diff --git a/database/pebbledb/batch_test.go b/database/pebbledb/batch_test.go
index 0670caceecae..98ab0e28eb35 100644
--- a/database/pebbledb/batch_test.go
+++ b/database/pebbledb/batch_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	require := require.New(t)
 	dirName := t.TempDir()
 
-	db, err := New(dirName, DefaultSyncWrites, nil, logging.NoLog{}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
+	db, err := New(dirName, nil, logging.NoLog{}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
 	require.NoError(err)
 
 	batchIntf := db.NewBatch()
diff --git a/database/pebbledb/db.go b/database/pebbledb/db.go
index d020fb7d0425..8d4080bb8832 100644
--- a/database/pebbledb/db.go
+++ b/database/pebbledb/db.go
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ var (
 
 	errInvalidOperation = errors.New("invalid operation")
 
-	DefaultSyncWrites = true
-
 	DefaultConfig = Config{
 		CacheSize:                   defaultCacheSize,
 		BytesPerSync:                512 * units.KiB,
@@ -45,6 +43,7 @@ var (
 		MemTableSize:                defaultCacheSize / 4,
 		MaxOpenFiles:                4096,
 		MaxConcurrentCompactions:    1,
+		Sync:                        true,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -64,10 +63,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	MemTableSize                uint64 `json:"memTableSize"`
 	MaxOpenFiles                int    `json:"maxOpenFiles"`
 	MaxConcurrentCompactions    int    `json:"maxConcurrentCompactions"`
+	Sync                        bool   `json:"sync"`
 }
 
 // TODO: Add metrics
-func New(file string, useSyncWrites bool, configBytes []byte, log logging.Logger, _ prometheus.Registerer) (database.Database, error) {
+func New(file string, configBytes []byte, log logging.Logger, _ prometheus.Registerer) (database.Database, error) {
 	cfg := DefaultConfig
 	if len(configBytes) > 0 {
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(configBytes, &cfg); err != nil {
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ func New(file string, useSyncWrites bool, configBytes []byte, log logging.Logger
 
 	log.Info(
 		"opening pebble",
-		zap.Bool("useSyncWrites", useSyncWrites),
 		zap.Reflect("config", cfg),
 	)
 
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func New(file string, useSyncWrites bool, configBytes []byte, log logging.Logger
 	return &Database{
 		pebbleDB:      db,
 		openIterators: set.Set[*iter]{},
-		writeOptions:  &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: useSyncWrites},
+		writeOptions:  &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: cfg.Sync},
 	}, err
 }
 
diff --git a/database/pebbledb/db_test.go b/database/pebbledb/db_test.go
index 56a750415b1a..f230152b30b3 100644
--- a/database/pebbledb/db_test.go
+++ b/database/pebbledb/db_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 func newDB(t testing.TB) *Database {
 	folder := t.TempDir()
-	db, err := New(folder, DefaultSyncWrites, nil, logging.NoLog{}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
+	db, err := New(folder, nil, logging.NoLog{}, prometheus.NewRegistry())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return db.(*Database)
 }
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index a2570297e4f8..504dbdf7a6e1 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ func (n *Node) initDatabase() error {
 		n.DB = memdb.New()
 	case pebbledb.Name:
 		dbPath := filepath.Join(n.Config.DatabaseConfig.Path, "pebble")
-		n.DB, err = pebbledb.New(dbPath, pebbledb.DefaultSyncWrites, n.Config.DatabaseConfig.Config, n.Log, dbRegisterer)
+		n.DB, err = pebbledb.New(dbPath, n.Config.DatabaseConfig.Config, n.Log, dbRegisterer)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("couldn't create %s at %s: %w", pebbledb.Name, dbPath, err)
 		}