diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
index dda584ec4..19800cd21 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ class FailoverRouter {
       .catch((e) => {
         let fallbackHost = this.fallbackHost;
         if (e?.response?.status !== 404) {
-          logger.warn(`esplora request failed ${e?.response?.status || 500} ${host.host}${path}`);
+          logger.warn(`esplora request failed ${e?.response?.status} ${host.host}${path}`);
+          logger.warn(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
           fallbackHost = this.addFailure(host);
         }
         if (retry && e?.code === 'ECONNREFUSED' && this.multihost) {
diff --git a/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts b/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts
index 950e3a4e5..c573d3291 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/rbf-cache.ts
@@ -480,14 +480,16 @@ class RbfCache {
     };
 
     if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND === 'esplora') {
-      const sliceLength = 10000;
+      const sliceLength = 250;
       for (let i = 0; i < Math.ceil(txids.length / sliceLength); i++) {
         const slice = txids.slice(i * sliceLength, (i + 1) * sliceLength);
         try {
           const txs = await bitcoinApi.$getRawTransactions(slice);
+          logger.debug(`fetched ${slice.length} cached rbf transactions`);
           processTxs(txs);
+          logger.debug(`processed ${slice.length} cached rbf transactions`);
         } catch (err) {
-          logger.err('failed to fetch some cached rbf transactions');
+          logger.err(`failed to fetch or process ${slice.length} cached rbf transactions`);
         }
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/incoming-transactions-graph/incoming-transactions-graph.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/incoming-transactions-graph/incoming-transactions-graph.component.ts
index 1b68a5a99..667ad1e28 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/incoming-transactions-graph/incoming-transactions-graph.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/incoming-transactions-graph/incoming-transactions-graph.component.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ export class IncomingTransactionsGraphComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, On
       return;
     }
     this.windowPreference = this.windowPreferenceOverride ? this.windowPreferenceOverride : this.storageService.getValue('graphWindowPreference');
-    this.MA = this.calculateMA(this.data.series[0]);
+    const windowSize = Math.max(10, Math.floor(this.data.series[0].length / 8));
+    this.MA = this.calculateMA(this.data.series[0], windowSize);
     this.mountChart();
   }
 
@@ -74,33 +75,22 @@ export class IncomingTransactionsGraphComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, On
     this.isLoading = false;
   }
 
-  /// calculate the moving average of maData
-  calculateMA(maData): number[][] {
+  /// calculate the moving average of the provided data based on windowSize
+  calculateMA(data: number[][], windowSize: number = 100): number[][] {
     //update const variables that are not changed
     const ma: number[][] = [];
     let sum = 0;
     let i = 0;
-    const len = maData.length;
-
-    //Adjust window length based on the length of the data
-    //5% appeared as a good amount from tests
-    //TODO: make this a text box in the UI
-    const maWindowLen = Math.ceil(len * 0.05);
-
-    //calculate the center of the moving average window
-    const center = Math.floor(maWindowLen / 2);
 
     //calculate the centered moving average
-    for (i = center; i < len - center; i++) {
-      sum = 0;
-      //build out ma as we loop through the data
-      ma[i] = [];
-      ma[i].push(maData[i][0]);
-      for (let j = i - center; j <= i + center; j++) {
-        sum += maData[j][1];
+    for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+      sum += data[i][1];
+      if (i >= windowSize) {
+        sum -= data[i - windowSize][1];
+        const midpoint = i - Math.floor(windowSize / 2);
+        const avg = sum / windowSize;
+        ma.push([data[midpoint][0], avg]);
       }
-
-      ma[i].push(sum / maWindowLen);
     }
 
     //return the moving average array
@@ -138,36 +128,22 @@ export class IncomingTransactionsGraphComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, On
           }
         }],
       }
-    },
-    {
-      zlevel: 0,
-      name: 'MA',
-      data: this.MA,
-      type: 'line',
-      smooth: false,
-      showSymbol: false,
-      symbol: 'none',
-      lineStyle: {
-        width: 1,
-        color: "white",
-      },
-      markLine: {
-        silent: true,
+    });
+    if (this.template !== 'widget') {
+      seriesGraph.push({
+        zlevel: 0,
+        name: 'MA',
+        data: this.MA,
+        type: 'line',
+        smooth: false,
+        showSymbol: false,
         symbol: 'none',
         lineStyle: {
-          color: '#fff',
-          opacity: 1,
           width: 2,
-        },
-        data: [{
-          yAxis: 1667,
-          label: {
-            show: false,
-            color: '#ffffff',
-          }
-        }],
-      }
-    });
+          color: "white",
+        }
+      });
+    }
 
     this.mempoolStatsChartOption = {
       grid: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/graphs/echarts.ts b/frontend/src/app/graphs/echarts.ts
index 588e5e5f1..342867168 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/graphs/echarts.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/graphs/echarts.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Import tree-shakeable echarts
 import * as echarts from 'echarts/core';
 import { LineChart, LinesChart, BarChart, TreemapChart, PieChart, ScatterChart } from 'echarts/charts';
-import { TitleComponent, TooltipComponent, GridComponent, LegendComponent, GeoComponent, DataZoomComponent, VisualMapComponent } from 'echarts/components';
+import { TitleComponent, TooltipComponent, GridComponent, LegendComponent, GeoComponent, DataZoomComponent, VisualMapComponent, MarkLineComponent } from 'echarts/components';
 import { SVGRenderer, CanvasRenderer } from 'echarts/renderers';
 // Typescript interfaces
 import { EChartsOption, TreemapSeriesOption, LineSeriesOption, PieSeriesOption } from 'echarts';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ echarts.use([
   SVGRenderer, CanvasRenderer,
   TitleComponent, TooltipComponent, GridComponent,
   LegendComponent, GeoComponent, DataZoomComponent,
-  VisualMapComponent,
+  VisualMapComponent, MarkLineComponent,
   LineChart, LinesChart, BarChart, TreemapChart, PieChart, ScatterChart
 ]);
 export { echarts, EChartsOption, TreemapSeriesOption, LineSeriesOption, PieSeriesOption };
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