diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index b00909bc6..adb3f2e02 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class Server {
         await memPool.$updateMempool(newMempool, pollRate);
       }
       indexer.$run();
+      priceUpdater.$run();
 
       // rerun immediately if we skipped the mempool update, otherwise wait POLL_RATE_MS
       const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
diff --git a/backend/src/indexer.ts b/backend/src/indexer.ts
index 7ec65d9c9..392174ecf 100644
--- a/backend/src/indexer.ts
+++ b/backend/src/indexer.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Indexer {
     }
 
     try {
-      await priceUpdater.$run();
+      await priceUpdater.$run(true);
     } catch (e) {
       logger.err(`Running priceUpdater failed. Reason: ` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/price-updater.ts b/backend/src/tasks/price-updater.ts
index 91a36d04b..f96616c12 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/price-updater.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/price-updater.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class PriceUpdater {
     this.latestPrices = await PricesRepository.$getLatestConversionRates();
   }
 
-  public async $run(): Promise<void> {
+  public async $run(storeInDb: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
     if (config.MEMPOOL.NETWORK === 'signet' || config.MEMPOOL.NETWORK === 'testnet') {
       // Coins have no value on testnet/signet, so we want to always show 0
       return;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class PriceUpdater {
     }
 
     try {
-      await this.$updatePrice();
+      await this.$updatePrice(storeInDb);
       if (this.historyInserted === false && config.DATABASE.ENABLED === true) {
         await this.$insertHistoricalPrices();
       }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class PriceUpdater {
   /**
    * Fetch last BTC price from exchanges, average them, and save it in the database once every hour
    */
-  private async $updatePrice(): Promise<void> {
+  private async $updatePrice(storeInDb: boolean): Promise<void> {
     if (this.lastRun === 0 && config.DATABASE.ENABLED === true) {
       this.lastRun = await PricesRepository.$getLatestPriceTime();
     }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class PriceUpdater {
       }
     }
 
-    if (config.DATABASE.ENABLED === true) {
+    if (config.DATABASE.ENABLED === true && storeInDb) {
       // Save everything in db
       try {
         const p = 60 * 60 * 1000; // milliseconds in an hour