diff --git a/.github/scripts/rosetta/setup.sh b/.github/scripts/rosetta/setup.sh
index 308006ca289..b85acf125eb 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/rosetta/setup.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/rosetta/setup.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ echo "Install binaries"
 cargo install --locked --bin iota --path crates/iota
 cargo install --locked --bin iota-rosetta --path crates/iota-rosetta
 
-echo "create dedicated config dir for IOTA genesis"
-CONFIG_DIR="~/.iota/rosetta_config"
-mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
-
 echo "run IOTA genesis"
-iota genesis -f --working-dir $CONFIG_DIR
+CONFIG_DIR=~/.iota/iota_config
+if ! [ -d "$CONFIG_DIR" ]; then
+    iota genesis
+fi
 
 echo "generate rosetta configuration"
 iota-rosetta generate-rosetta-cli-config --online-url http://127.0.0.1:9002 --offline-url http://127.0.0.1:9003
diff --git a/crates/iota-rosetta/resources/rosetta_cli.json b/crates/iota-rosetta/resources/rosetta_cli.json
index 142f39a68e9..9c65a1d32d3 100644
--- a/crates/iota-rosetta/resources/rosetta_cli.json
+++ b/crates/iota-rosetta/resources/rosetta_cli.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "log_balance_changes": false,
     "log_reconciliations": false,
     "ignore_reconciliation_error": false,
-    "historical_balance_disabled": false,
+    "historical_balance_disabled": true,
     "exempt_accounts": "",
     "bootstrap_balances": "",
     "interesting_accounts": "",
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
     }
   },
   "perf": null
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}