diff --git a/services/publisher/src/cli.rs b/services/publisher/src/cli.rs
index 2c230c0e..cfd1e5fb 100644
--- a/services/publisher/src/cli.rs
+++ b/services/publisher/src/cli.rs
@@ -55,4 +55,13 @@ pub struct Cli {
         help = "Enable metrics"
     )]
     pub use_metrics: bool,
+    /// Historical gap processing interval in seconds
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        value_name = "HISTORY_INTERVAL",
+        env = "HISTORY_INTERVAL",
+        default_value = "259200",
+        help = "Interval in seconds for processing historical gaps (default: 3 days). Set to 0 to disable."
+    )]
+    pub history_interval: u64,
 }
diff --git a/services/publisher/src/history.rs b/services/publisher/src/history.rs
index 9354572b..a5b85896 100644
--- a/services/publisher/src/history.rs
+++ b/services/publisher/src/history.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ use crate::{
     publish::publish_block,
 };
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub async fn process_historical_gaps_periodically(
+    interval_secs: u64,
     from_block: BlockHeight,
     db: &Arc<Db>,
     message_broker: &Arc<NatsMessageBroker>,
@@ -23,8 +25,13 @@ pub async fn process_historical_gaps_periodically(
     shutdown: &Arc<ShutdownController>,
     telemetry: &Arc<Telemetry<Metrics>>,
 ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
-    // Run every 5 hours
-    let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(3600 * 5));
+    if interval_secs == 0 {
+        tracing::info!("Historical gap processing is disabled");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // Run at the specified interval
+    let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(interval_secs));
 
     loop {
         if shutdown.token().is_cancelled() {
diff --git a/services/publisher/src/main.rs b/services/publisher/src/main.rs
index d3f87b16..065a5f77 100644
--- a/services/publisher/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/publisher/src/main.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             tokio::join!(
                 recover_tx_pointers(&db),
                 process_historical_gaps_periodically(
+                    cli.history_interval,
                     cli.from_block.into(),
                     &db,
                     &message_broker,
diff --git a/services/publisher/src/recover.rs b/services/publisher/src/recover.rs
index 4bf7b9cd..a5cd5e19 100644
--- a/services/publisher/src/recover.rs
+++ b/services/publisher/src/recover.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async fn fetch_transaction_chunk(
     pool: &PgPool,
     offset: i64,
 ) -> Result<Vec<TransactionRecord>> {
-    println!("Fetching transaction chunk with offset {}", offset);
+    tracing::info!("Fetching transaction chunk with offset {}", offset);
     sqlx::query_as::<_, TransactionRecord>(
         "SELECT id, block_height, tx_index
          FROM transactions
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub async fn recover_tx_pointers(db: &Arc<Db>) -> Result<()> {
         total_updated += result??;
     }
 
-    println!(
+    tracing::info!(
         "Successfully completed transaction updates. Total transactions updated: {}",
         total_updated
     );