diff --git a/backend/src/routes.ts b/backend/src/routes.ts
index 288e537c4..d27fab683 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes.ts
@@ -630,7 +630,8 @@ class Routes {
       res.json({
         hashrates: hashrates,
         difficulty: difficulty,
-        currentHashrate: await bitcoinClient.getNetworkHashPs()
+        currentHashrate: await bitcoinClient.getNetworkHashPs(),
+        currentDifficulty: await bitcoinClient.getDifficulty(),
       });
     } catch (e) {
       res.status(500).send(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/hashrate-chart/hashrate-chart.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/hashrate-chart/hashrate-chart.component.ts
index af6c75765..e2c2e1db0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/hashrate-chart/hashrate-chart.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/hashrate-chart/hashrate-chart.component.ts
@@ -114,23 +114,15 @@ export class HashrateChartComponent implements OnInit {
                   difficulty: diffFixed.map(val => [val.timestamp * 1000, val.difficulty]),
                 });
                 this.isLoading = false;
-
-                if (data.hashrates.length === 0) {
-                  this.cd.markForCheck();
-                  throw new Error();
-                }
               }),
               map((response) => {
                 const data = response.body;
                 return {
                   blockCount: parseInt(response.headers.get('x-total-count'), 10),
-                  currentDifficulty: Math.round(data.difficulty[data.difficulty.length - 1].difficulty * 100) / 100,
-                  currentHashrate: data.currentHashrate
+                  currentDifficulty: data.currentDifficulty,
+                  currentHashrate: data.currentHashrate,
                 };
               }),
-              retryWhen((errors) => errors.pipe(
-                delay(60000)
-              ))
             );
         }),
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