diff --git a/hive/conf.py b/hive/conf.py
index 032afd4f2021a372f3e417a6fb7e955cf5cd51d4..a902e87091a5633e9904c519de5275d148d827a0 100644
--- a/hive/conf.py
+++ b/hive/conf.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Conf():
         add('--database-url', env_var='DATABASE_URL', required=False, help='database connection url', default='')
         add('--steemd-url', env_var='STEEMD_URL', required=False, help='steemd/jussi endpoint', default='{"default" : "https://api.hive.blog"}')
         add('--muted-accounts-url', env_var='MUTED_ACCOUNTS_URL', required=False, help='url to flat list of muted accounts', default='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hivevectordefense/irredeemables/master/full.txt')
-
+        add('--blacklist-api-url', env_var='BLACKLIST_API_URL', required=False, help='url to acccess blacklist api', default='https://blacklist.usehive.com')
         # server
         add('--http-server-port', type=int, env_var='HTTP_SERVER_PORT', default=8080)
 
diff --git a/hive/indexer/sync.py b/hive/indexer/sync.py
index 68ef7752432dd4cb56f75ee8aaf019431b3004fb..729dcf5ad8e04b50896862a023ab66001ffe38ec 100644
--- a/hive/indexer/sync.py
+++ b/hive/indexer/sync.py
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ class Sync:
         Accounts.fetch_ranks()
 
         # load irredeemables
-        mutes = Mutes(self._conf.get('muted_accounts_url'))
+        mutes = Mutes(
+            self._conf.get('muted_accounts_url'),
+            self._conf.get('blacklist_api_url'))
         Mutes.set_shared_instance(mutes)
 
         # community stats
diff --git a/hive/server/common/mutes.py b/hive/server/common/mutes.py
index 468a94594e9295c80a10bcde44b9a645e43e632a..cb60af5ffe64f5908fddc8cac4e67fdc1fcb3c0e 100644
--- a/hive/server/common/mutes.py
+++ b/hive/server/common/mutes.py
@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ class Mutes:
         """Set the global/shared instance."""
         cls._instance = instance
 
-    def __init__(self, url):
+    def __init__(self, url, blacklist_api_url):
         """Initialize a muted account list by loading from URL"""
         self.url = url
+        self.blacklist_api_url = blacklist_api_url
         if url:
             self.load()
 
     def load(self):
         """Reload all accounts from irredeemables endpoint and global lists."""
         self.accounts = set(_read_url(self.url).decode('utf8').split())
-        jsn = _read_url('https://blacklist.usehive.com/blacklists')
+        jsn = _read_url(self.blacklist_api_url + "/blacklists")
         self.blist = set(json.loads(jsn))
         self.blist_map = dict()
         log.warning("%d muted, %d blacklisted", len(self.accounts), len(self.blist))
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class Mutes:
         if name not in inst.blist_map:
             out = []
             if name in inst.blist:
-                url = 'https://blacklist.usehive.com/user/' + name
+                url = "%s/user/%s" % (inst.blacklist_api_url, name)
                 lists = json.loads(_read_url(url))
                 out.extend(lists['blacklisted'])
 
diff --git a/hive/server/serve.py b/hive/server/serve.py
index 0d1013721d090e4d667c7340bd9774ae810e2545..a43c8e8da1ecb40a9c8b95be30038f3e9b9020e2 100644
--- a/hive/server/serve.py
+++ b/hive/server/serve.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def run_server(conf):
     log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     methods = build_methods()
 
-    mutes = Mutes(conf.get('muted_accounts_url'))
+    mutes = Mutes(conf.get('muted_accounts_url'), conf.get('blacklist_api_url'))
     Mutes.set_shared_instance(mutes)
 
     app = web.Application()