diff --git a/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json b/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
index 6b7027143..6d6a94f48 100644
--- a/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
+++ b/production/mempool-config.mainnet.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "MINED_BLOCKS_CACHE": 144,
     "SPAWN_CLUSTER_PROCS": 0,
     "API_URL_PREFIX": "/api/v1/",
+    "CLEAR_PROTECTION_MINUTES": 5,
     "POLL_RATE_MS": 2000
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {