diff --git a/crates/sc-consensus-nakamoto/src/block_import.rs b/crates/sc-consensus-nakamoto/src/block_import.rs
index d2c40396..9a82d809 100644
--- a/crates/sc-consensus-nakamoto/src/block_import.rs
+++ b/crates/sc-consensus-nakamoto/src/block_import.rs
@@ -267,10 +267,11 @@ where
 
 /// Result of the operation of importing a Bitcoin block.
 ///
-/// Same semantic with [`sc_consensus::ImportResult`] for including more information
-/// in the Imported variant.
+/// Same semantic with [`sc_consensus::ImportResult`] with additional information
+/// in the [`ImportStatus::Imported`] variant.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum ImportStatus {
+    /// Block was imported successfully.
     Imported {
         block_number: u32,
         block_hash: BlockHash,
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ pub enum ImportStatus {
 }
 
 impl ImportStatus {
+    /// Returns `true` if the import status is [`Self::UnknownParent`].
     pub fn is_unknown_parent(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self, Self::UnknownParent)
     }
diff --git a/crates/subcoin-node/src/cli.rs b/crates/subcoin-node/src/cli.rs
index f75d1d6e..7174ec28 100644
--- a/crates/subcoin-node/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/subcoin-node/src/cli.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ pub fn run() -> sc_cli::Result<()> {
                     network: bitcoin::Network::Bitcoin,
                     config: &config,
                 })?;
+                task_manager.spawn_handle().spawn("finalizer", None, {
+                    let client = client.clone();
+                    let spawn_handle = task_manager.spawn_handle();
+                    let confirmation_depth = 6u32;
+                    // TODO: proper value
+                    let is_major_syncing = std::sync::Arc::new(true.into());
+                    subcoin_service::finalize_confirmed_blocks(
+                        client,
+                        spawn_handle,
+                        confirmation_depth,
+                        is_major_syncing,
+                    )
+                });
                 Ok((import_blocks_cmd.run(client, data_dir), task_manager))
             })
         }
diff --git a/crates/subcoin-node/src/commands/import_blocks.rs b/crates/subcoin-node/src/commands/import_blocks.rs
index f3779dc4..3159df54 100644
--- a/crates/subcoin-node/src/commands/import_blocks.rs
+++ b/crates/subcoin-node/src/commands/import_blocks.rs
@@ -17,21 +17,26 @@ use subcoin_service::FullClient;
 /// Import Bitcoin blocks from bitcoind database.
 #[derive(clap::Parser, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ImportBlocks {
-    /// Path of the bitcoind database.
+    /// Path to the bitcoind database.
     ///
-    /// Value of the `-data-dir` argument in the bitcoind program.
+    /// This corresponds to the value of the `-data-dir` argument in the bitcoind program.
     #[clap(index = 1, value_parser)]
     pub data_dir: PathBuf,
 
-    /// Specify the block number of last block to import.
+    /// Number of blocks to import.
     ///
-    /// The default value is the highest block in the database.
+    /// The process will stop after importing the specified number of blocks.
+    pub block_count: Option<usize>,
+
+    /// Block number of last block to import.
+    ///
+    /// The default value is to the highest block in the database.
     #[clap(long)]
-    pub to: Option<usize>,
+    pub end_block: Option<usize>,
 
-    /// Whether to execute the transactions in the block.
+    /// Whether to execute the transactions within the blocks.
     #[clap(long, default_value_t = true)]
-    pub execute_block: bool,
+    pub execute_transactions: bool,
 
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
     #[clap(flatten)]
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ pub struct ImportBlocks {
 pub struct ImportBlocksCmd {
     shared_params: SharedParams,
     import_params: ImportParams,
+    block_count: Option<usize>,
     to: Option<usize>,
     execute_block: bool,
 }
@@ -58,8 +64,9 @@ impl ImportBlocksCmd {
         Self {
             shared_params,
             import_params,
-            to: cmd.to,
-            execute_block: cmd.execute_block,
+            block_count: cmd.block_count,
+            to: cmd.end_block,
+            execute_block: cmd.execute_transactions,
         }
     }
 
@@ -142,6 +149,12 @@ impl ImportBlocksCmd {
             }
 
             total_imported += 1;
+
+            if let Some(block_count) = self.block_count {
+                if total_imported == block_count {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         tracing::info!("Imported {total_imported} blocks successfully");