diff --git a/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json b/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
index 1c973c45b..e2719c495 100644
--- a/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
+++ b/backend/src/__fixtures__/mempool-config.template.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING": true,
     "GOGGLES_INDEXING": false,
     "HTTP_PORT": 1,
+    "UNIX_SOCKET_PATH": "/mempool/socket/mempool-bitcoin-mainnet",
     "SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS": 2,
     "API_URL_PREFIX": "__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__",
     "AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING": false,
diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
index a7f447941..379e29f8e 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe('Mempool Backend Config', () => {
         BLOCKS_SUMMARIES_INDEXING: false,
         GOGGLES_INDEXING: false,
         HTTP_PORT: 8999,
+        UNIX_SOCKET_PATH: '/mempool/socket/mempool-bitcoin-mainnet',
         SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS: 0,
         API_URL_PREFIX: '/api/v1/',
         AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING: false,
diff --git a/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts b/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
index ef4a02d4f..621f2996a 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/websocket-handler.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const wantable = [
 ];
 
 class WebsocketHandler {
-  private wss: WebSocket.Server | undefined;
+  private webSocketServers: WebSocket.Server[] = [];
   private extraInitProperties = {};
 
   private numClients = 0;
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
 
   constructor() { }
 
-  setWebsocketServer(wss: WebSocket.Server) {
-    this.wss = wss;
+  addWebsocketServer(wss: WebSocket.Server) {
+    this.webSocketServers.push(wss);
   }
 
   setExtraInitData(property: string, value: any) {
@@ -102,11 +102,13 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
   }
 
   setupConnectionHandling() {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
-    this.wss.on('connection', (client: WebSocket, req) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.on('connection', (client: WebSocket, req) => {
       this.numConnected++;
       client['remoteAddress'] = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.socket?.remoteAddress || 'unknown';
       client.on('error', (e) => {
@@ -369,14 +371,17 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
         }
       });
     });
+    }
   }
 
   handleNewDonation(id: string) {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
@@ -384,43 +389,50 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
         client.send(JSON.stringify({ donationConfirmed: true }));
       }
     });
+    }
   }
 
   handleLoadingChanged(indicators: ILoadingIndicators) {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
     this.updateSocketDataFields({ 'loadingIndicators': indicators });
 
     const response = JSON.stringify({ loadingIndicators: indicators });
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
       client.send(response);
     });
+    }
   }
 
   handleNewConversionRates(conversionRates: ApiPrice) {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
     this.updateSocketDataFields({ 'conversions': conversionRates });
 
     const response = JSON.stringify({ conversions: conversionRates });
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
       client.send(response);
     });
+    }
   }
 
   handleNewStatistic(stats: OptimizedStatistic) {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
     this.printLogs();
@@ -429,7 +441,9 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
       'live-2h-chart': stats
     });
 
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
@@ -440,11 +454,12 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
 
       client.send(response);
     });
+    }
   }
 
   handleReorg(): void {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
     const da = difficultyAdjustment.getDifficultyAdjustment();
@@ -455,7 +470,9 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
       'da': da?.previousTime ? da : undefined,
     });
 
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
@@ -473,13 +490,14 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
         client.send(this.serializeResponse(response));
       }
     });
+    }
   }
 
   async $handleMempoolChange(newMempool: { [txid: string]: MempoolTransactionExtended }, mempoolSize: number,
     newTransactions: MempoolTransactionExtended[], deletedTransactions: MempoolTransactionExtended[], accelerationDelta: string[],
     candidates?: GbtCandidates): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
     this.printLogs();
@@ -552,7 +570,9 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
     // pre-compute new tracked outspends
     const outspendCache: { [txid: string]: { [vout: number]: { vin: number, txid: string } } } = {};
     const trackedTxs = new Set<string>();
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client['track-tx']) {
         trackedTxs.add(client['track-tx']);
       }
@@ -562,6 +582,7 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
         }
       }
     });
+    }
     if (trackedTxs.size > 0) {
       for (const tx of newTransactions) {
         for (let i = 0; i < tx.vin.length; i++) {
@@ -581,7 +602,9 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
     const addressCache = this.makeAddressCache(newTransactions);
     const removedAddressCache = this.makeAddressCache(deletedTransactions);
 
-    this.wss.clients.forEach(async (client) => {
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach(async (client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
@@ -821,11 +844,12 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
         client.send(this.serializeResponse(response));
       }
     });
+    }
   }
  
   async handleNewBlock(block: BlockExtended, txIds: string[], transactions: MempoolTransactionExtended[]): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.wss) {
-      throw new Error('WebSocket.Server is not set');
+    if (!this.webSocketServers.length) {
+      throw new Error('No WebSocket.Server have been set');
     }
 
     this.printLogs();
@@ -969,7 +993,10 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
       return responseCache[key];
     }
 
-    this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+
+    // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+    for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+    server.clients.forEach((client) => {
       if (client.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
         return;
       }
@@ -1150,6 +1177,7 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
         client.send(this.serializeResponse(response));
       }
     });
+    }
 
     await statistics.runStatistics();
   }
@@ -1231,13 +1259,15 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
   }
 
   private printLogs(): void {
-    if (this.wss) {
+    if (this.webSocketServers.length) {
       let numTxSubs = 0;
       let numTxsSubs = 0;
       let numProjectedSubs = 0;
       let numRbfSubs = 0;
 
-      this.wss.clients.forEach((client) => {
+      // TODO - Fix indentation after PR is merged
+      for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+      server.clients.forEach((client) => {
         if (client['track-tx']) {
           numTxSubs++;
         }
@@ -1251,8 +1281,12 @@ class WebsocketHandler {
           numRbfSubs++;
         }
       })
+      }
 
-      const count = this.wss?.clients?.size || 0;
+      let count = 0;
+      for (const server of this.webSocketServers) {
+        count += server.clients?.size || 0;
+      }
       const diff = count - this.numClients;
       this.numClients = count;
       logger.debug(`${count} websocket clients | ${this.numConnected} connected | ${this.numDisconnected} disconnected | (${diff >= 0 ? '+' : ''}${diff})`);
diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
index 93ac90834..daaca34ba 100644
--- a/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ interface IConfig {
     NETWORK: 'mainnet' | 'testnet' | 'signet' | 'liquid' | 'liquidtestnet';
     BACKEND: 'esplora' | 'electrum' | 'none';
     HTTP_PORT: number;
+    UNIX_SOCKET_PATH: string;
     SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS: number;
     API_URL_PREFIX: string;
     POLL_RATE_MS: number;
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ const defaults: IConfig = {
     'NETWORK': 'mainnet',
     'BACKEND': 'none',
     'HTTP_PORT': 8999,
+    'UNIX_SOCKET_PATH': '/mempool/socket/mempool-bitcoin-mainnet',
     'SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS': 0,
     'API_URL_PREFIX': '/api/v1/',
     'POLL_RATE_MS': 2000,
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 0b2cbb003..3840afa10 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import aboutRoutes from './api/about.routes';
 
 class Server {
   private wss: WebSocket.Server | undefined;
+  private wssUnixSocket: WebSocket.Server | undefined;
   private server: http.Server | undefined;
+  private serverUnixSocket: http.Server | undefined;
   private app: Application;
   private currentBackendRetryInterval = 1;
   private backendRetryCount = 0;
@@ -136,7 +138,9 @@ class Server {
     }
 
     this.server = http.createServer(this.app);
+    this.serverUnixSocket = http.createServer(this.app);
     this.wss = new WebSocket.Server({ server: this.server });
+    this.wssUnixSocket = new WebSocket.Server({ server: this.serverUnixSocket });
 
     this.setUpWebsocketHandling();
 
@@ -192,6 +196,14 @@ class Server {
         logger.notice(`Mempool Server is running on port ${config.MEMPOOL.HTTP_PORT}`);
       }
     });
+
+    this.serverUnixSocket.listen(config.MEMPOOL.UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, () => {
+      if (worker) {
+        logger.info(`Mempool Server worker #${process.pid} started`);
+      } else {
+        logger.notice(`Mempool Server is listening on ${config.MEMPOOL.UNIX_SOCKET_PATH}`);
+      }
+    });
   }
 
   async runMainUpdateLoop(): Promise<void> {
@@ -265,8 +277,12 @@ class Server {
 
   setUpWebsocketHandling(): void {
     if (this.wss) {
-      websocketHandler.setWebsocketServer(this.wss);
+      websocketHandler.addWebsocketServer(this.wss);
     }
+    if (this.wssUnixSocket) {
+      websocketHandler.addWebsocketServer(this.wssUnixSocket);
+    }
+
     if (Common.isLiquid() && config.DATABASE.ENABLED) {
       blocks.setNewBlockCallback(async () => {
         try {
@@ -338,6 +354,10 @@ class Server {
     if (config.DATABASE.ENABLED) {
       DB.releasePidLock();
     }
+    this.server?.close();
+    this.serverUnixSocket?.close();
+    this.wss?.close();
+    this.wssUnixSocket?.close();
     process.exit(code);
   }
 
diff --git a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
index ea3fb56a1..7b662bed4 100644
--- a/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
+++ b/docker/backend/mempool-config.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "OFFICIAL": __MEMPOOL_OFFICIAL__,
     "HTTP_PORT": __MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT__,
     "SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS": __MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__,
+    "UNIX_SOCKET_PATH": "__MEMPOOL_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__",
     "API_URL_PREFIX": "__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__",
     "POLL_RATE_MS": __MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__,
     "CACHE_DIR": "__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__",
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index 611cba387..6d0a0d0c4 100755
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ __MEMPOOL_ENABLED__=${MEMPOOL_ENABLED:=true}
 __MEMPOOL_OFFICIAL__=${MEMPOOL_OFFICIAL:=false}
 __MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT__=${BACKEND_HTTP_PORT:=8999}
 __MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS__=${MEMPOOL_SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS:=0}
+__MEMPOOL_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__=${MEMPOOL_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH:=/mempool/socket/mempool-bitcoin-mainnet}
 __MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__=${MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX:=/api/v1/}
 __MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__=${MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS:=2000}
 __MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__=${MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR:=./cache}
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_ENABLED__!${__MEMPOOL_ENABLED__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_OFFICIAL__!${__MEMPOOL_OFFICIAL__}!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_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__!${__MEMPOOL_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__!${__MEMPOOL_API_URL_PREFIX__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__!${__MEMPOOL_POLL_RATE_MS__}!g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__!${__MEMPOOL_CACHE_DIR__}!g" mempool-config.json