diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 83fadef7c..b7253f09c 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@ type NodesConfig struct {
 	// MinercraftCustomAPIs is a slice of Minercraft custom miners APIs.
 	MinercraftCustomAPIs []*minercraft.MinerAPIs `json:"minercraft_custom_apis" mapstructure:"minercraft_custom_apis"`
 	// BroadcastClientAPIs is a slice of Broadcast Client custom miners APIs.
-	BroadcastClientAPIs []string `json:"broadcast_client_apis" mapstructure:"broadcast_client_apis"`
+	BroadcastClientAPIs []*BroadcastClientAPI `json:"broadcast_client_apis" mapstructure:"broadcast_client_apis"`
+}
+
+// BroadcastClientAPI is a URL-Token pair for Broadcast Client; Token is optional
+type BroadcastClientAPI struct {
+	Token string `json:"token,omitempty"`
+	URL   string `json:"url,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // NotificationsConfig is the configuration for notifications
diff --git a/config/defaults.go b/config/defaults.go
index dc3289bc8..b4e0bee0a 100644
--- a/config/defaults.go
+++ b/config/defaults.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func getNodesDefaults() *NodesConfig {
 		UseMapiFeeQuotes:     true,
 		MinercraftAPI:        "mAPI",
 		MinercraftCustomAPIs: []*minercraft.MinerAPIs{},
-		BroadcastClientAPIs:  []string{},
+		BroadcastClientAPIs:  []*BroadcastClientAPI{},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/config/services.go b/config/services.go
index 08b903e74..c0ca4d60b 100644
--- a/config/services.go
+++ b/config/services.go
@@ -366,28 +366,6 @@ func loadDatastore(options []bux.ClientOps, appConfig *AppConfig, testMode bool)
 	return options, nil
 }
 
-// splitBroadcastClientApis splits the broadcast client apis into a list of broadcast_client.ArcClientConfig
-func splitBroadcastClientApis(apis []string) []broadcastclient.ArcClientConfig {
-	var arcClients []broadcastclient.ArcClientConfig
-	for _, api := range apis {
-		separatorIndex := strings.Index(api, "|")
-		if separatorIndex != -1 {
-			apiURL := api[:separatorIndex]
-			token := api[separatorIndex+1:]
-
-			arcClients = append(arcClients, broadcastclient.ArcClientConfig{
-				APIUrl: apiURL,
-				Token:  token,
-			})
-		} else {
-			arcClients = append(arcClients, broadcastclient.ArcClientConfig{
-				APIUrl: api,
-			})
-		}
-	}
-	return arcClients
-}
-
 func loadTaskManager(appConfig *AppConfig, options []bux.ClientOps) []bux.ClientOps {
 	ops := []taskmanager.TasqOps{}
 	if appConfig.TaskManager.Factory == taskmanager.FactoryRedis {
@@ -401,11 +379,13 @@ func loadTaskManager(appConfig *AppConfig, options []bux.ClientOps) []bux.Client
 
 func loadBroadcastClientAPI(appConfig *AppConfig, options []bux.ClientOps) []bux.ClientOps {
 	if appConfig.Nodes.BroadcastClientAPIs != nil {
-		arcClientConfigs := splitBroadcastClientApis(appConfig.Nodes.BroadcastClientAPIs)
 
 		builder := broadcastclient.Builder()
-		for _, cfg := range arcClientConfigs {
-			builder.WithArc(cfg)
+		for _, cfg := range appConfig.Nodes.BroadcastClientAPIs {
+			builder.WithArc(broadcastclient.ArcClientConfig{
+				Token:  cfg.Token,
+				APIUrl: cfg.URL,
+			})
 		}
 		broadcastClient := builder.Build()
 		options = append(options, bux.WithBroadcastClient(broadcastClient))