diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index 312d9d18d..e636c9e2d 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
     "EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL": 0,
     "USER_AGENT": "mempool",
     "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "debug",
-    "AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING": false
+    "AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING": false,
+    "POOLS_JSON_URL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools.json",
+    "POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL": "https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mining-pools/git/trees/master"
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
     "HOST": "127.0.0.1",
diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
index ddf1fd3d4..6f6301a65 100644
--- a/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ interface IConfig {
     USER_AGENT: string;
     STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY: 'emerg' | 'alert' | 'crit' | 'err' | 'warn' | 'notice' | 'info' | 'debug';
     AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING: boolean;
+    POOLS_JSON_URL: string,
+    POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL: string,
   };
   ESPLORA: {
     REST_API_URL: string;
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ const defaults: IConfig = {
     'USER_AGENT': 'mempool',
     'STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY': 'debug',
     'AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING': false,
+    'POOLS_JSON_URL': 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools.json',
+    'POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL': 'https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mining-pools/git/trees/master',
   },
   'ESPLORA': {
     'REST_API_URL': 'http://127.0.0.1:3000',
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts b/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts
index 04d9d5d07..11bb8060f 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,11 @@ import * as https from 'https';
  */
 class PoolsUpdater {
   lastRun: number = 0;
-  currentSha: any = undefined;
-  poolsUrl: string = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools.json';
-  treeUrl: string = 'https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mining-pools/git/trees/master';
+  currentSha: string | undefined = undefined;
+  poolsUrl: string = config.MEMPOOL.POOLS_JSON_URL;
+  treeUrl: string = config.MEMPOOL.POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL;
 
-  constructor() {
-  }
-
-  public async updatePoolsJson() {
+  public async updatePoolsJson(): Promise<void> {
     if (['mainnet', 'testnet', 'signet'].includes(config.MEMPOOL.NETWORK) === false) {
       return;
     }
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ class PoolsUpdater {
   /**
    * Fetch our latest pools.json sha from the db
    */
-  private async updateDBSha(githubSha: string) {
+  private async updateDBSha(githubSha: string): Promise<void> {
     this.currentSha = githubSha;
     if (config.DATABASE.ENABLED === true) {
       try {
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 14b80c19e..dd42462a7 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ Below we list all settings from `mempool-config.json` and the corresponding over
     "PRICE_FEED_UPDATE_INTERVAL": 600,
     "USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE": false,
     "EXTERNAL_ASSETS": ["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools.json"],
-    "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "info"
+    "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "info",
+    "POOLS_JSON_URL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools.json",
+    "POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL": "https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mining-pools/git/trees/master"
   },
 ```
 
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ Corresponding `docker-compose.yml` overrides:
       MEMPOOL_USE_SECOND_NODE_FOR_MINFEE: ""
       MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_ASSETS: ""
       MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY: ""
+      MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL: ""
+      MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL: ""
       ...
 ```
 
diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index c31273bb6..3d754c979 100644
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ __MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__=${MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT:=mempool}
 __MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__=${MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY:=info}
 __MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__=${MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT:=false}
 __MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__=${MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING:=false}
+__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL:=false}
+__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL:=false}
 
 # CORE_RPC
 __CORE_RPC_HOST__=${CORE_RPC_HOST:=127.0.0.1}
@@ -114,6 +116,8 @@ sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__!${__MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__}!g" mempool-config.jso
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__/${__MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__/${__MEMPOOL_INDEXING_BLOCKS_AMOUNT__}/g" mempool-config.json
 sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__/${__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_BLOCK_REINDEXING__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__/${__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s/__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__/${__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__}/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