diff --git a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
index 46b7ded6e..5cbd78d40 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ class DatabaseMigration {
     }
 
     if (databaseSchemaVersion < 25 && isBitcoin === true) {
-      await this.$executeQuery(`INSERT INTO state VALUES('last_node_stats', 0, '1970-01-01');`);
       await this.$executeQuery(this.getCreateLightningStatisticsQuery(), await this.$checkIfTableExists('lightning_stats'));
       await this.$executeQuery(this.getCreateNodesQuery(), await this.$checkIfTableExists('nodes'));
       await this.$executeQuery(this.getCreateChannelsQuery(), await this.$checkIfTableExists('channels'));
diff --git a/backend/src/api/explorer/channels.api.ts b/backend/src/api/explorer/channels.api.ts
index 67003be57..f214a7d90 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/explorer/channels.api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/explorer/channels.api.ts
@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ class ChannelsApi {
     }
   }
 
-  public async $getChannelsByStatus(status: number): Promise<any[]> {
+  public async $getChannelsByStatus(status: number | number[]): Promise<any[]> {
     try {
-      const query = `SELECT * FROM channels WHERE status = ?`;
+      let query: string;
+      if (Array.isArray(status)) {
+        query = `SELECT * FROM channels WHERE status IN (${status.join(',')})`;
+      } else {
+        query = `SELECT * FROM channels WHERE status = ?`;
+      }
       const [rows]: any = await DB.query(query, [status]);
       return rows;
     } catch (e) {
@@ -337,7 +342,7 @@ class ChannelsApi {
   /**
    * Save or update a channel present in the graph
    */
-  public async $saveChannel(channel: ILightningApi.Channel): Promise<void> {
+  public async $saveChannel(channel: ILightningApi.Channel, status = 1): Promise<void> {
     const [ txid, vout ] = channel.chan_point.split(':');
 
     const policy1: Partial<ILightningApi.RoutingPolicy> = channel.node1_policy || {};
@@ -369,11 +374,11 @@ class ChannelsApi {
         node2_min_htlc_mtokens,
         node2_updated_at
       )
-      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 1, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ${status}, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
       ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
         capacity = ?,
         updated_at = ?,
-        status = 1,
+        status = ${status},
         node1_public_key = ?,
         node1_base_fee_mtokens = ?,
         node1_cltv_delta = ?,
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts
index f0122c5ca..ad468939d 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/network-sync.service.ts
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ class NetworkSyncService {
     let progress = 0;
 
     try {
-      logger.info(`Starting closed channels scan...`);
-      const channels = await channelsApi.$getChannelsByStatus(0);
+      logger.info(`Starting closed channels scan`);
+      const channels = await channelsApi.$getChannelsByStatus([0, 1]);
       for (const channel of channels) {
         const spendingTx = await bitcoinApi.$getOutspend(channel.transaction_id, channel.transaction_vout);
         if (spendingTx.spent === true && spendingTx.status?.confirmed === true) {
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/sync-tasks/stats-importer.ts b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/sync-tasks/stats-importer.ts
index 20d5d65d9..b754415ea 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/lightning/sync-tasks/stats-importer.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/lightning/sync-tasks/stats-importer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import fundingTxFetcher from './funding-tx-fetcher';
 import config from '../../../config';
 import { ILightningApi } from '../../../api/lightning/lightning-api.interface';
 import { isIP } from 'net';
+import { Common } from '../../../api/common';
+import channelsApi from '../../../api/explorer/channels.api';
 
 const fsPromises = promises;
 
@@ -22,7 +24,8 @@ class LightningStatsImporter {
   /**
    * Generate LN network stats for one day
    */
-  public async computeNetworkStats(timestamp: number, networkGraph: ILightningApi.NetworkGraph): Promise<unknown> {
+  public async computeNetworkStats(timestamp: number,
+    networkGraph: ILightningApi.NetworkGraph, isHistorical: boolean = false): Promise<unknown> {
     // Node counts and network shares
     let clearnetNodes = 0;
     let torNodes = 0;
@@ -66,11 +69,14 @@ class LightningStatsImporter {
     const baseFees: number[] = [];
     const alreadyCountedChannels = {};
     
+    const [channelsInDbRaw]: any[] = await DB.query(`SELECT short_id, created FROM channels`);
+    const channelsInDb = {};
+    for (const channel of channelsInDbRaw) {
+      channelsInDb[channel.short_id] = channel;
+    }
+
     for (const channel of networkGraph.edges) {
-      let short_id = channel.channel_id;
-      if (short_id.indexOf('/') !== -1) {
-        short_id = short_id.slice(0, -2);
-      }
+      const short_id = Common.channelIntegerIdToShortId(channel.channel_id);
 
       const tx = await fundingTxFetcher.$fetchChannelOpenTx(short_id);
       if (!tx) {
@@ -78,6 +84,31 @@ class LightningStatsImporter {
         continue;
       }
 
+      // Channel is already in db, check if we need to update 'created' field
+      if (isHistorical === true) {
+        //@ts-ignore
+        if (channelsInDb[short_id] && channel.timestamp < channel.created) {
+          await DB.query(`
+            UPDATE channels SET created = FROM_UNIXTIME(?) WHERE channels.short_id = ?`,
+            //@ts-ignore
+            [channel.timestamp, short_id]
+          );
+        } else if (!channelsInDb[short_id]) {
+          await channelsApi.$saveChannel({
+            channel_id: short_id,
+            chan_point: `${tx.txid}:${short_id.split('x')[2]}`,
+            //@ts-ignore
+            last_update: channel.timestamp,
+            node1_pub: channel.node1_pub,
+            node2_pub: channel.node2_pub,
+            capacity: (tx.value * 100000000).toString(),
+            node1_policy: null,
+            node2_policy: null,
+          }, 0);
+          channelsInDb[channel.channel_id] = channel;
+        }
+      }
+
       if (!nodeStats[channel.node1_pub]) {
         nodeStats[channel.node1_pub] = {
           capacity: 0,
@@ -102,7 +133,7 @@ class LightningStatsImporter {
         nodeStats[channel.node2_pub].channels++;
       }
 
-      if (channel.node1_policy !== undefined) { // Coming from the node
+      if (isHistorical === false) { // Coming from the node
         for (const policy of [channel.node1_policy, channel.node2_policy]) {
           if (policy && parseInt(policy.fee_rate_milli_msat, 10) < 5000) {
             avgFeeRate += parseInt(policy.fee_rate_milli_msat, 10);
@@ -113,7 +144,7 @@ class LightningStatsImporter {
             baseFees.push(parseInt(policy.fee_base_msat, 10));
           }
         }
-      } else { // Coming from the historical import
+      } else {
         // @ts-ignore
         if (channel.fee_rate_milli_msat < 5000) {
           // @ts-ignore