diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
index ffdb2e629..b24c83932 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin.routes.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import websocketHandler from '../websocket-handler';
 import mempool from '../mempool';
 import feeApi from '../fee-api';
 import mempoolBlocks from '../mempool-blocks';
-import bitcoinApi, { bitcoinCoreApi } from './bitcoin-api-factory';
+import bitcoinApi from './bitcoin-api-factory';
 import { Common } from '../common';
 import backendInfo from '../backend-info';
 import transactionUtils from '../transaction-utils';
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class BitcoinRoutes {
           returnBlocks.push(localBlock);
           nextHash = localBlock.previousblockhash;
         } else {
-          const block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(nextHash);
+          const block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(nextHash);
           returnBlocks.push(block);
           nextHash = block.previousblockhash;
         }
diff --git a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
index f86bc53e9..88f85ba6e 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class Blocks {
             loadingIndicators.setProgress('block-indexing', progress, false);
           }
           const blockHash = await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(blockHeight);
-          const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(blockHash);
+          const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(blockHash);
           const transactions = await this.$getTransactionsExtended(blockHash, block.height, true, null, true);
           const blockExtended = await this.$getBlockExtended(block, transactions);
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ class Blocks {
         const heightDiff = blockHeightTip % 2016;
         const blockHash = await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(blockHeightTip - heightDiff);
         this.updateTimerProgress(timer, 'got block hash for initial difficulty adjustment');
-        const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(blockHash);
+        const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(blockHash);
         this.updateTimerProgress(timer, 'got block for initial difficulty adjustment');
         this.lastDifficultyAdjustmentTime = block.timestamp;
         this.currentDifficulty = block.difficulty;
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ class Blocks {
         if (blockHeightTip >= 2016) {
           const previousPeriodBlockHash = await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(blockHeightTip - heightDiff - 2016);
           this.updateTimerProgress(timer, 'got previous block hash for initial difficulty adjustment');
-          const previousPeriodBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(previousPeriodBlockHash);
+          const previousPeriodBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(previousPeriodBlockHash);
           this.updateTimerProgress(timer, 'got previous block for initial difficulty adjustment');
           this.previousDifficultyRetarget = (block.difficulty - previousPeriodBlock.difficulty) / previousPeriodBlock.difficulty * 100;
           logger.debug(`Initial difficulty adjustment data set.`);
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ class Blocks {
     }
 
     const blockHash = await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(height);
-    const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(blockHash);
+    const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(blockHash);
     const transactions = await this.$getTransactionsExtended(blockHash, block.height, true);
     const blockExtended = await this.$getBlockExtended(block, transactions);
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ class Blocks {
   }
 
   public async $indexStaleBlock(hash: string): Promise<BlockExtended> {
-    const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(hash);
+    const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(hash);
     const transactions = await this.$getTransactionsExtended(hash, block.height, true);
     const blockExtended = await this.$getBlockExtended(block, transactions);
 
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ class Blocks {
     }
 
     // Bitcoin network, add our custom data on top
-    const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(hash);
+    const block: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(hash);
     if (block.stale) {
       return await this.$indexStaleBlock(hash);
     } else {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
index d5214de5d..b9b648012 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/mempool.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import config from '../config';
-import bitcoinApi, { bitcoinCoreApi } from './bitcoin/bitcoin-api-factory';
+import bitcoinApi from './bitcoin/bitcoin-api-factory';
 import { MempoolTransactionExtended, TransactionExtended, VbytesPerSecond } from '../mempool.interfaces';
 import logger from '../logger';
 import { Common } from './common';
diff --git a/backend/src/api/mining/mining.ts b/backend/src/api/mining/mining.ts
index e190492b8..beda0bc48 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/mining/mining.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/mining/mining.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import DifficultyAdjustmentsRepository from '../../repositories/DifficultyAdjust
 import config from '../../config';
 import BlocksAuditsRepository from '../../repositories/BlocksAuditsRepository';
 import PricesRepository from '../../repositories/PricesRepository';
-import { bitcoinCoreApi } from '../bitcoin/bitcoin-api-factory';
+import bitcoinApi from '../bitcoin/bitcoin-api-factory';
 import { IEsploraApi } from '../bitcoin/esplora-api.interface';
 import database from '../../database';
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class Mining {
     try {
       const oldestConsecutiveBlockTimestamp = 1000 * (await BlocksRepository.$getOldestConsecutiveBlock()).timestamp;
 
-      const genesisBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(await bitcoinClient.getBlockHash(0));
+      const genesisBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(0));
       const genesisTimestamp = genesisBlock.timestamp * 1000;
 
       const indexedTimestamp = await HashratesRepository.$getWeeklyHashrateTimestamps();
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class Mining {
     const oldestConsecutiveBlockTimestamp = 1000 * (await BlocksRepository.$getOldestConsecutiveBlock()).timestamp;
 
     try {
-      const genesisBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(await bitcoinClient.getBlockHash(0));
+      const genesisBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(0));
       const genesisTimestamp = genesisBlock.timestamp * 1000;
       const indexedTimestamp = (await HashratesRepository.$getRawNetworkDailyHashrate(null)).map(hashrate => hashrate.timestamp);
       const lastMidnight = this.getDateMidnight(new Date());
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class Mining {
     }
 
     const blocks: any = await BlocksRepository.$getBlocksDifficulty();
-    const genesisBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinCoreApi.$getBlock(await bitcoinClient.getBlockHash(0));
+    const genesisBlock: IEsploraApi.Block = await bitcoinApi.$getBlock(await bitcoinApi.$getBlockHash(0));
     let currentDifficulty = genesisBlock.difficulty;
     let totalIndexed = 0;