diff --git a/src/stores/settings.ts b/src/stores/settings.ts
index 8fdabca1..7dc01e39 100644
--- a/src/stores/settings.ts
+++ b/src/stores/settings.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = defineStore('uiSettings', {
       currentTheme: getCurrentTheme(),
       _uiVersion: 'dev',
       useHeikinAshiCandles: false,
+      useReducedPairCalls: true,
       notifications: notificationDefaults,
       profitDistributionBins: 20,
       confirmDialog: true,
diff --git a/src/views/SettingsView.vue b/src/views/SettingsView.vue
index 4e5e990a..c03f8e51 100644
--- a/src/views/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/src/views/SettingsView.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
               >Use Heikin Ashi candles.</b-form-checkbox
             >
           </b-form-group>
+          <b-form-group
+            description="Can reduce the transfer size for large dataframes. May require additional calls if the plot config changes."
+          >
+            <b-form-checkbox v-model="settingsStore.useReducedPairCalls"
+              >Only request necessary columns (recommended to be checked).</b-form-checkbox
+            >
+          </b-form-group>
           <b-form-group description="Candle Color Preference">
             <b-form-radio-group
               id="settings-color-preference-radio-group"