diff --git a/cmd/node-canary/main.go b/cmd/node-canary/main.go
index 6a2cbd7ed..79f8bc94a 100644
--- a/cmd/node-canary/main.go
+++ b/cmd/node-canary/main.go
@@ -254,10 +254,9 @@ func makeNodeConfig() (*params.NodeConfig, error) {
 	}
 
 	nodeConfig.ListenAddr = ""
-	nodeConfig.NoDiscovery = true
 	if *staticEnodeAddr != "" {
 		nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.Enabled = true
-		nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.Fleet = "none"
+		nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.Fleet = params.FleetUndefined
 		nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.StaticNodes = []string{
 			*staticEnodeAddr,
 		}
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 5636c323e..c93b32e2f 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -104,19 +104,21 @@ func (c *SwarmConfig) String() string {
 // means for mobile devices to get connected to Ethereum network (UDP-based discovery
 // may not be available, so we need means to discover the network manually).
 type ClusterConfig struct {
-	// Enabled flag specifies whether feature is enabled
+	// Enabled flag specifies that nodes in this configuration are taken into account.
 	Enabled bool
 
-	// Fleet is a type of selected fleet.
+	// Fleet is a name of a selected fleet. If it has a value, nodes are loaded
+	// from a file, namely `fleet-*.{{ .Fleet }}.json`. Nodes can be added to any list
+	// in `ClusterConfig`.
 	Fleet string
 
-	// StaticNodes is a list of static nodes for this fleet.
+	// StaticNodes is a list of static nodes.
 	StaticNodes []string
 
-	// BootNodes is a list of cluster peer nodes for this fleet.
+	// BootNodes is a list of bootnodes.
 	BootNodes []string
 
-	// TrustedMailServers is a list of verified Mail Servers for this fleet.
+	// TrustedMailServers is a list of verified and trusted Mail Server nodes.
 	TrustedMailServers []string
 
 	// RendezvousNodes is a list rendezvous discovery nodes.
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ func WithFleet(fleet string) Option {
 		if fleet == FleetUndefined {
 			return nil
 		}
+		c.ClusterConfig.Enabled = true
 		return loadConfigFromAsset(fmt.Sprintf("../config/cli/fleet-%s.json", fleet), c)
 	}
 }
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ func NewNodeConfigWithDefaults(dataDir string, networkID uint64, opts ...Option)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	c.NoDiscovery = false
 	c.HTTPHost = ""
 	c.ListenAddr = ":30303"
 	c.LogEnabled = true
@@ -403,6 +407,7 @@ func NewNodeConfig(dataDir string, networkID uint64) (*NodeConfig, error) {
 		log:                   log.New("package", "status-go/params.NodeConfig"),
 		LogFile:               "",
 		LogLevel:              "ERROR",
+		NoDiscovery:           true,
 		UpstreamConfig: UpstreamRPCConfig{
 			URL: getUpstreamURL(networkID),
 		},
@@ -567,10 +572,6 @@ func (c *ClusterConfig) Validate(validate *validator.Validate) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if c.Fleet == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("ClusterConfig.Fleet is empty")
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/params/config_test.go b/params/config_test.go
index 07aefbded..d834b2f37 100644
--- a/params/config_test.go
+++ b/params/config_test.go
@@ -196,20 +196,6 @@ func TestNodeConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}`,
 		},
-		{
-			Name: "Validate that ClusterConfig.Fleet is verified to not be empty if ClusterConfig is enabled",
-			Config: `{
-				"NetworkId": 1,
-				"DataDir": "/some/dir",
-				"BackupDisabledDataDir": "/some/dir",
-				"KeyStoreDir": "/some/dir",
-				"NoDiscovery": true,
-				"ClusterConfig": {
-					"Enabled": true
-				}
-			}`,
-			Error: "ClusterConfig.Fleet is empty",
-		},
 		{
 			Name: "Validate that ClusterConfig.BootNodes is verified to not be empty if discovery is disabled",
 			Config: `{