diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index eedbf3e4c..27130c266 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY": 1,
     "EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL": 0,
     "USER_AGENT": "mempool",
-    "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "debug"
+    "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "debug",
+    "AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING": false
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/api/pools-parser.ts b/backend/src/api/pools-parser.ts
index 29d916376..731653a83 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/pools-parser.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/pools-parser.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ class PoolsParser {
    * Delete blocks which needs to be reindexed
    */
    private async $deleteBlocskToReindex(finalPoolDataUpdate: any[]) {
+    if (config.MEMPOOL.AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING === false) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const blockCount = await BlocksRepository.$blockCount(null, null);
     if (blockCount === 0) {
       return;
diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
index 44864d3b9..8c214a618 100644
--- a/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface IConfig {
     EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL: number;
     USER_AGENT: string;
     STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY: 'emerg' | 'alert' | 'crit' | 'err' | 'warn' | 'notice' | 'info' | 'debug';
+    AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING: boolean;
   };
   ESPLORA: {
     REST_API_URL: string;
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ const defaults: IConfig = {
     'EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL': 0,
     'USER_AGENT': 'mempool',
     'STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY': 'debug',
+    'AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING': false,
   },
   'ESPLORA': {
     'REST_API_URL': 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
diff --git a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
index daa4fddc3..b5b1a16b7 100644
--- a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
+++ b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "USER_AGENT": "__MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__",
     "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "__MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__",
     "INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT": __MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__,
-    "BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING": __MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING__
+    "BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING": __MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING__,
+    "AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING": __MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "__CORE_RPC_HOST__",
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index 5c4213a1c..c31273bb6 100644
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ __MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY__=${MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY:=1}
 __MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL__=${MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL:=0}
 __MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__=${MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT:=mempool}
 __MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__=${MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY:=info}
+__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__=${MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT:=false}
+__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__=${MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING:=false}
 
 # CORE_RPC
 __CORE_RPC_HOST__=${CORE_RPC_HOST:=127.0.0.1}
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY__!${__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY__}!g" me
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL__!${__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__!${__MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__/${__MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__/${__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__/${__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__}/g" mempool-config.json
 
 sed -i "s/__CORE_RPC_HOST__/${__CORE_RPC_HOST__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__CORE_RPC_PORT__/${__CORE_RPC_PORT__}/g" mempool-config.json