diff --git a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
index 2b1f88518..c70bb67f7 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class Blocks {
       let countThisRun = 0;
       let timer = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
       const startedAt = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
-
+      let lastHeight;
       for (const block of unindexedBlocks) {
         // Logging
         const elapsedSeconds = Math.max(1, new Date().getTime() / 1000 - timer);
@@ -365,11 +365,13 @@ class Blocks {
 
         await this.$indexCPFP(block.hash, block.height); // Calculate and save CPFP data for transactions in this block
 
+        lastHeight = block.height;
         // Logging
         count++;
         countThisRun++;
       }
       if (count > 0) {
+        await cpfpRepository.$insertProgressMarker(lastHeight);
         logger.notice(`CPFP indexing completed: indexed ${count} blocks`);
       } else {
         logger.debug(`CPFP indexing completed: indexed ${count} blocks`);
diff --git a/backend/src/repositories/CpfpRepository.ts b/backend/src/repositories/CpfpRepository.ts
index a5f17540a..6d091437c 100644
--- a/backend/src/repositories/CpfpRepository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/repositories/CpfpRepository.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,34 @@ class CpfpRepository {
     }
   }
 
+  // insert a dummy row to mark that we've indexed as far as this block
+  public async $insertProgressMarker(height: number): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const [rows]: any = await DB.query(
+        `
+          SELECT root
+          FROM compact_cpfp_clusters
+          WHERE height = ?
+        `,
+        [height]
+      );
+      if (!rows?.length) {
+        const rootBuffer = Buffer.alloc(32);
+        rootBuffer.writeInt32LE(height);
+        await DB.query(
+          `
+            INSERT INTO compact_cpfp_clusters(root, height, fee_rate)
+            VALUE (?, ?, ?)
+          `,
+          [rootBuffer, height, 0]
+        );
+      }
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      logger.err(`Cannot insert cpfp progress marker. Reason: ` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
   public pack(txs: Ancestor[]): ArrayBuffer {
     const buf = new ArrayBuffer(44 * txs.length);
     const view = new DataView(buf);