diff --git a/waku/factory/internal_config.nim b/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
index ee356a5e02..e034fafcbb 100644
--- a/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/internal_config.nim
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ proc applyPresetConfiguration*(srcConf: WakuNodeConf): Result[WakuNodeConf, stri
     resConf.discv5Discovery = twnClusterConf.discv5Discovery
     resConf.discv5BootstrapNodes =
       resConf.discv5BootstrapNodes & twnClusterConf.discv5BootstrapNodes
+    resConf.keepAlive = twnClusterConf.keepAlive
   else:
     discard
 
diff --git a/waku/factory/networks_config.nim b/waku/factory/networks_config.nim
index b31aec3c4d..2fe21ded58 100644
--- a/waku/factory/networks_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/networks_config.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type ClusterConf* = object
   pubsubTopics*: seq[string]
   discv5Discovery*: bool
   discv5BootstrapNodes*: seq[string]
+  keepAlive*: bool
 
 # cluster-id=0
 # Cluster configuration for the default pubsub topic. Note that it
@@ -50,4 +51,5 @@ proc TheWakuNetworkConf*(T: type ClusterConf): ClusterConf =
         "enr:-QEkuEBIkb8q8_mrorHndoXH9t5N6ZfD-jehQCrYeoJDPHqT0l0wyaONa2-piRQsi3oVKAzDShDVeoQhy0uwN1xbZfPZAYJpZIJ2NIJpcIQiQlleim11bHRpYWRkcnO4bgA0Ni9ub2RlLTAxLmdjLXVzLWNlbnRyYWwxLWEud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQZ2XwA2Ni9ub2RlLTAxLmdjLXVzLWNlbnRyYWwxLWEud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQYfQN4DgnJzkwABCAAAAAEAAgADAAQABQAGAAeJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQKnGt-GSgqPSf3IAPM7bFgTlpczpMZZLF3geeoNNsxzSoN0Y3CCdl-DdWRwgiMohXdha3UyDw",
         "enr:-QEkuEB3WHNS-xA3RDpfu9A2Qycr3bN3u7VoArMEiDIFZJ66F1EB3d4wxZN1hcdcOX-RfuXB-MQauhJGQbpz3qUofOtLAYJpZIJ2NIJpcIQI2SVcim11bHRpYWRkcnO4bgA0Ni9ub2RlLTAxLmFjLWNuLWhvbmdrb25nLWMud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQZ2XwA2Ni9ub2RlLTAxLmFjLWNuLWhvbmdrb25nLWMud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQYfQN4DgnJzkwABCAAAAAEAAgADAAQABQAGAAeJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQPK35Nnz0cWUtSAhBp7zvHEhyU_AqeQUlqzLiLxfP2L4oN0Y3CCdl-DdWRwgiMohXdha3UyDw",
       ],
+    keepAlive: true,
   )