diff --git a/src/interfaces/chain.cpp b/src/interfaces/chain.cpp
index a3040ab..3aa9ad2 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/chain.cpp
+++ b/src/interfaces/chain.cpp
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ class ChainImpl : public Chain
         return ::GetAllAssets();
     }
 
-    void startStake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet, std::thread* stakeThread)override{
-        ::Stake(fStake, pwallet, stakeThread);
+    void startStake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet)override{
+        ::Stake(fStake, pwallet);
     }
 
     CContract getContract(std::string name) override
diff --git a/src/interfaces/chain.h b/src/interfaces/chain.h
index b923754..c15a9c3 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/chain.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/chain.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Chain
     virtual CAsset getAsset(std::string sAssetName) = 0;
     virtual std::vector<CAsset> getAllAssets() =0;
     virtual CTxMemPool& getMempool() = 0;
-    virtual void startStake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet, std::thread* stakeThread) = 0;
+    virtual void startStake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet) = 0;
     //! Get block height above genesis block. Returns 0 for genesis block,
     //! 1 for following block, and so on. Returns nullopt for a block not
     //! included in the current chain.
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index 04e4add..6808fae 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -682,16 +682,24 @@ void ThreadStakeMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
     LogPrintf("ThreadStakeMiner exiting\n");
 }
 
-void Stake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet, std::thread* stakeThread)
+std::thread* stakeThread = nullptr;
+
+void Stake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet)
 {
     if (stakeThread != nullptr)
     {
+        LogPrintf("%s: Destroying Stake thread\n", __func__);
+
         if (stakeThread->joinable())
             stakeThread->join();
         stakeThread = nullptr;
+        LogPrintf("%s: Stake thread destroyed \n", __func__);
+
     }
     if(fStake)
     {
+        LogPrintf("%s: Creating Stake thread\n", __func__);
+
         stakeThread = new std::thread([&, pwallet] { TraceThread("stake", [&, pwallet] { ThreadStakeMiner(pwallet); }); });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/miner.h b/src/miner.h
index a66a438..004516d 100644
--- a/src/miner.h
+++ b/src/miner.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class BlockAssembler
     int UpdatePackagesForAdded(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& alreadyAdded, indexed_modified_transaction_set& mapModifiedTx) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(m_mempool.cs);
 };
 /** Generate a new block, without valid proof-of-work */
-void Stake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet, std::thread* stakeThread);
+void Stake(bool fStake, CWallet *pwallet);
 
 /** Modify the extranonce in a block */
 void IncrementExtraNonce(CBlock* pblock, const CBlockIndex* pindexPrev, unsigned int& nExtraNonce);
diff --git a/src/wallet/init.cpp b/src/wallet/init.cpp
index 61dff76..0a014bc 100644
--- a/src/wallet/init.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/init.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ void WalletInit::AddWalletOptions(ArgsManager& argsman) const
     argsman.AddArg("-privdb", strprintf("Sets the DB_PRIVATE flag in the wallet db environment (default: %u)", DEFAULT_WALLET_PRIVDB), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET_DEBUG_TEST);
     argsman.AddArg("-walletrejectlongchains", strprintf("Wallet will not create transactions that violate mempool chain limits (default: %u)", DEFAULT_WALLET_REJECT_LONG_CHAINS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET_DEBUG_TEST);
 
+    argsman.AddArg("-stake", strprintf("Run a thread for staking default: %u)", true), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
+
+
     argsman.AddHiddenArgs({"-zapwallettxes"});
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/load.cpp b/src/wallet/load.cpp
index d83fe22..b1372f6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/load.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ void StartWallets(CScheduler& scheduler, const ArgsManager& args)
 {
     for (const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>& pwallet : GetWallets()) {
         pwallet->postInitProcess();
+        if (args.GetBoolArg("-stake", true))
             pwallet->Stake(true);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index d25c659..8d48d22 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CreateWallet(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::strin
     AddWallet(wallet);
     wallet->postInitProcess();
 
-        wallet->Stake(true);
-
     // Write the wallet settings
     UpdateWalletSetting(chain, name, load_on_start, warnings);
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 1f0977a..0b02ed8 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -772,8 +772,6 @@ class CWallet final : public WalletStorage, public interfaces::Chain::Notificati
      */
     uint256 m_last_block_processed GUARDED_BY(cs_wallet);
 
-    std::thread* stakeThread = nullptr;
-
     /* Height of last block processed is used by wallet to know depth of transactions
      * without relying on Chain interface beyond asynchronous updates. For safety, we
      * initialize it to -1. Height is a pointer on node's tip and doesn't imply