diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 997996ef12a..438ac8ff24f 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1540,9 +1540,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info)
     ChainstateManager& chainman = *Assert(node.chainman);
 
 
-    PeerManager::Options peerman_opts{
-        .ignore_incoming_txs = ignores_incoming_txs,
-    };
+    PeerManager::Options peerman_opts{};
     ApplyArgsManOptions(args, peerman_opts);
 
     assert(!node.peerman);
diff --git a/src/node/peerman_args.cpp b/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
index e5868ead125..e0dcf21c33f 100644
--- a/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/peerman_args.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ void ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& argsman, PeerManager::Options& optio
     }
 
     if (auto value{argsman.GetBoolArg("-capturemessages")}) options.capture_messages = *value;
+
+    if (auto value{argsman.GetBoolArg("-blocksonly")}) options.ignore_incoming_txs = *value;
 }
 
 } // namespace node