diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex
index eac2fa7964..bf6dbe652d 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/application.ex
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ defmodule Explorer.Application do
     [
       Explorer.JSONRPC,
       Supervisor.child_spec({Task.Supervisor, name: Explorer.TaskSupervisor}, id: Explorer.TaskSupervisor),
-      Explorer.Indexer,
+      Explorer.Indexer.Supervisor,
       Explorer.Chain.Statistics.Server,
       Explorer.ExchangeRates,
       Explorer.Market.History.Cataloger
diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer.ex
index 1e44b5fa69..ff85029299 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer.ex
@@ -5,30 +5,6 @@ defmodule Explorer.Indexer do
 
   alias Explorer.Chain
 
-  @doc """
-  Options passed to `child_spec` are passed to `Explorer.Indexer.Supervisor.start_link/1`
-
-      iex> Explorer.Indexer.child_spec([option: :value])
-      %{
-        id: Explorer.Indexer,
-        restart: :permanent,
-        shutdown: 5000,
-        start: {Explorer.Indexer.Supervisor, :start_link,
-         [[option: :value]]},
-        type: :supervisor
-      }
-
-  """
-  def child_spec(opts) do
-    %{
-      id: __MODULE__,
-      start: {Explorer.Indexer.Supervisor, :start_link, [opts]},
-      restart: :permanent,
-      shutdown: 5000,
-      type: :supervisor
-    }
-  end
-
   @doc """
   The maximum `t:Explorer.Chain.Block.t/0` `number` that was indexed
 
diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer/supervisor.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer/supervisor.ex
index 854f54706a..b57e2b0e05 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer/supervisor.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/indexer/supervisor.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ defmodule Explorer.Indexer.Supervisor do
   alias Explorer.Indexer.{AddressFetcher, BlockFetcher}
 
   def start_link(opts) do
-    Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, opts)
+    Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, opts, name: __MODULE__)
   end
 
   @impl Supervisor