseStore.Set(append(iavlBackupPrefix, iter.Key()...), iter.Value())
+		}
+		iter.Close()
+
 		logger.Debug("Standard libraries initialized",
 			"elapsed", time.Since(start))
 	} else {
@@ -126,6 +133,18 @@ func uncachedPackageLoad(
 		// and memory management across many objects/types/nodes/packages.
 		start := time.Now()
 
+		// XXX Quick and dirty to make this function work on non-validator nodes
+		if isStoreEmpty(iavlStore) {
+			iter := baseStore.Iterator(iavlBackupPrefix, nil)
+			for ; iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
+				if !bytes.HasPrefix(iter.Key(), iavlBackupPrefix) {
+					break
+				}
+				iavlStore.Set(iter.Key()[len(iavlBackupPrefix):], iter.Value())
+			}
+			iter.Close()
+		}
+
 		m2 := gno.NewMachineWithOptions(
 			gno.MachineOptions{
 				PkgPath: "",
@@ -143,6 +162,17 @@ func uncachedPackageLoad(
 	return gnoStore
 }
 
+var iavlBackupPrefix = []byte("init_iavl_backup:")
+
+func isStoreEmpty(st store.Store) bool {
+	iter := st.Iterator(nil, nil)
+	defer iter.Close()
+	for ; iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func cachedStdlibLoad(stdlibsDir string, baseStore, iavlStore store.Store) gno.Store {
 	cachedStdlibOnce.Do(func() {
 		cachedStdlibBase = memdb.NewMemDB()