diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba0c913..401bcbd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ You can pass the arguments to the executable file to configure it. Here is the p
 - `--log-devel` - logger level. Defaults to `info`. You can set it to `debug` to make it more verbose.
 - `--limit` - pagination limit for gRPC requests. Defaults to 1000.
 - `--json` - output logs as JSON. Useful if you don't read it on servers but instead use logging aggregation solutions such as ELK stack.
+- `--price` - fetch token price (defaults to true)
 
 
 You can also specify custom Bech32 prefixes for wallets, validators, consensus nodes, and their pubkeys by using the following params:
diff --git a/general.go b/general.go
index 832bc9f..e18f590 100644
--- a/general.go
+++ b/general.go
@@ -119,18 +119,20 @@ func NewGeneralMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) *GeneralMetrics {
 
 }
 func getGeneralMetrics(wg *sync.WaitGroup, sublogger *zerolog.Logger, metrics *GeneralMetrics, s *service) {
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
-		chain, err := cosmosdirectory.GetChainByChainID(ChainID)
-		if err != nil {
-			sublogger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not get chain information")
-			return
-		}
+	if TokenPrice {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			chain, err := cosmosdirectory.GetChainByChainID(ChainID)
+			if err != nil {
+				sublogger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Could not get chain information")
+				return
+			}
 
-		price := chain.GetPriceUSD()
-		metrics.tokenPrice.Set(price)
-	}()
+			price := chain.GetPriceUSD()
+			metrics.tokenPrice.Set(price)
+		}()
+	}
 
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f49143b..b23c976 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ var (
 	Upgrades   bool
 	Proposals  bool
 	Params     bool
+	TokenPrice bool
 )
 
 type service struct {
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ func Execute(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		Str("--proposals", fmt.Sprintf("%t", Proposals)).
 		Str("--params", fmt.Sprintf("%t", Params)).
 		Str("--upgrades", fmt.Sprintf("%t", Upgrades)).
+		Str("--price", fmt.Sprintf("%t", TokenPrice)).
 		Msg("Started with following parameters")
 
 	config := sdk.GetConfig()
@@ -381,6 +383,7 @@ func main() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&Upgrades, "upgrades", false, "serve upgrade info in the single call to /metrics")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&Proposals, "proposals", false, "serve active proposal info in the single call to /metrics")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&Params, "params", false, "serve chain params info in the single call to /metrics")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&TokenPrice, "price", true, "fetch token price")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&Wallets, "wallets", nil, "serve info about passed wallets")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&Validators, "validators", nil, "serve info about passed validators")