diff --git a/chainweb.cabal b/chainweb.cabal
index bc05e23c87..5bc870ca6e 100644
--- a/chainweb.cabal
+++ b/chainweb.cabal
@@ -677,6 +677,28 @@ executable chainweb-node
         -- external
         , base >= 4.12 && < 5
 
+executable replay
+    import: warning-flags, debugging-flags
+
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    ghc-options:
+        -threaded
+        "-with-rtsopts=-N -H1G -A64M --disable-delayed-os-memory-return"
+        -rtsopts
+    hs-source-dirs: replay
+    main-is: Main.hs
+    build-depends:
+        -- internal
+        , chainweb
+
+        -- external
+        , base >= 4.12 && < 5
+        , lens >= 4.17
+        , loglevel >= 0.1
+        , optparse-applicative >= 0.14
+        , text >= 2.0
+        , time >= 1.12.2
+
 executable cwtool
     import: warning-flags, debugging-flags
     default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/replay/Main.hs b/replay/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ff61bc129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/replay/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{-# language
+    ImportQualifiedPost
+  , OverloadedRecordDot
+  , OverloadedStrings
+  , ScopedTypeVariables
+#-}
+
+module Main (main) where
+
+import Chainweb.BlockHeight (BlockHeight(..))
+import Chainweb.Chainweb (ChainwebStatus(..))
+import Chainweb.Chainweb.Configuration (ChainwebConfiguration(..), defaultChainwebConfiguration, defaultCutConfig, configP2p, configReadOnlyReplay, configOnlySyncPact, configCuts, cutInitialBlockHeightLimit, cutFastForwardBlockHeightLimit)
+import Chainweb.Logger (logFunctionJson, logFunctionText)
+import Chainweb.Utils (fromText)
+import Chainweb.Version (ChainwebVersion(..))
+import Chainweb.Version.Mainnet (mainnet)
+import Chainweb.Version.Registry (lookupVersionByName, registerVersion)
+import ChainwebNode (ChainwebNodeConfiguration(..), defaultChainwebNodeConfiguration, nodeConfigDatabaseDirectory, nodeConfigChainweb, node, withNodeLogger, withServiceDate)
+import Control.Applicative (optional)
+import Control.Exception (SomeException, SomeAsyncException, Handler(..), catches, throwIO)
+import Control.Lens ((?~), (.~))
+import Data.Function ((&))
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Time.Format.ISO8601 (iso8601ParseM)
+import Options.Applicative qualified as O
+import P2P.Node.Configuration (defaultP2pConfiguration, p2pConfigBootstrapReachability, p2pConfigIgnoreBootstrapNodes)
+import System.IO qualified as IO
+import System.LogLevel (LogLevel(..))
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  cfg <- getConfig
+  let nodeConfig = mkReplayConfiguration cfg
+  registerVersion cfg.chainwebVersion
+  IO.hSetBuffering IO.stderr IO.LineBuffering
+  withNodeLogger (_nodeConfigLog nodeConfig) (_nodeConfigChainweb nodeConfig) cfg.chainwebVersion $ \logger -> do
+    logFunctionJson logger Info ProcessStarted
+    flip catches
+      [ Handler $ \(e :: SomeAsyncException) ->
+          logFunctionJson logger Info (ProcessDied $ show e) >> throwIO e
+      , Handler $ \(e :: SomeException) ->
+          logFunctionJson logger Error (ProcessDied $ show e) >> throwIO e
+      ] $ do
+      kt <- mapM iso8601ParseM (_versionServiceDate cfg.chainwebVersion)
+      withServiceDate (_configChainwebVersion (_nodeConfigChainweb nodeConfig)) (logFunctionText logger) kt $ node nodeConfig logger
+
+mkReplayConfiguration :: Config -> ChainwebNodeConfiguration
+mkReplayConfiguration cfg = defaultChainwebNodeConfiguration
+  & nodeConfigDatabaseDirectory ?~ cfg.databaseDir
+  & nodeConfigChainweb .~ cwConfig
+  where
+    cwConfig = defaultChainwebConfiguration mainnet
+      & configReadOnlyReplay .~ cfg.readOnly
+      & configOnlySyncPact .~ not cfg.readOnly
+      & configCuts .~ (defaultCutConfig & cutInitialBlockHeightLimit .~ cfg.initialBlockHeightLimit & cutFastForwardBlockHeightLimit .~ cfg.fastForwardBlockHeightLimit)
+      & configP2p .~ (defaultP2pConfiguration & p2pConfigBootstrapReachability .~ 0 & p2pConfigIgnoreBootstrapNodes .~ True)
+
+data Config = Config
+  { chainwebVersion :: ChainwebVersion
+  , readOnly :: Bool
+  , databaseDir :: FilePath
+  , initialBlockHeightLimit :: Maybe BlockHeight
+  , fastForwardBlockHeightLimit :: Maybe BlockHeight
+  }
+
+getConfig :: IO Config
+getConfig = do
+  O.execParser opts
+  where
+    opts :: O.ParserInfo Config
+    opts = O.info (parser O.<**> O.helper) (O.fullDesc <> O.progDesc "Chainweb Replay tool")
+
+    parser :: O.Parser Config
+    parser = Config
+      <$> (parseVersion <$> O.strOption (O.long "chainweb-version" <> O.help "chainweb version (e.g. mainnet01, testnet04)" <> O.value "mainnet01"))
+      <*> O.switch (O.long "read-only" <> O.help "Run in read-only mode")
+      <*> O.strOption (O.long "database-dir" <> O.help "Path to the database directory")
+      <*> optional (BlockHeight <$> O.option O.auto (O.long "initial-block-height-limit" <> O.help "Initial block height limit"))
+      <*> optional (BlockHeight <$> O.option O.auto (O.long "fast-forward-block-height-limit" <> O.help "Fast forward block height limit"))
+
+    parseVersion :: Text -> ChainwebVersion
+    parseVersion =
+      lookupVersionByName
+      . fromMaybe (error "ChainwebVersion parse failed")
+      . fromText
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs b/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs
index 1272954986..10ac6f7a9e 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/Configuration.hs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ module Chainweb.Chainweb.Configuration
 , configOnlySyncPact
 , configSyncPactChains
 , configEnableLocalTimeout
+, configReadOnlyReplay
 , defaultChainwebConfiguration
 , pChainwebConfiguration
 , validateChainwebConfiguration
diff --git a/src/ChainwebNode.hs b/src/ChainwebNode.hs
index 0be22fbe5e..266c11d26b 100644
--- a/src/ChainwebNode.hs
+++ b/src/ChainwebNode.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ module ChainwebNode
 (
 -- * Configuration
   ChainwebNodeConfiguration(..)
+, defaultChainwebNodeConfiguration
+, nodeConfigChainweb
+, nodeConfigLog
+, nodeConfigDatabaseDirectory
+, nodeConfigResetChainDbs
 
 -- * Monitor
 , runCutMonitor
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ module ChainwebNode
 -- * Chainweb Node
 , node
 , withNodeLogger
+, withServiceDate
 
 -- * Main function
 , main