diff --git a/cloud/blockstore/libs/daemon/ydb/bootstrap.cpp b/cloud/blockstore/libs/daemon/ydb/bootstrap.cpp
index 941075b4573..7715c238e8b 100644
--- a/cloud/blockstore/libs/daemon/ydb/bootstrap.cpp
+++ b/cloud/blockstore/libs/daemon/ydb/bootstrap.cpp
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ void TBootstrapYdb::InitKikimrService()
     args.EndpointEventHandler = EndpointEventHandler;
     args.RootKmsKeyProvider = RootKmsKeyProvider;
 
+    args.TemporaryServer = Configs->Options->TemporaryServer;
+
     ActorSystem = NStorage::CreateActorSystem(args);
 
     if (args.IsDiskRegistrySpareNode) {
diff --git a/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.cpp b/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.cpp
index ea5b107cb3b..4e01109b0d1 100644
--- a/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.cpp
+++ b/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.cpp
@@ -139,11 +139,17 @@ class TStorageServicesInitializer final
         //
 
         auto hiveProxy = CreateHiveProxy({
-            .PipeClientRetryCount = Args.StorageConfig->GetPipeClientRetryCount(),
-            .PipeClientMinRetryTime = Args.StorageConfig->GetPipeClientMinRetryTime(),
-            .HiveLockExpireTimeout = Args.StorageConfig->GetHiveLockExpireTimeout(),
+            .PipeClientRetryCount =
+                Args.StorageConfig->GetPipeClientRetryCount(),
+            .PipeClientMinRetryTime =
+                Args.StorageConfig->GetPipeClientMinRetryTime(),
+            .HiveLockExpireTimeout =
+                Args.StorageConfig->GetHiveLockExpireTimeout(),
             .LogComponent = TBlockStoreComponents::HIVE_PROXY,
-            .TabletBootInfoBackupFilePath = Args.StorageConfig->GetTabletBootInfoBackupFilePath(),
+            .TabletBootInfoBackupFilePath =
+                Args.TemporaryServer
+                    ? ""
+                    : Args.StorageConfig->GetTabletBootInfoBackupFilePath(),
             .FallbackMode = Args.StorageConfig->GetHiveProxyFallbackMode(),
             .TenantHiveTabletId = Args.StorageConfig->GetTenantHiveTabletId(),
         });
diff --git a/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.h b/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.h
index 2c30e6edf1e..3c1aec90187 100644
--- a/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.h
+++ b/cloud/blockstore/libs/storage/init/server/actorsystem.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct TServerActorSystemArgs
     TVector<NCloud::NStorage::IUserMetricsSupplierPtr> UserCounterProviders;
 
     bool IsDiskRegistrySpareNode = false;
+    bool TemporaryServer = false;
 };
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/cloud/storage/core/libs/hive_proxy/hive_proxy_ut.cpp b/cloud/storage/core/libs/hive_proxy/hive_proxy_ut.cpp
index 7d51f50452b..c239a3afbe1 100644
--- a/cloud/storage/core/libs/hive_proxy/hive_proxy_ut.cpp
+++ b/cloud/storage/core/libs/hive_proxy/hive_proxy_ut.cpp
@@ -1103,6 +1103,18 @@ Y_UNIT_TEST_SUITE(THiveProxyTest)
         UNIT_ASSERT(env.HiveState->DownNodeIds.contains(sender.NodeId()));
     }
 
+    Y_UNIT_TEST(DontBackupWithEmptyBootInfoFilePath)
+    {
+        TString cacheFilePath = "";
+
+        TTestBasicRuntime runtime;
+        TTestEnv env(runtime, cacheFilePath);
+
+        auto sender = runtime.AllocateEdgeActor();
+
+        env.SendBackupTabletBootInfos(sender, S_FALSE);
+    }
+
     Y_UNIT_TEST(BootExternalInFallbackMode)
     {
         TString cacheFilePath =