diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 330961a2..3bda35c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.go_version }}
       - run: make test-cover COVERALLS_TOKEN="$COVERALLS_TOKEN"
 
-  Salus:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          version: latest
-      - run: make salus
+  # Salus:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #       with:
+  #         version: latest
+  #     - run: make salus
 
   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 5a1b52e3..db54134b 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ var (
 	requestUUID            string
 	statusPort             uint
 	InfoMetaData           string
+	targetAccount          string
 
 	// Config is the populated *configuration.Configuration from
 	// the configurationFile. If none is provided, this is set
@@ -246,6 +247,13 @@ default values.`,
 		"Override online node url in configuration file",
 	)
 
+	checkDataCmd.Flags().StringVar(
+		&targetAccount,
+		"target-account",
+		"",
+		"Override target account in configuration file",
+	)
+
 	checkDataCmd.Flags().Int64Var(
 		&startIndex,
 		"start-block",
@@ -425,6 +433,10 @@ func initConfig() {
 		Config.Construction.OfflineURL = offlineURL
 	}
 
+	if len(targetAccount) != 0 {
+		Config.TargetAccount = targetAccount
+	}
+
 	// Override start and end syncing index in configuration file when it's explicitly set via CLI
 	if startIndex != -1 {
 		Config.Data.StartIndex = &startIndex
diff --git a/configuration/types.go b/configuration/types.go
index f8b2da48..4e2ecfeb 100644
--- a/configuration/types.go
+++ b/configuration/types.go
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	// OnlineURL is the URL of a Rosetta API implementation in "online mode".
 	OnlineURL string `json:"online_url"`
 
+	// TargetAccount will be the only interest account
+	TargetAccount string `json:"target_account,omitempty"`
+
 	// DataDirectory is a folder used to store logs and any data used to perform validation.
 	// The path can be absolute, or it can be relative to where rosetta-cli
 	// binary is being executed.
diff --git a/pkg/tester/data.go b/pkg/tester/data.go
index 68afd896..1de767a5 100644
--- a/pkg/tester/data.go
+++ b/pkg/tester/data.go
@@ -149,6 +149,30 @@ func loadAccounts(filePath string) ([]*types.AccountCurrency, error) {
 	return accounts, nil
 }
 
+// loadAccount is a utility function to parse the []*types.AccountCurrency
+// from a string.
+func loadAccount(accountAddress string) []*types.AccountCurrency {
+	if len(accountAddress) == 0 {
+		return []*types.AccountCurrency{}
+	}
+
+	accounts := []*types.AccountCurrency{}
+	accountIndentifier := &types.AccountIdentifier{
+		Address: accountAddress,
+		// You can set other fields of AccountIdentifier here if needed.
+	}
+
+	// Create an AccountCurrency instance with the Account field set to the created AccountIdentifier.
+	targetAccount := &types.AccountCurrency{
+		Account: accountIndentifier,
+		// You can set other fields of AccountCurrency here if needed.
+	}
+
+	accounts = append(accounts, targetAccount)
+
+	return accounts
+}
+
 // CloseDatabase closes the database used by DataTester.
 func (t *DataTester) CloseDatabase(ctx context.Context) {
 	if err := t.database.Close(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -249,6 +273,14 @@ func InitializeData(
 		color.Red(err.Error())
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if len(config.TargetAccount) != 0 {
+		interestingAccounts = loadAccount(config.TargetAccount)
+	}
+
+	interestingOnly := false
+	if len(interestingAccounts) != 0 {
+		interestingOnly = true
+	}
 
 	counterStorage := modules.NewCounterStorage(localStore)
 	blockStorage := modules.NewBlockStorage(localStore, config.SerialBlockWorkers)
@@ -357,11 +389,17 @@ func InitializeData(
 			counterStorage,
 			historicalBalanceEnabled,
 			exemptAccounts,
-			false,
+			interestingOnly,
 			networkOptions.Allow.BalanceExemptions,
 			config.Data.InitialBalanceFetchDisabled,
 		)
 
+		if interestingOnly {
+			for _, interesinterestingAccount := range interestingAccounts {
+				balanceStorageHelper.AddInterestingAddress(interesinterestingAccount.Account.Address)
+			}
+		}
+
 		balanceStorageHandler := processor.NewBalanceStorageHandler(
 			logger,
 			r,