diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index e3df7d2fe..7948049fc 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "API_URL_PREFIX": "/api/v1/",
     "POLL_RATE_MS": 2000,
     "CACHE_DIR": "./cache",
+    "CACHE_ENABLED": true,
     "CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES": 20,
     "RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE": 50,
     "BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS": 4000000,
diff --git a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
index 2ff76d5dd..8b47d53b8 100644
--- a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
+++ b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "API_URL_PREFIX": "__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__",
     "POLL_RATE_MS": __MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__,
     "CACHE_DIR": "__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__",
+    "CACHE_ENABLED": __MEMPOOL_CACHE_ENABLED__,
     "CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES": __MEMPOOL_CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES__,
     "RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE": __MEMPOOL_RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE__,
     "BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS": __MEMPOOL_BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS__,
@@ -133,5 +134,9 @@
     "AUDIT": __REPLICATION_AUDIT__,
     "AUDIT_START_HEIGHT": __REPLICATION_AUDIT_START_HEIGHT__,
     "SERVERS": __REPLICATION_SERVERS__
+  },
+  "REDIS": {
+    "ENABLED": __REDIS_ENABLED__,
+    "UNIX_SOCKET_PATH": "__REDIS_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__"
   }
 }
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index c34d804b4..7071493fa 100755
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ __MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__=${MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS:=0}
 __MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__=${MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX:=/api/v1/}
 __MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__=${MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS:=2000}
 __MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__=${MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR:=./cache}
+__MEMPOOL_CACHE_ENABLED__=${MEMPOOL_CACHE_ENABLED:=true}
 __MEMPOOL_CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES__=${MEMPOOL_CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES:=20}
 __MEMPOOL_RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE__=${MEMPOOL_RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE:=50}
 __MEMPOOL_BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS__=${MEMPOOL_BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS:=4000000}
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ __REPLICATION_AUDIT__=${REPLICATION_AUDIT:=true}
 __REPLICATION_AUDIT_START_HEIGHT__=${REPLICATION_AUDIT_START_HEIGHT:=774000}
 __REPLICATION_SERVERS__=${REPLICATION_SERVERS:=[]}
 
+# REDIS
+__REDIS_ENABLED__=${REDIS_ENABLED:=true}
+__REDIS_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__=${REDIS_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH:=true}
 
 mkdir -p "${__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__}"
 
@@ -147,6 +151,7 @@ sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__!${__MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__}!g"
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__!${__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__!${__MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__!${__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__}!g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_CACHE_ENABLED__!${__MEMPOOL_CACHE_ENABLED__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES__!${__MEMPOOL_CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE__!${__MEMPOOL_RECOMMENDED_FEE_PERCENTILE__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS__!${__MEMPOOL_BLOCK_WEIGHT_UNITS__}!g" mempool-config.json
@@ -262,4 +267,8 @@ sed -i "s!__REPLICATION_AUDIT__!${__REPLICATION_AUDIT__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__REPLICATION_AUDIT_START_HEIGHT__!${__REPLICATION_AUDIT_START_HEIGHT__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__REPLICATION_SERVERS__!${__REPLICATION_SERVERS__}!g" mempool-config.json
 
+# REDIS
+sed -i "s!__REDIS_ENABLED__!${__REDIS_ENABLED__}!g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__REDIS_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__!${__REDIS_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__}!g" mempool-config.json
+
 node /backend/package/index.js