diff --git a/lbrynet/conf.py b/lbrynet/conf.py
index 14fa45b53..3a8871f1d 100644
--- a/lbrynet/conf.py
+++ b/lbrynet/conf.py
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ def server_port(server_and_port):
 def server_list(servers):
     return [server_port(server) for server in servers]
 
+
 def server_list_reverse(servers):
     return ["%s:%s" % (server, port) for server, port in servers]
 
+
 class Env(envparse.Env):
     """An Env parser that automatically namespaces the variables with LBRY"""
 
@@ -299,7 +301,8 @@ ADJUSTABLE_SETTINGS = {
     'blockchain_name': (str, 'lbrycrd_main'),
     'lbryum_servers': (list, [('lbryumx1.lbry.io', 50001), ('lbryumx2.lbry.io',
         50001)], server_list, server_list_reverse),
-    's3_headers_depth': (int, 96 * 10)   # download headers from s3 when the local height is more than 10 chunks behind
+    's3_headers_depth': (int, 96 * 10),   # download headers from s3 when the local height is more than 10 chunks behind
+    'components_to_skip': (list, ['reflector'])  # components which will be skipped during start-up of daemon
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lbrynet/core/BlobManager.py b/lbrynet/core/BlobManager.py
index 370a3ddeb..4a86ed581 100644
--- a/lbrynet/core/BlobManager.py
+++ b/lbrynet/core/BlobManager.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class DiskBlobManager(object):
         self.blob_hashes_to_delete = {}  # {blob_hash: being_deleted (True/False)}
 
         self.check_should_announce_lc = None
-        if conf.settings['run_reflector_server']: # TODO: move this looping call to SQLiteStorage
+        # TODO: move this looping call to SQLiteStorage
+        if 'reflector' not in conf.settings['components_to_skip']:
             self.check_should_announce_lc = task.LoopingCall(self.storage.verify_will_announce_all_head_and_sd_blobs)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks