diff --git a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
index 19758c0ed..625886f13 100644
--- a/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
+++ b/backend/mempool-config.sample.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "EXTERNAL_ASSETS": [],
     "EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY": 10,
     "EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL": 60,
+    "USER_AGENT": "mempool",
     "STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY": "debug"
   },
   "CORE_RPC": {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/bisq/bisq.ts b/backend/src/api/bisq/bisq.ts
index 332dd5e81..dcde77b06 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bisq/bisq.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bisq/bisq.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { BisqBlocks, BisqBlock, BisqTransaction, BisqStats, BisqTrade } from './
 import { Common } from '../common';
 import { BlockExtended } from '../../mempool.interfaces';
 import { StaticPool } from 'node-worker-threads-pool';
+import backendInfo from '../backend-info';
 import logger from '../../logger';
 
 class Bisq {
@@ -148,13 +149,22 @@ class Bisq {
   }
   private async updatePrice() {
     type axiosOptions = {
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': string
+      };
+      timeout: number;
       httpAgent?: http.Agent;
       httpsAgent?: https.Agent;
     }
     const setDelay = (secs: number = 1): Promise<void> => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(), secs * 1000));
     const BISQ_URL = (config.SOCKS5PROXY.ENABLED === true) && (config.SOCKS5PROXY.USE_ONION === true) ? config.PRICE_DATA_SERVER.BISQ_ONION : config.PRICE_DATA_SERVER.BISQ_URL;
     const isHTTP = (new URL(BISQ_URL).protocol.split(':')[0] === 'http') ? true : false;
-    const axiosOptions: axiosOptions = {};
+    const axiosOptions: axiosOptions = {
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': (config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT === 'mempool') ? `mempool/v${backendInfo.getBackendInfo().version}` : `${config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT}`
+      },
+      timeout: config.SOCKS5PROXY.ENABLED ? 30000 : 10000
+    };
     let retry = 0;
 
     if (config.SOCKS5PROXY.ENABLED) {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/fiat-conversion.ts b/backend/src/api/fiat-conversion.ts
index 5bc664099..fb8717d78 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/fiat-conversion.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/fiat-conversion.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class FiatConversion {
     const isHTTP = (new URL(fiatConversionUrl).protocol.split(':')[0] === 'http') ? true : false;
     const axiosOptions: axiosOptions = {
       headers: {
-        'User-Agent': `mempool/v${backendInfo.getBackendInfo().version}`
+        'User-Agent': (config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT === 'mempool') ? `mempool/v${backendInfo.getBackendInfo().version}` : `${config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT}`
       },
       timeout: config.SOCKS5PROXY.ENABLED ? 30000 : 10000
     };
diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
index 8295faeaa..c3d3a45a7 100644
--- a/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ interface IConfig {
     EXTERNAL_ASSETS: string[];
     EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY: number;
     EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL: number;
+    USER_AGENT: string;
     STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY: 'emerg' | 'alert' | 'crit' | 'err' | 'warn' | 'notice' | 'info' | 'debug';
   };
   ESPLORA: {
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ const defaults: IConfig = {
     'EXTERNAL_ASSETS': [],
     'EXTERNAL_MAX_RETRY': 10,
     'EXTERNAL_RETRY_INTERVAL': 60,
+    'USER_AGENT': 'mempool',
     'STDOUT_LOG_MIN_PRIORITY': 'debug',
   },
   'ESPLORA': {
diff --git a/backend/src/sync-assets.ts b/backend/src/sync-assets.ts
index 74d15e901..f4cc1f266 100644
--- a/backend/src/sync-assets.ts
+++ b/backend/src/sync-assets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import config from './config';
+import backendInfo from './api/backend-info';
 import logger from './logger';
 import { SocksProxyAgent } from 'socks-proxy-agent';
 
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ class SyncAssets {
 
           logger.info(`Downloading external asset ${fileName} over the Tor network...`);
           return axios.get(url, {
+            headers: {
+              'User-Agent': (config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT === 'mempool') ? `mempool/v${backendInfo.getBackendInfo().version}` : `${config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT}`
+            },
             httpAgent: agent,
             httpsAgent: agent,
             responseType: 'stream',
@@ -57,6 +61,9 @@ class SyncAssets {
         } else {
           logger.info(`Downloading external asset ${fileName} over clearnet...`);
           return axios.get(url, {
+            headers: {
+              'User-Agent': (config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT === 'mempool') ? `mempool/v${backendInfo.getBackendInfo().version}` : `${config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT}`
+            },
             responseType: 'stream',
             timeout: 30000
           }).then(function (response) {
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts b/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts
index 6ff56548d..6140c3ed3 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/pools-updater.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 import poolsParser from '../api/pools-parser';
 import config from '../config';
 import DB from '../database';
+import backendInfo from '../api/backend-info';
 import logger from '../logger';
 import { SocksProxyAgent } from 'socks-proxy-agent';
 import * as https from 'https';
@@ -113,10 +114,19 @@ class PoolsUpdater {
    */
   private async query(path): Promise<object | undefined> {
     type axiosOptions = {
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': string
+      };
+      timeout: number;
       httpsAgent?: https.Agent;
     }
     const setDelay = (secs: number = 1): Promise<void> => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(), secs * 1000));
-    const axiosOptions: axiosOptions = {};
+    const axiosOptions: axiosOptions = {
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': (config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT === 'mempool') ? `mempool/v${backendInfo.getBackendInfo().version}` : `${config.MEMPOOL.USER_AGENT}`
+      },
+      timeout: config.SOCKS5PROXY.ENABLED ? 30000 : 10000
+    };
     let retry = 0;
 
     if (config.SOCKS5PROXY.ENABLED) {