diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8394139..c8a7a35 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Multiple upstream sources are used by vdb to improve accuracy and reduce false n
 - NVD
 - GitHub
 
-1 - We exclude Linux and oss-fuzz feeds by default. Set the environment variable `OSV_INCLUDE_FUZZ` to include them.
+1 - We exclude Linux and oss-fuzz feeds by default. Set the environment variable `OSV_INCLUDE_FUZZ=true` to include them.
+2 - Malware feeds are included by default, thus increasing the db size slightly. Set the environment variable `OSV_EXCLUDE_MALWARE=true` to exclude them.
 
 ## Linux distros
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 58de7e8..65d1dab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "appthreat-vulnerability-db"
-version = "6.1.0"
+version = "6.1.1"
 description = "AppThreat's vulnerability database and package search library with a built-in sqlite based storage. OSV, CVE, GitHub, npm are the primary sources of vulnerabilities."
 authors = [
     {name = "Team AppThreat", email = "cloud@appthreat.com"},
diff --git a/vdb/lib/osv.py b/vdb/lib/osv.py
index 14ecf28..e4f196f 100644
--- a/vdb/lib/osv.py
+++ b/vdb/lib/osv.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 This module fetches the vulnerability data from osv.dev and stores them in NVD CVE 1.1 json format.
 """
-
+from os import getenv
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 import httpx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from vdb.lib.utils import (
     compress_str,
     convert_score_severity,
-    extract_affected_symbols,
     get_cvss3_from_vector,
     get_default_cve_data,
     parse_purl,
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ def download_all(self):
         # For performance do not retain the whole data in-memory
         # See: https://github.com/AppThreat/vulnerability-db/issues/27
         data_list = []
-        for _, url in config.osv_url_dict.items():
+        for _, url in config.OSV_URL_DICT.items():
             data = self.fetch(url)
             if data:
                 self.store(data)
@@ -121,6 +120,9 @@ def to_vuln(cve_data):
         references = orjson.dumps(references, option=orjson.OPT_NAIVE_UTC)
         if isinstance(references, bytes):
             references = references.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
+        # Offer an option to ignore malware data to keep the db size small
+        if getenv("OSV_EXCLUDE_MALWARE") and cve_id.startswith("MAL"):
+            return ret_data
         # Quality of PYSEC data is quite low missing both severity and score
         # Where a PYSEC feed also reference a github id, let's ignore it since G comes before P
         #   so it would have gotten processed