diff --git a/src/etl/ETLSource.cpp b/src/etl/ETLSource.cpp
index 865d56e8..ef4859b8 100644
--- a/src/etl/ETLSource.cpp
+++ b/src/etl/ETLSource.cpp
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ template <class Derived>
 bool
 ETLSourceImpl<Derived>::loadInitialLedger(
     uint32_t sequence,
+    uint32_t numMarkers,
     ThreadSafeQueue<std::shared_ptr<ripple::SLE>>& writeQueue)
 {
     if (!stub_)
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ ETLSourceImpl<Derived>::loadInitialLedger(
     bool ok = false;
 
     std::vector<AsyncCallData> calls;
-    auto markers = getMarkers(256);
+    auto markers = getMarkers(numMarkers);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < markers.size(); ++i)
     {
@@ -705,14 +706,22 @@ ETLSourceImpl<Derived>::fetchLedger(uint32_t ledgerSequence, bool getObjects)
 }
 
 ETLLoadBalancer::ETLLoadBalancer(
-    boost::json::array const& config,
+    boost::json::object const& config,
     boost::asio::io_context& ioContext,
     std::optional<std::reference_wrapper<boost::asio::ssl::context>> sslCtx,
     std::shared_ptr<BackendInterface> backend,
     std::shared_ptr<SubscriptionManager> subscriptions,
     std::shared_ptr<NetworkValidatedLedgers> nwvl)
 {
-    for (auto& entry : config)
+    if (config.contains("download_ranges") &&
+        config.at("download_ranges").is_int64())
+    {
+        downloadRanges_ = config.at("download_ranges").as_int64();
+
+        downloadRanges_ = std::clamp(downloadRanges_, {1}, {256});
+    }
+
+    for (auto& entry : config.at("etl_sources").as_array())
     {
         std::unique_ptr<ETLSource> source = ETL::make_ETLSource(
             entry.as_object(),
@@ -736,7 +745,8 @@ ETLLoadBalancer::loadInitialLedger(
 {
     execute(
         [this, &sequence, &writeQueue](auto& source) {
-            bool res = source->loadInitialLedger(sequence, writeQueue);
+            bool res = 
+                source->loadInitialLedger(sequence, downloadRanges_, writeQueue);
             if (!res)
             {
                 BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Failed to download initial ledger."
diff --git a/src/etl/ETLSource.h b/src/etl/ETLSource.h
index 76e8f941..574a6132 100644
--- a/src/etl/ETLSource.h
+++ b/src/etl/ETLSource.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool
     loadInitialLedger(
         uint32_t sequence,
+        std::uint32_t numMarkers,
         ThreadSafeQueue<std::shared_ptr<ripple::SLE>>& writeQueue) = 0;
 
     virtual std::unique_ptr<org::xrpl::rpc::v1::XRPLedgerAPIService::Stub>
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ public:
     bool
     loadInitialLedger(
         std::uint32_t ledgerSequence,
+        std::uint32_t numMarkers,
         ThreadSafeQueue<std::shared_ptr<ripple::SLE>>& writeQueue) override;
 
     /// Attempt to reconnect to the ETL source
@@ -455,10 +457,6 @@ namespace ETL
     }
 }
 
-
-
-
-
 /// This class is used to manage connections to transaction processing processes
 /// This class spawns a listener for each etl source, which listens to messages
 /// on the ledgers stream (to keep track of which ledgers have been validated by
@@ -470,9 +468,11 @@ class ETLLoadBalancer
 private:
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ETLSource>> sources_;
 
+    std::uint32_t downloadRanges_ = 16;
+
 public:
     ETLLoadBalancer(
-        boost::json::array const& config,
+        boost::json::object const& config,
         boost::asio::io_context& ioContext,
         std::optional<std::reference_wrapper<boost::asio::ssl::context>> sslCtx,
         std::shared_ptr<BackendInterface> backend,
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ public:
         std::shared_ptr<NetworkValidatedLedgers> validatedLedgers)
     {
         return std::make_shared<ETLLoadBalancer>(
-            config.at("etl_sources").as_array(),
+            config,
             ioc,
             sslCtx,
             backend,