diff --git a/basice2e/permissioning.yaml b/basice2e/permissioning.yaml
index 8bbcb86f468bba70b6e645f73b6f37afd22c5b59..c6b3a849e51098c80bd8661584a45467536f86c9 100644
--- a/basice2e/permissioning.yaml
+++ b/basice2e/permissioning.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ nodeMetricInterval: 3
 
 disableGatewayPing: true
 
+# Disable pruning of NDF for offline nodes
+# if set to false, network will sleep for five minutes on start
+disableNDFPruning: true
+
 # "Location of the user discovery contact file.
 udContactPath: "results/udContact.bin"
 udbAddress: "127.0.0.1:18001"
diff --git a/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml b/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml
index 8f7066a0a6f835484a14f6593b7a5a0339e35978..d12fac199a9b9264203b0b8d3f96f6ebaea68249 100644
--- a/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml
+++ b/smokeinfra/permissioning.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ nodeMetricInterval: 3
 
 disableGatewayPing: true
 
+# Disable pruning of NDF for offline nodes
+# if set to false, network will sleep for five minutes on start
+disableNDFPruning: true
+
 clientRegCodes:
   - "FFFF"
   - "GGGG"