diff --git a/pkg/options/resource-provider.go b/pkg/options/resource-provider.go
index 09016682..4cc21843 100644
--- a/pkg/options/resource-provider.go
+++ b/pkg/options/resource-provider.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func NewResourceProviderOptions() resourceprovider.ResourceProviderOptions {
 
 func GetDefaultResourceProviderPowOptions() resourceprovider.ResourceProviderPowOptions {
 	return resourceprovider.ResourceProviderPowOptions{
-		EnablePow:  GetDefaultServeOptionBool("ENABLE_POW", false),
+		DisablePow: GetDefaultServeOptionBool("DISABLE_POW", false),
 		NumWorkers: GetDefaultServeOptionInt("NUM_WORKER", 0),
 
 		CudaGridSize:  GetDefaultServeOptionInt("CUDA_GRID_SIZE", 256),
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ func AddResourceProviderOfferCliFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, offerOptions *resource
 
 func AddResourceProviderPowCliFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, options *resourceprovider.ResourceProviderPowOptions) {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(
-		&options.EnablePow, "enable-pow", options.EnablePow,
-		`Start pow mining (ENABLE_POW)`,
+		&options.DisablePow, "disable-pow", options.DisablePow,
+		`Disable pow mining (DISABLE_POW)`,
 	)
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(
 		&options.NumWorkers, "num-worker", options.NumWorkers,
-		`Start pow mining (NUM_WORKER)`,
+		`Pow worker number (NUM_WORKER)`,
 	)
 
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(
diff --git a/pkg/resourceprovider/resourceprovider.go b/pkg/resourceprovider/resourceprovider.go
index 4250ff7f..65e5201e 100644
--- a/pkg/resourceprovider/resourceprovider.go
+++ b/pkg/resourceprovider/resourceprovider.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type ResourceProviderOfferOptions struct {
 
 // this configures the pow we will keep track of
 type ResourceProviderPowOptions struct {
-	EnablePow  bool
+	DisablePow bool
 	NumWorkers int
 
 	CudaGridSize  int
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func NewResourceProvider(
 }
 
 func (resourceProvider *ResourceProvider) Start(ctx context.Context, cm *system.CleanupManager) chan error {
-	if resourceProvider.options.Pow.EnablePow {
+	if !resourceProvider.options.Pow.DisablePow {
 		go resourceProvider.StartMineLoop(ctx)
 	}
 	return resourceProvider.controller.Start(ctx, cm)