diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 805200b09..5c9fed622 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ type DBConfig struct {
 	SyncWrites bool `mapstructure:"sync_writes"`
 	// InMemory sets the database to run in-memory, without touching the disk.
 	InMemory bool `mapstructure:"in_memory"`
+	// if zero, default is used
+	BadgerCompactors int `mapstructure:"badger_num_compactors"`
 }
 
 func (dbc DBConfig) Validate() error {
diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index 9ee3d544d..823f61290 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ sync_writes = {{ .DBConfig.SyncWrites }}
 # When true, the database will run in-memory only (FOR EXPERIMENTAL USE ONLY)
 in_memory = {{ .DBConfig.InMemory }}
 
+# When zero/empty, uses default
+badger_num_compactors = {{ .DBConfig.BadgerCompactors }}
 
 #######################################################
 ###       Instrumentation Configuration Options     ###
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index f0f1a88e5..1a33d8323 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ func NewNode(
 		dstore = datastore.NewMapDatastore()
 	} else {
 		// TODO(omritoptx): Move dymint to const
-		baseKV = store.NewKVStore(conf.RootDir, conf.DBPath, "dymint", conf.DBConfig.SyncWrites, logger)
+		baseKV = store.NewKVStore(conf.RootDir, conf.DBPath, "dymint",
+			store.BadgerOpts{SyncWrites: conf.DBConfig.SyncWrites, NumCompactors: conf.DBConfig.BadgerCompactors}, logger)
 		path := filepath.Join(store.Rootify(conf.RootDir, conf.DBPath), "blocksync")
 		var err error
 		dstore, err = leveldb.NewDatastore(path, &leveldb.Options{})
diff --git a/store/badger.go b/store/badger.go
index 5fbb244f5..8212b9d7e 100644
--- a/store/badger.go
+++ b/store/badger.go
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ func NewDefaultInMemoryKVStore() KV {
 	}
 }
 
-func NewKVStore(rootDir, dbPath, dbName string, syncWrites bool, logger types.Logger) KV {
+func NewKVStore(rootDir, dbPath, dbName string,
+	badgerOpts BadgerOpts,
+
+	logger types.Logger,
+) KV {
 	path := filepath.Join(Rootify(rootDir, dbPath), dbName)
-	opts := memoryEfficientBadgerConfig(path, syncWrites)
+	opts := memoryEfficientBadgerConfig(path, badgerOpts)
 	db, err := badger.Open(*opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ func NewKVStore(rootDir, dbPath, dbName string, syncWrites bool, logger types.Lo
 
 // NewDefaultKVStore creates instance of default key-value store.
 func NewDefaultKVStore(rootDir, dbPath, dbName string) KV {
-	return NewKVStore(rootDir, dbPath, dbName, true, log.NewNopLogger())
+	return NewKVStore(rootDir, dbPath, dbName, BadgerOpts{SyncWrites: true}, log.NewNopLogger())
 }
 
 // Rootify is helper function to make config creation independent of root dir
@@ -228,13 +232,18 @@ func (i *BadgerIterator) Discard() {
 	i.txn.Discard()
 }
 
+type BadgerOpts struct {
+	SyncWrites    bool
+	NumCompactors int
+}
+
 // memoryEfficientBadgerConfig sets badger configuration parameters to reduce memory usage, specially during compactions to avoid memory spikes that causes OOM.
 // based on https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/issues/2905
-func memoryEfficientBadgerConfig(path string, syncWrites bool) *badger.Options {
+func memoryEfficientBadgerConfig(path string, o BadgerOpts) *badger.Options {
 	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(path) // this must be copied
 	// SyncWrites is a configuration option in Badger that determines whether writes are immediately synced to disk or no.
 	// If set to true it writes to the write-ahead log (value log) are synced to disk before being applied to the LSM tree.
-	opts.SyncWrites = syncWrites
+	opts.SyncWrites = o.SyncWrites
 	// default 64mib => 0 - disable block cache
 	// BlockCacheSize specifies how much data cache should hold in memory.
 	// It improves lookup performance but increases memory consumption.
@@ -254,7 +263,10 @@ func memoryEfficientBadgerConfig(path string, syncWrites bool) *badger.Options {
 	// default 15 => 5 - this prevents memory growth on CPU constraint systems by blocking all writers
 	opts.NumLevelZeroTablesStall = 5
 	// reducing number compactors, makes it slower but reduces memory usage during compaction
-	opts.NumCompactors = 2
+	opts.NumCompactors = o.NumCompactors
+	if opts.NumCompactors == 0 {
+		opts.NumCompactors = 2 // default
+	}
 	// makes sure badger is always compacted on shutdown
 	opts.CompactL0OnClose = true