diff --git a/src/helpers/environment/Environment/Environment.ts b/src/helpers/environment/Environment/Environment.ts
index a4aa20def..e34213489 100644
--- a/src/helpers/environment/Environment/Environment.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/environment/Environment/Environment.ts
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ export class Environment {
       case NetworkId.MAINNET:
         return this._get({
           key: `VITE_ETHEREUM_ARCHIVE_NODE_URL`,
-          fallback: "https://rpc.ankr.com/eth",
+          fallback: "https://eth.merkle.io",
         });
       default:
         return this._get({
           key: `VITE_ETHEREUM_ARCHIVE_NODE_URL`,
-          fallback: "https://rpc.ankr.com/eth",
+          fallback: "https://eth.merkle.io",
         });
     }
   };
diff --git a/src/views/Governance/hooks/useGetProposals.tsx b/src/views/Governance/hooks/useGetProposals.tsx
index c9ac953e7..ab1e7f3e7 100644
--- a/src/views/Governance/hooks/useGetProposals.tsx
+++ b/src/views/Governance/hooks/useGetProposals.tsx
@@ -3,36 +3,72 @@ import { GOVERNANCE_CONTRACT } from "src/constants/contracts";
 import { Environment } from "src/helpers/environment/Environment/Environment";
 import { Providers } from "src/helpers/providers/Providers/Providers";
 import { NetworkId } from "src/networkDetails";
+import { OlympusGovernorBravo__factory } from "src/typechain";
 import { ProposalCreatedEventObject } from "src/typechain/OlympusGovernorBravo";
 
 export const useGetProposals = () => {
   const archiveProvider = Providers.getArchiveStaticProvider(NetworkId.MAINNET);
-  const contract = GOVERNANCE_CONTRACT.getEthersContract(NetworkId.MAINNET);
+  // const contract = GOVERNANCE_CONTRACT.getEthersContract(NetworkId.MAINNET);
+  const contractAddress = GOVERNANCE_CONTRACT.addresses[NetworkId.MAINNET];
+  const contract = OlympusGovernorBravo__factory.connect(contractAddress, archiveProvider);
+
   return useQuery(
     ["getProposals", NetworkId.MAINNET],
     async () => {
-      // using EVENTS
-      const proposalCreatedEvents = await contract.queryFilter(
-        contract.filters.ProposalCreated(),
-        Environment.getGovernanceStartBlock(),
-      );
-
-      const proposals = Promise.all(
-        proposalCreatedEvents.map(async item => {
+      const proposals: { createdAtBlock: Date; details: ProposalCreatedEventObject; title: string; txHash: string }[] =
+        [];
+      let blockNumber = await archiveProvider.getBlockNumber();
+      const startBlock = Environment.getGovernanceStartBlock();
+      const chunkSize = 10000; //RPC limit
+      // Fetch the last proposal ID
+      const lastProposalId = (await contract.proposalCount()).toNumber();
+
+      // If there are no proposals, return an empty array
+      if (lastProposalId === 0) {
+        console.log("No proposals found.");
+        return proposals;
+      }
+      let foundProposalId1 = false;
+
+      while (blockNumber > startBlock && !foundProposalId1) {
+        const fromBlock = Math.max(blockNumber - chunkSize, startBlock);
+
+        const proposalCreatedEvents = await contract.queryFilter(
+          contract.filters.ProposalCreated(),
+          fromBlock,
+          blockNumber,
+        );
+
+        // Process each event
+        for (const item of proposalCreatedEvents) {
           const timestamp = (await archiveProvider.getBlock(item.blockNumber)).timestamp;
+
           if (item.decode) {
             const details = { ...item.decode(item.data), values: item.args[3] } as ProposalCreatedEventObject;
-            return {
+
+            // Stop if we hit proposal ID 1
+            if (Number(details.id) === 1) {
+              foundProposalId1 = true;
+              break;
+            }
+
+            proposals.push({
               createdAtBlock: new Date(timestamp * 1000),
               details,
               title: details.description.split(/#+\s|\n/g)[1] || `${details.description.slice(0, 20)}...`,
               txHash: item.transactionHash,
-            };
+            });
           }
-        }),
-      );
+        }
+
+        // Move to the next block range (going backwards)
+        blockNumber = fromBlock - 1;
+      }
+      console.log("Proposals found:", proposals.length);
+
       return proposals;
     },
+
     { enabled: !!archiveProvider && !!contract },
   );
 };