diff --git a/shared/services/services.go b/shared/services/services.go
index 3824d8d1..7e5af859 100644
--- a/shared/services/services.go
+++ b/shared/services/services.go
@@ -508,7 +508,8 @@ func getWallet(c *cli.Context, cfg *config.StaderConfig, pm *passwords.PasswordM
 
 		chainId := cfg.StaderNode.GetChainID()
 
-		nodeWallet, err = wallet.NewWallet(os.ExpandEnv(cfg.StaderNode.GetWalletPath()), chainId, maxFee, maxPriorityFee, 0, pm)
+		gasLimit := c.GlobalUint64("gasLimit")
+		nodeWallet, err = wallet.NewWallet(os.ExpandEnv(cfg.StaderNode.GetWalletPath()), chainId, maxFee, maxPriorityFee, gasLimit, pm)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/shared/services/stader/client.go b/shared/services/stader/client.go
index ce5eed6d..23fa7ae8 100644
--- a/shared/services/stader/client.go
+++ b/shared/services/stader/client.go
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ func (c *Client) getGasOpts() string {
 	var opts string
 	opts += fmt.Sprintf("--maxFee %f ", c.maxFee)
 	opts += fmt.Sprintf("--maxPrioFee %f ", c.maxPrioFee)
-	opts += fmt.Sprintf("--gasLimit %d ", 100000)
+	opts += fmt.Sprintf("--gasLimit %d ", c.gasLimit)
 	return opts
 }
 
diff --git a/stader-cli/stader-cli.go b/stader-cli/stader-cli.go
index 9b1e04b9..e953d120 100644
--- a/stader-cli/stader-cli.go
+++ b/stader-cli/stader-cli.go
@@ -756,6 +756,10 @@ Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
 			Name:  "maxPrioFee, i",
 			Usage: "The max priority fee you want a transaction to use, in gwei",
 		},
+		cli.Uint64Flag{
+			Name:  "gasLimit",
+			Usage: "Custom gas limit, using gas estimate if not specified",
+		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "nonce",
 			Usage: "Use this flag to explicitly specify the nonce that this transaction should use, so it can override an existing 'stuck' transaction",
diff --git a/stader-lib/stader/contract.go b/stader-lib/stader/contract.go
index 164d57dd..2eaa2703 100644
--- a/stader-lib/stader/contract.go
+++ b/stader-lib/stader/contract.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 // Transaction settings
 const (
 	GasLimitMultiplier float64 = 1.5
-	MaxGasLimit        uint64  = 50000000
+	MaxGasLimit        uint64  = 30000000
 )
 
 // Contract type wraps go-ethereum bound contract