diff --git a/configs/config.go b/configs/config.go
index 35f4731..2c05606 100644
--- a/configs/config.go
+++ b/configs/config.go
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	CommitterKafkaBatchSize          int       `env:"COMMITTER_KAFKA_BATCH_SIZE" envDefault:"500"`
 	CommitterIsLive                  bool      `env:"COMMITTER_IS_LIVE" envDefault:"false"`
 	CommitterLagByBlocks             uint64    `env:"COMMITTER_LAG_BY_BLOCKS" envDefault:"0"`
+	// CommitterStartBlock, when set (>0), forces the committer to start publishing
+	// from this block number regardless of what ClickHouse says is already committed.
+	// This can cause duplicate publishing if ClickHouse already contains higher blocks.
+	CommitterStartBlock              uint64    `env:"COMMITTER_START_BLOCK" envDefault:"0"`
 	StagingS3Bucket                  string    `env:"STAGING_S3_BUCKET" envDefault:"thirdweb-insight-production"`
 	StagingS3Region                  string    `env:"STAGING_S3_REGION" envDefault:"us-west-2"`
 	StagingS3AccessKeyID             string    `env:"STAGING_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID"`
diff --git a/internal/committer/committer.go b/internal/committer/committer.go
index 0c99808..90726bb 100644
--- a/internal/committer/committer.go
+++ b/internal/committer/committer.go
@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@ func getLastTrackedBlockNumberAndBlockRangesFromS3() (int64, []types.BlockRange,
 	}
 	log.Debug().Int64("max_block_number", maxBlockNumber).Msg("Retrieved max block number from ClickHouse.(-1 means nothing committed yet, start from 0)")
 
+	// Optional override: force the committer to start from a specific block number.
+	// We implement this by pretending ClickHouse max is (startBlock - 1), so both S3
+	// range scanning and live RPC polling begin at startBlock.
+	if config.Cfg.CommitterStartBlock > 0 {
+		overrideMax := int64(config.Cfg.CommitterStartBlock) - 1
+		if maxBlockNumber < overrideMax {
+			maxBlockNumber = overrideMax
+			log.Info().
+				Int64("clickhouse_max_block", maxBlockNumber).
+				Uint64("override_start_block", config.Cfg.CommitterStartBlock).
+				Msg("CommitterStartBlock override enabled; starting earlier than ClickHouse cursor")
+		}
+	}
+
 	blockRanges, err := libs.GetBlockRangesFromS3(maxBlockNumber)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to get block ranges from S3")