diff --git a/src/core/account/memory-wallet.ts b/src/core/account/memory-wallet.ts
index 29b3f4a3..baaf9a0c 100644
--- a/src/core/account/memory-wallet.ts
+++ b/src/core/account/memory-wallet.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export const makeMemoryWalletInner = async (
     },
     customTokens: { ...config.customTokens },
     enabledTokenIds: [...Object.keys(config.allTokens)],
+    lightMode: true,
     log,
     userSettings: { ...(config.userSettings ?? {}) },
     walletLocalDisklet: makeMemoryDisklet(),
diff --git a/src/types/types.ts b/src/types/types.ts
index 4e7f4207..10044ecb 100644
--- a/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.ts
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ export interface EdgeCurrencyEngineCallbacks {
 
 export interface EdgeCurrencyEngineOptions {
   callbacks: EdgeCurrencyEngineCallbacks
+  lightMode?: boolean // Flag indicating that the engine only needs to sync the balance and be able to spend
 
   // Wallet-scoped IO objects:
   log: EdgeLog