diff --git a/datastore_server/etc/service.properties b/datastore_server/etc/service.properties
index bce8280004a89d8e26f4d7820b36f5040ae01e95..3f9a61dceb91b817ddb40e227c80c18e4302c9df 100644
--- a/datastore_server/etc/service.properties
+++ b/datastore_server/etc/service.properties
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ archiver.class = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.standard.Rs
 #archiver.destination = openbis:tmp/dest
 # remote:
 archiver.destination = /Users/openbis/dest
+# indicates if data should be synchronized when local copy differs from one in archive (default: true)
+archiver.synchronize-archive = true
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # maintenance plugins configuration