diff --git a/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json b/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
index ca0ec1c2a..e6c5428e5 100644
--- a/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
+++ b/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "ENABLED": true,
     "NETWORK": "__MEMPOOL_NETWORK__",
     "BACKEND": "__MEMPOOL_BACKEND__",
+    "ENABLED": true,
     "BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING": true,
     "HTTP_PORT": 1,
     "SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS": 2,
diff --git a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
index 930430127..378bba8db 100644
--- a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
+++ b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "MEMPOOL": {
     "NETWORK": "__MEMPOOL_NETWORK__",
     "BACKEND": "__MEMPOOL_BACKEND__",
+    "ENABLED": __MEMPOOL_ENABLED__,
     "HTTP_PORT": __MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT__,
     "SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS": __MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__,
     "API_URL_PREFIX": "__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__",
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index 4933dc2ee..c8e2a1502 100755
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # MEMPOOL
 __MEMPOOL_NETWORK__=${MEMPOOL_NETWORK:=mainnet}
 __MEMPOOL_BACKEND__=${MEMPOOL_BACKEND:=electrum}
+__MEMPOOL_ENABLED__=${MEMPOOL_ENABLED:=true}
 __MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT__=${BACKEND_HTTP_PORT:=8999}
 __MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__=${MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS:=0}
 __MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__=${MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX:=/api/v1/}
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ mkdir -p "${__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__}"
 
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_NETWORK__/${__MEMPOOL_NETWORK__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_BACKEND__/${__MEMPOOL_BACKEND__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_ENABLED__/${__MEMPOOL_ENABLED__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT__/${__MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__/${__MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__!${__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__}!g" mempool-config.json