diff --git a/docker/backend/start.sh b/docker/backend/start.sh
index 3d754c979..d56b4bfeb 100644
--- a/docker/backend/start.sh
+++ b/docker/backend/start.sh
@@ -24,8 +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}
+__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL:=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mempool/mining-pools/master/pools.json}
+__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__=${MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL:=https://api.github.com/repos/mempool/mining-pools/git/trees/master}
 
 # CORE_RPC
 __CORE_RPC_HOST__=${CORE_RPC_HOST:=127.0.0.1}
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_USER_AGENT__!${__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__/${__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_TREE_URL__}/g" mempool-config.json
+sed -i "s!__MEMPOOL_POOLS_JSON_URL__!${__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