diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5dff6d3..a60ccbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := v0.3.5
+VERSION := v0.3.6
 
 ldflags := $(LDFLAGS)
 ldflags += -X main.version=$(VERSION)
diff --git a/cmd/supervysor/commands/prune.go b/cmd/supervysor/commands/prune.go
index 37236f6..d29cceb 100644
--- a/cmd/supervysor/commands/prune.go
+++ b/cmd/supervysor/commands/prune.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	pruneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&statePruning, "state-pruning", true, "enable state pruning")
 
+	pruneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&forceCompact, "force-compact", false, "prune with ForceCompact enabled")
+
 	pruneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&optOut, "opt-out", false, "disable the collection of anonymous usage data")
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ var pruneCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		utils.TrackPruneEvent(optOut)
 
-		if err := store.Prune(home, untilHeight, statePruning, logger); err != nil {
+		if err := store.Prune(home, untilHeight, statePruning, forceCompact, logger); err != nil {
 			logger.Error(err.Error())
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/cmd/supervysor/commands/root.go b/cmd/supervysor/commands/root.go
index 92d33f6..aec0c2d 100644
--- a/cmd/supervysor/commands/root.go
+++ b/cmd/supervysor/commands/root.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 	cfgFlag         string
 	chainId         string
 	config          string
+	forceCompact    bool
 	home            string
 	metrics         bool
 	metricsPort     int
diff --git a/cmd/supervysor/commands/start.go b/cmd/supervysor/commands/start.go
index 89d38a3..8112031 100644
--- a/cmd/supervysor/commands/start.go
+++ b/cmd/supervysor/commands/start.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	startCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&statePruning, "state-pruning", true, "enable state pruning")
 
+	startCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&forceCompact, "force-compact", false, "prune with ForceCompact enabled")
+
 	startCmd.Flags().StringVar(&binaryFlags, "flags", "", "flags for the underlying binary (e.g. '--address, ')")
 
 	startCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&optOut, "opt-out", false, "disable the collection of anonymous usage data")
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ var startCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 
+		if !statePruning {
+			supervysorConfig.StatePruning = false
+		}
+
 		utils.TrackStartEvent(supervysorConfig.ChainId, optOut)
 
 		metrics := supervysorConfig.Metrics
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ var startCmd = &cobra.Command{
 						}
 						logger.Info("pruning after node shutdown", "until-height", pruneHeight)
 
-						err = e.PruneData(supervysorConfig.HomePath, pruneHeight-1, supervysorConfig.StatePruning, binaryFlags)
+						err = e.PruneData(supervysorConfig.HomePath, pruneHeight-1, supervysorConfig.StatePruning, forceCompact, binaryFlags)
 						if err != nil {
 							logger.Error("could not prune", "err", err)
 							return err
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ var startCmd = &cobra.Command{
 						if nodeHeight < poolHeight {
 							logger.Info("pruning after node shutdown", "until-height", nodeHeight)
 
-							err = e.PruneData(supervysorConfig.HomePath, nodeHeight-1, supervysorConfig.StatePruning, binaryFlags)
+							err = e.PruneData(supervysorConfig.HomePath, nodeHeight-1, supervysorConfig.StatePruning, forceCompact, binaryFlags)
 							if err != nil {
 								logger.Error("could not prune", "err", err)
 								return err
diff --git a/executor/executor.go b/executor/executor.go
index baa60b0..a636bf0 100644
--- a/executor/executor.go
+++ b/executor/executor.go
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ func (e *Executor) EnableNormalMode(flags string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (e *Executor) PruneData(homePath string, pruneHeight int, statePruning bool, flags string) error {
+func (e *Executor) PruneData(homePath string, pruneHeight int, statePruning, forceCompact bool, flags string) error {
 	if err := e.Shutdown(); err != nil {
 		e.Logger.Error("could not shutdown node process", "err", err)
 		return err
 	}
-	err := store.Prune(homePath, int64(pruneHeight)-1, statePruning, e.Logger)
+	err := store.Prune(homePath, int64(pruneHeight)-1, statePruning, forceCompact, e.Logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		e.Logger.Error("could not prune, exiting")
 		return err
 	}
 
-	time.Sleep(time.Second * time.Duration(10))
+	time.Sleep(time.Second * time.Duration(30))
 
 	if e.Process.GhostMode {
 		process, err := node.StartGhostNode(e.Cfg, e.Logger, &e.Process, true, flags)
diff --git a/store/prune.go b/store/prune.go
index 0be9dc2..0972638 100644
--- a/store/prune.go
+++ b/store/prune.go
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/log"
 )
 
-func Prune(home string, untilHeight int64, statePruning bool, logger log.Logger) error {
+func Prune(home string, untilHeight int64, statePruning, forceCompact bool, logger log.Logger) error {
 	config, err := utils.LoadConfig(home)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load config: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if !forceCompact {
+		logger.Info("prune without ForceCompact")
+		return PruneAnyDB(home, untilHeight, statePruning, logger)
+	}
+
 	if strings.ToLower(config.DBBackend) == "goleveldb" {
 		logger.Info("GoLevelDB detected, using ForceCompact")
 		return PruneGoLevelDB(home, untilHeight, statePruning, logger)