diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 9d5523c..7bf3a19 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PORT=8062
 BIND_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
 FORCE_FILE_REBUILD=0
 FORCE_METADATA_RESYNC=0
+FORCE_DB_OPTIMIZE=0
 DEBUG=0
 NODE_ENV=dev
 # Memory Impacting Settings - Trades for threading efficiency. Much slower, but should be useful for limited memory environments like VPS