diff --git a/internal/config/builder.go b/internal/config/builder.go
index 6429f24..e22bf45 100644
--- a/internal/config/builder.go
+++ b/internal/config/builder.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func NewBuilder() *Builder {
 			"ship.chain":                  "chain",
 			"ship.blacklist":              "blacklist",
 			"ship.blacklist_is_whitelist": "blacklist-is-whitelist",
+			"ship.table_deltas":           "table-deltas",
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/builder_test.go b/internal/config/builder_test.go
index 234776a..b133353 100644
--- a/internal/config/builder_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/builder_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func TestBuilder_WithDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			StartBlockNum:       shipclient.NULL_BLOCK_NUMBER,
 			EndBlockNum:         shipclient.NULL_BLOCK_NUMBER,
 			MaxMessagesInFlight: 10,
+			EnableTableDeltas:   true,
 		},
 		Redis: RedisConfig{
 			Addr:   "127.0.0.1:6379",
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ func TestBuilder_Flags(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("chain", "wax"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("blacklist", "contract:action1,contract:action2,contract2:action1"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("blacklist-is-whitelist", "true"))
+	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("table-deltas", "false"))
 
 	cfg, err := NewBuilder().
 		SetSource(bytes.NewReader([]byte(``))).
diff --git a/internal/config/cli.go b/internal/config/cli.go
index e5e12db..d4f26ac 100644
--- a/internal/config/cli.go
+++ b/internal/config/cli.go
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ func GetFlags() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flags.Lookup("start-block").DefValue = "Config value, cache, head from api"
 	flags.Lookup("end-block").DefValue = "none"
 
+	flags.Bool("table-deltas", true, "True if thalos should receive and process table deltas from ship.")
+
 	flags.Bool("irreversible-only", false, "Only stream irreversible blocks from ship")
 	flags.Int("max-msg-in-flight", 10, "Maximum messages that can be sent from SHIP without acknowledgement")
 	flags.String("chain", "", "ChainID used in channel namespace, can be any string (default from api)")
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index e1d815e..feabb87 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type ShipConfig struct {
 	Chain                string          `yaml:"chain" mapstructure:"chain"`
 	Blacklist            types.Blacklist `yaml:"blacklist" mapstructure:"blacklist"`
 	BlacklistIsWhitelist bool            `yaml:"blacklist_is_whitelist" mapstructure:"blacklist_is_whitelist"`
+	EnableTableDeltas    bool            `yaml:"table_deltas" mapstructure:"table_deltas"`
 }
 
 type Config struct {