diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index ea32ce505f32d8ee90d35aff605b059f3e30de98..112a7705e91898a76106272bacd946f238eb52d7 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -263,3 +263,4 @@ LOCAL_ADMIN_ONLY_SNIPPET=caddy/local-admin-only.snippet
 # HIVESENSE_IMAGE=${HIVE_API_NODE_REGISTRY}/hivesense
 # HIVESENSE_VERSION=${HIVE_API_NODE_VERSION}
 # HIVESENSE_REWRITER_IMAGE=${HIVE_API_NODE_REGISTRY}/hivesense/postgrest-rewriter
+# HIVESENSE_SYNC_ARGS=--stop-at-block=1000000
diff --git a/hivesense.yaml b/hivesense.yaml
index 856ca7d021c2f5c7412473f79337e96507658fe1..37cc305b9d6edafedfd1c4d679ced6b9defc20f6 100644
--- a/hivesense.yaml
+++ b/hivesense.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_USER: hivesense_owner
     command:
       - process_blocks
+      - "${HIVESENSE_SYNC_ARGS:-}"
     networks:
       haf-network:
     healthcheck: