diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75146d4b1..b56480168 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ JSON:
     "MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_AMOUNT": 8,
     "PRICE_FEED_UPDATE_INTERVAL": 600,
     "USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE": false,
-    "EXTERNAL_ASSETS": []
+    "EXTERNAL_ASSETS": ["https://mempool.space/resources/pools.json"]
   },
 ```
 
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index d12978970..7ac3e16ed 100644
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ __MEMPOOL_MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__=${MEMPOOL_MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_AMOUNT:=8}
 __MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__=${MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT:=1100}
 __MEMPOOL_PRICE_FEED_UPDATE_INTERVAL__=${MEMPOOL_PRICE_FEED_UPDATE_INTERVAL:=600}
 __MEMPOOL_USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE__=${MEMPOOL_USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE:=false}
-__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS__=${MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS:=[]}
+__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS__=${MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS:=[\"https://mempool.space/resources/pools.json\"]}
 
 # CORE_RPC
 __CORE_RPC_HOST__=${CORE_RPC_HOST:=127.0.0.1}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__/${__MEMPOOL_MEMPOOL_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__}
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__/${__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_PRICE_FEED_UPDATE_INTERVAL__/${__MEMPOOL_PRICE_FEED_UPDATE_INTERVAL__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE__/${__MEMPOOL_USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE__}/g" mempool-config.json
-sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS__/${__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS__!${__MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS__}!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