diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go
index 15e69f6b..639d9e53 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	CoreRequestTimeout                          time.Duration
 	DefaultEventsLimit                          uint
 	EventLedgerRetentionWindow                  uint32
+	LedgerRetentionWindow                       uint32
 	FriendbotURL                                string
 	HistoryArchiveURLs                          []string
 	HistoryArchiveUserAgent                     string
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
index df503200..e131cb09 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ func (cfg *Config) options() ConfigOptions {
 			ConfigKey:    &cfg.CheckpointFrequency,
 			DefaultValue: uint32(64),
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "ledger-retention-window",
+			Usage: fmt.Sprintf("configures the ledger retention window expressed in number of ledgers,"+
+				" the default value is %d which corresponds to about 24 hours of history", ledgerbucketwindow.DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow),
+			ConfigKey:    &cfg.LedgerRetentionWindow,
+			DefaultValue: uint32(120960),
+			Validate:     positive,
+		},
+
 		{
 			Name: "event-retention-window",
 			Usage: fmt.Sprintf("configures the event retention window expressed in number of ledgers,"+
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
index c2c224de..c28e4726 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db"
 	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/events"
 	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest"
-	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow"
 	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/preflight"
 	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions"
 	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/util"
@@ -236,15 +235,11 @@ func MustNew(cfg *config.Config) *Daemon {
 	onIngestionRetry := func(err error, dur time.Duration) {
 		logger.WithError(err).Error("could not run ingestion. Retrying")
 	}
-	maxRetentionWindow := cfg.EventLedgerRetentionWindow
-	if cfg.TransactionLedgerRetentionWindow > maxRetentionWindow {
-		maxRetentionWindow = cfg.TransactionLedgerRetentionWindow
-	} else if cfg.EventLedgerRetentionWindow == 0 && cfg.TransactionLedgerRetentionWindow > ledgerbucketwindow.DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow {
-		maxRetentionWindow = ledgerbucketwindow.DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow
-	}
+	ledgerRetentionWindow := cfg.LedgerRetentionWindow
+
 	ingestService := ingest.NewService(ingest.Config{
 		Logger:            logger,
-		DB:                db.NewReadWriter(dbConn, maxLedgerEntryWriteBatchSize, maxRetentionWindow),
+		DB:                db.NewReadWriter(dbConn, maxLedgerEntryWriteBatchSize, ledgerRetentionWindow),
 		EventStore:        eventStore,
 		TransactionStore:  transactionStore,
 		NetworkPassPhrase: cfg.NetworkPassphrase,