diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index cce509d..0f7b341 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ export async function main(): Promise<void> {
           default: false,
           describe: "Include quorum-dev-quickstart test accounts",
         },
+        genesisNodeAllocation: {
+          type: "string",
+          demandOption: true,
+          default: "1000000000000000000000000000",
+          describe: "Balance allocated to each nodes",
+        },
         alloc: {
           type: "string",
           demandOption: true,
@@ -181,6 +187,7 @@ export async function main(): Promise<void> {
       quickstartDevAccounts: args.quickstartDevAccounts,
       noOutputTimestamp: args.noOutputTimestamp,
       prefundedAccounts: args.alloc,
+      genesisNodeAllocation: args.genesisNodeAllocation,
     };
   } else {
     const qr = new QuestionRenderer(rootQuestion);
diff --git a/src/lib/genesisGenerate.ts b/src/lib/genesisGenerate.ts
index 806b8de..633f588 100644
--- a/src/lib/genesisGenerate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/genesisGenerate.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function createBesuGenesis(
   }
   node.forEach((account) => {
     besu.alloc[account.ethAccount.address] = {
-      balance: "1000000000000000000000000000",
+      balance: quorumConfig.genesisNodeAllocation,
     };
   });
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export function createGoQuorumGenesis(
   }
   node.forEach((account) => {
     goquorum.alloc[account.ethAccount.address] = {
-      balance: "1000000000000000000000000000",
+      balance: quorumConfig.genesisNodeAllocation,
     };
   });
 
diff --git a/src/questions/commonQs.ts b/src/questions/commonQs.ts
index 50619dc..7c3d8fe 100644
--- a/src/questions/commonQs.ts
+++ b/src/questions/commonQs.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ export const quickstartDevAccountsQuestion: QuestionTree = {
   prompt: "Include quorum-dev-quickstart test accounts: [y/N]",
 };
 
+export const genesisNodeAllocationQuestion: QuestionTree = {
+  name: "genesisNodeAllocation",
+  prompt:
+    "Balance allocated to each nodes: (default 1000000000000000000000000000)",
+};
+
 export const prefundedAccountsQuestion: QuestionTree = {
   name: "prefundedAccounts",
   prompt:
diff --git a/src/questions/qbftQs.ts b/src/questions/qbftQs.ts
index 2aa5ad2..40a96da 100644
--- a/src/questions/qbftQs.ts
+++ b/src/questions/qbftQs.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ _prefundedAccountsQuestion.transformerValidator = allocStringValidator(
   "{}"
 );
 
+const _genesisNodeAllocationQuestion: QuestionTree = Object.assign(
+  {},
+  commonQs.genesisNodeAllocationQuestion
+);
+_genesisNodeAllocationQuestion.transformerValidator = stringValidator(
+  _genesisNodeAllocationQuestion,
+  _prefundedAccountsQuestion,
+  "1000000000000000000000000000"
+);
+
 
 const _quickstartDevAccountsQuestion: QuestionTree = Object.assign(
   {},
@@ -38,7 +48,7 @@ const _quickstartDevAccountsQuestion: QuestionTree = Object.assign(
 );
 _quickstartDevAccountsQuestion.transformerValidator = getYesNoValidator(
   _quickstartDevAccountsQuestion,
-  _prefundedAccountsQuestion,
+  _genesisNodeAllocationQuestion,
   "n"
 );
 
diff --git a/src/types/quorumConfig.ts b/src/types/quorumConfig.ts
index a3acaf3..d6aa773 100644
--- a/src/types/quorumConfig.ts
+++ b/src/types/quorumConfig.ts
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ export type QuorumConfig = {
   quickstartDevAccounts: boolean;
   noOutputTimestamp: boolean;
   prefundedAccounts: string;
+  genesisNodeAllocation: string;
 };
diff --git a/tests/lib/testConstants.ts b/tests/lib/testConstants.ts
index 24e8761..6f7fbab 100644
--- a/tests/lib/testConstants.ts
+++ b/tests/lib/testConstants.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const TEST_QUORUM_CONFIG: QuorumConfig = {
   quickstartDevAccounts: false,
   noOutputTimestamp: false,
   prefundedAccounts: "{}",
+  genesisNodeAllocation: "100",
 };
 
 export const TEST_NODE = {