diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 945b532..e5d0b8c 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -39,20 +39,24 @@ int main(int ac, const char* av[]) {
     bool enable_autorefresh_option {*enable_autorefresh_option_opt};
     bool enable_output_key_checker {*enable_output_key_checker_opt};
 
-    auto port_opt           = opts.get_option<string>("port");
-    auto bc_path_opt        = opts.get_option<string>("bc-path");
-    auto custom_db_path_opt = opts.get_option<string>("custom-db-path");
-    auto deamon_url_opt     = opts.get_option<string>("deamon-url");
-    auto ssl_crt_file_opt   = opts.get_option<string>("ssl-crt-file");
-    auto ssl_key_file_opt   = opts.get_option<string>("ssl-key-file");
+    auto port_opt               = opts.get_option<string>("port");
+    auto bc_path_opt            = opts.get_option<string>("bc-path");
+    auto custom_db_path_opt     = opts.get_option<string>("custom-db-path");
+    auto deamon_url_opt         = opts.get_option<string>("deamon-url");
+    auto ssl_crt_file_opt       = opts.get_option<string>("ssl-crt-file");
+    auto ssl_key_file_opt       = opts.get_option<string>("ssl-key-file");
+    auto no_blocks_on_index_opt = opts.get_option<string>("no-blocks-on-index");
 
     // set  monero log output level
     uint32_t log_level = 0;
     mlog_configure("", true);
 
-    //cast port number in string to uint16
+    //cast port number in string to uint
     uint16_t app_port = boost::lexical_cast<uint16_t>(*port_opt);
 
+    // cast no_blocks_on_index_opt to uint
+    uint64_t no_blocks_on_index = boost::lexical_cast<uint64_t>(*no_blocks_on_index_opt);
+
     bool use_ssl {false};
 
     string ssl_crt_file;
@@ -155,7 +159,8 @@ int main(int ac, const char* av[]) {
                           enable_pusher,
                           enable_key_image_checker,
                           enable_output_key_checker,
-                          enable_autorefresh_option);
+                          enable_autorefresh_option,
+                          no_blocks_on_index);
 
     // crow instance
     crow::SimpleApp app;
diff --git a/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp b/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp
index c67601c..aa2fe07 100644
--- a/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp
+++ b/src/CmdLineOptions.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace xmreg
                  "enable users to have the index page on autorefresh")
                 ("port,p", value<string>()->default_value("8081"),
                  "default port")
+                ("no-blocks-on-index", value<string>()->default_value("10"),
+                 "number of last blocks to be shown on index page")
                 ("bc-path,b", value<string>(),
                  "path to lmdb blockchain")
                 ("ssl-crt-file", value<string>(),
diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
index 057d70d..ed00ef5 100644
--- a/src/page.h
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ class page {
 
 
     uint64_t no_of_mempool_tx_of_frontpage;
+    uint64_t no_blocks_on_index;
 
 
 public:
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ public:
          bool _testnet, bool _enable_pusher,
          bool _enable_key_image_checker,
          bool _enable_output_key_checker,
-         bool _enable_autorefresh_option)
+         bool _enable_autorefresh_option,
+         uint64_t _no_blocks_on_index)
             : mcore {_mcore},
               core_storage {_core_storage},
               rpc {_deamon_url},
@@ -288,7 +290,8 @@ public:
               have_custom_lmdb {false},
               enable_key_image_checker {_enable_key_image_checker},
               enable_output_key_checker {_enable_output_key_checker},
-              enable_autorefresh_option {_enable_autorefresh_option}
+              enable_autorefresh_option {_enable_autorefresh_option},
+              no_blocks_on_index {_no_blocks_on_index}
     {
         css_styles = xmreg::read(TMPL_CSS_STYLES);
         no_of_mempool_tx_of_frontpage = 25;
@@ -336,24 +339,25 @@ public:
         server_timestamp = std::time(nullptr);
 
         // number of last blocks to show
-        uint64_t no_of_last_blocks {25 + 1};
+        uint64_t no_of_last_blocks {no_blocks_on_index + 1};
 
         // get the current blockchain height. Just to check
         uint64_t height = core_storage->get_current_blockchain_height();
 
         // initalise page tempate map with basic info about blockchain
         mstch::map context {
-                {"testnet"         , testnet},
-                {"have_custom_lmdb", have_custom_lmdb},
-                {"refresh"         , refresh_page},
-                {"height"          , std::to_string(height)},
-                {"server_timestamp", xmreg::timestamp_to_str(server_timestamp)},
-                {"age_format"      , string("[h:m:d]")},
-                {"page_no"         , std::to_string(page_no)},
-                {"total_page_no"   , std::to_string(height / (no_of_last_blocks))},
-                {"is_page_zero"    , !bool(page_no)},
-                {"next_page"       , std::to_string(page_no + 1)},
-                {"prev_page"       , std::to_string((page_no > 0 ? page_no - 1 : 0))},
+                {"testnet"          , testnet},
+                {"have_custom_lmdb" , have_custom_lmdb},
+                {"refresh"          , refresh_page},
+                {"height"           , std::to_string(height)},
+                {"server_timestamp" , xmreg::timestamp_to_str(server_timestamp)},
+                {"age_format"       , string("[h:m:d]")},
+                {"page_no"          , std::to_string(page_no)},
+                {"total_page_no"    , std::to_string(height / (no_of_last_blocks))},
+                {"is_page_zero"     , !bool(page_no)},
+                {"no_of_last_blocks", no_of_last_blocks},
+                {"next_page"        , std::to_string(page_no + 1)},
+                {"prev_page"        , std::to_string((page_no > 0 ? page_no - 1 : 0))},
                 {"enable_pusher"            , enable_pusher},
                 {"enable_key_image_checker" , enable_key_image_checker},
                 {"enable_output_key_checker", enable_output_key_checker},
diff --git a/src/templates/index2.html b/src/templates/index2.html
index b01e61a..62b251f 100644
--- a/src/templates/index2.html
+++ b/src/templates/index2.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     {{{mempool_info}}}
 
     {{#is_page_zero}}
-      <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px">Transactions in the last 25 blocks</h2>
+      <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px">Transactions in the last {{no_of_last_blocks}} blocks</h2>
     {{/is_page_zero}}
     {{^is_page_zero}}
       <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px">Transactions in older blocks<!--(height: {{height}})--></h2>