diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index 8adb631da..ae0bc616f 100755
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ __MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY__=${MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY:=1}
 __MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL__=${MEMPOOL_EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL:=0}
 __MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__=${MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT:=mempool}
 __MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY__=${MEMPOOL_STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY:=info}
-__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_POOLS_UPDATE__=${MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_POOLS_UPDATE:=false}
+__MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_POOLS_UPDATE__=${MEMPOOL_AUTOMATIC_POOLS_UPDATE:=true}
 __MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL:=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools-v2.json}
 __MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL:=https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mining-pools/git/trees/master}
 __MEMPOOL_POOLS_UPDATE_DELAY__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_UPDATE_DELAY:=604800}