diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 18f17db..a07966b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ DATALAYER_PG_DATABASE=datalayer-postgres
 DATALAYER_POSTGRES_EXPOSED_PORT=5434
 
 ######################################################
-############### DATALAYER HASURA API ###################
+############### DATALAYER HASURA API #################
 ######################################################
+#for reference on Hasura configuration, see: https://hasura.io/docs/2.0/deployment/graphql-engine-flags/reference/
 DATALAYER_HASURA_EXPOSED_PORT=8082
 DATALAYER_HASURA_ENABLE_CONSOLE=true
 DATALAYER_HASURA_ADMIN_SECRET=my-admin-secret
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ DATALAYER_HASURA_ENABLE_TELEMETRY=false
 # HASURA_GRAPHQL_METADATA_DATABASE_EXTENSIONS_SCHEMA: "chain_data_schema_1"
 ## enable debugging mode. It is recommended to disable this in production
 DATALAYER_HASURA_DEV_MODE=true
+DATALAYER_HASURA_ADMIN_INTERNAL_ERRORS=true
 ## uncomment next line to run console offline (i.e load console assets from server instead of CDN)
 # HASURA_GRAPHQL_CONSOLE_ASSETS_DIR: /srv/console-assets
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 6726d24..80dcb5a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
             retries: 5
 
     api-hasura:
-        image: hasura/graphql-engine:latest
+        image: hasura/graphql-engine:v2.44.0
         ports:
             - "${DATALAYER_HASURA_EXPOSED_PORT:-8082}:8080"
         restart: always
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ services:
             HASURA_GRAPHQL_DEV_MODE: ${DATALAYER_HASURA_DEV_MODE:-true}
             HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENABLED_LOG_TYPES: "startup, http-log, webhook-log, websocket-log, query-log"
             HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENABLED_APIS: "graphql,metrics"
-            HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_INTERNAL_ERRORS: "true"
+            HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_INTERNAL_ERRORS: ${DATALAYER_HASURA_ADMIN_INTERNAL_ERRORS:-true}
             ## uncomment next line to run console offline (i.e load console assets from server instead of CDN)
             # HASURA_GRAPHQL_CONSOLE_ASSETS_DIR: /srv/console-assets
         depends_on: