diff --git a/src/contracts/scanner.rs b/src/contracts/scanner.rs
index 19029099..9d880864 100644
--- a/src/contracts/scanner.rs
+++ b/src/contracts/scanner.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ pub struct BlockScanner<T> {
     read_provider: T,
     current_block: u64,
     window_size:   u64,
+
+    // How many blocks from the chain head to scan to
+    // e.g. if latest block is 20 and offset is set to 3
+    // then the scanner will scan until block 17
+    chain_head_offset: u64,
 }
 
 impl<T> BlockScanner<T>
@@ -19,15 +24,22 @@ where
             read_provider,
             current_block: latest_block.as_u64(),
             window_size,
+            chain_head_offset: 0,
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn with_offset(mut self, chain_head_offset: u64) -> Self {
+        self.chain_head_offset = chain_head_offset;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub async fn next(
         &mut self,
         address: Option<ValueOrArray<Address>>,
         topics: [Option<Topic>; 4],
     ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Log>> {
         let latest_block = self.read_provider.get_block_number().await?.as_u64();
+        let latest_block = latest_block.saturating_sub(self.chain_head_offset);
 
         if self.current_block >= latest_block {
             return Ok(Vec::new());
diff --git a/src/task_monitor.rs b/src/task_monitor.rs
index 82d3d464..c709bedd 100644
--- a/src/task_monitor.rs
+++ b/src/task_monitor.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ pub struct Options {
     #[clap(long, env, default_value = "100")]
     pub scanning_window_size: u64,
 
+    /// The offset from the latest block to scan
+    #[clap(long, env, default_value = "0")]
+    pub scanning_chain_head_offset: u64,
+
     /// The number of seconds to wait between fetching logs
     #[clap(long, env, default_value = "30")]
     pub time_between_scans_seconds: u64,
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ pub struct TaskMonitor {
 
     // Finalization params
     scanning_window_size:           u64,
+    scanning_chain_head_offset:     u64,
     time_between_scans:             Duration,
     max_epoch_duration:             Duration,
     // TODO: docs
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@ impl TaskMonitor {
         let Options {
             batch_timeout_seconds,
             scanning_window_size,
+            scanning_chain_head_offset,
             time_between_scans_seconds,
             max_epoch_duration_seconds,
             monitored_txs_capacity,
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@ impl TaskMonitor {
             tree_state,
             batch_insert_timeout_secs: batch_timeout_seconds,
             scanning_window_size,
+            scanning_chain_head_offset,
             time_between_scans: Duration::from_secs(time_between_scans_seconds),
             batch_deletion_timeout_seconds,
             min_batch_deletion_size,
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ impl TaskMonitor {
             self.tree_state.get_processed_tree(),
             self.tree_state.get_mined_tree(),
             self.scanning_window_size,
+            self.scanning_chain_head_offset,
             self.time_between_scans,
             self.max_epoch_duration,
         );
diff --git a/src/task_monitor/tasks/finalize_identities.rs b/src/task_monitor/tasks/finalize_identities.rs
index b5b21f31..d24f8aec 100644
--- a/src/task_monitor/tasks/finalize_identities.rs
+++ b/src/task_monitor/tasks/finalize_identities.rs
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ pub struct FinalizeRoots {
     processed_tree:   TreeVersion<Intermediate>,
     finalized_tree:   TreeVersion<Canonical>,
 
-    scanning_window_size: u64,
-    time_between_scans:   Duration,
-    max_epoch_duration:   Duration,
+    scanning_window_size:       u64,
+    scanning_chain_head_offset: u64,
+    time_between_scans:         Duration,
+    max_epoch_duration:         Duration,
 }
 
 impl FinalizeRoots {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ impl FinalizeRoots {
         processed_tree: TreeVersion<Intermediate>,
         finalized_tree: TreeVersion<Canonical>,
         scanning_window_size: u64,
+        scanning_chain_head_offset: u64,
         time_between_scans: Duration,
         max_epoch_duration: Duration,
     ) -> Arc<Self> {
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ impl FinalizeRoots {
             processed_tree,
             finalized_tree,
             scanning_window_size,
+            scanning_chain_head_offset,
             time_between_scans,
             max_epoch_duration,
         })
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ impl FinalizeRoots {
             &self.processed_tree,
             &self.finalized_tree,
             self.scanning_window_size,
+            self.scanning_chain_head_offset,
             self.time_between_scans,
             self.max_epoch_duration,
         )
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ async fn finalize_roots_loop(
     processed_tree: &TreeVersion<Intermediate>,
     finalized_tree: &TreeVersion<Canonical>,
     scanning_window_size: u64,
+    scanning_chain_head_offset: u64,
     time_between_scans: Duration,
     max_epoch_duration: Duration,
 ) -> AnyhowResult<()> {
@@ -76,7 +81,10 @@ async fn finalize_roots_loop(
     let secondary_abis = identity_manager.secondary_abis();
 
     let mut mainnet_scanner =
-        BlockScanner::new_latest(mainnet_abi.client().clone(), scanning_window_size).await?;
+        BlockScanner::new_latest(mainnet_abi.client().clone(), scanning_window_size)
+            .await?
+            .with_offset(scanning_chain_head_offset);
+
     let mut secondary_scanners =
         init_secondary_scanners(secondary_abis, scanning_window_size).await?;