diff --git a/.github/workflows/sims.yml b/.github/workflows/sims.yml
index bb7cf1faf417..1b9a7fe54d48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sims.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sims.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ jobs:
 
   sims-notify-success:
     needs:
-      [test-sim-multi-seed-short, test-sim-after-import, test-sim-import-export]
+      [
+        test-sim-multi-seed-short,
+        test-sim-after-import,
+        test-sim-import-export,
+        test-sim-deterministic,
+      ]
     runs-on: large-sdk-runner
     if: ${{ success() }}
     steps:
@@ -111,7 +116,12 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: none
     needs:
-      [test-sim-multi-seed-short, test-sim-after-import, test-sim-import-export]
+      [
+        test-sim-multi-seed-short,
+        test-sim-after-import,
+        test-sim-import-export,
+        test-sim-deterministic,
+      ]
     runs-on: large-sdk-runner
     if: ${{ failure() }}
     steps:
diff --git a/server/util_test.go b/server/util_test.go
index 39a9e6c35528..ea9489a03685 100644
--- a/server/util_test.go
+++ b/server/util_test.go
@@ -493,7 +493,12 @@ func (m mapGetter) Get(key string) interface{} {
 }
 
 func (m mapGetter) GetString(key string) string {
-	return m[key].(string)
+	str, ok := m[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return str.(string)
 }
 
 var _ servertypes.AppOptions = mapGetter{}
diff --git a/testutils/sims/runner.go b/testutils/sims/runner.go
index 8ee4c7465b36..e30a252c0d29 100644
--- a/testutils/sims/runner.go
+++ b/testutils/sims/runner.go
@@ -236,7 +236,12 @@ func (f AppOptionsFn) Get(k string) any {
 }
 
 func (f AppOptionsFn) GetString(k string) string {
-	return f(k).(string)
+	str, ok := f(k).(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return str
 }
 
 // FauxMerkleModeOpt returns a BaseApp option to use a dbStoreAdapter instead of