diff --git a/packages/legacy/core/App/constants.ts b/packages/legacy/core/App/constants.ts
index 453754b41..c09b6147d 100644
--- a/packages/legacy/core/App/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/legacy/core/App/constants.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ export const hitSlop = { top: 44, bottom: 44, left: 44, right: 44 }
 
 export const templateBundleStorageDirectory = 'templates'
 
-export const templateCacheDataFileName = 'proof-templates.json'
+export const templateCacheDataFileName = 'index.json'
 
 export const templateBundleIndexFileName = 'proof-templates.json'
diff --git a/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/fileCache.ts b/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/fileCache.ts
index 57f88feb7..50b82a0a3 100644
--- a/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/fileCache.ts
+++ b/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/fileCache.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ export class FileCache {
     return this._fileEtag || ''
   }
 
+  protected loadCacheData = async (): Promise<CacheDataFile | undefined> => {
+    const cacheFileExists = await this.checkFileExists(this.cacheFileName)
+    if (!cacheFileExists) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const data = await this.loadFileFromLocalStorage(this.cacheFileName)
+    if (!data) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const cacheData: CacheDataFile = JSON.parse(data)
+    return cacheData
+  }
+
   protected saveCacheData = async (cacheData: CacheDataFile): Promise<boolean> => {
     const cacheDataAsString = JSON.stringify(cacheData)
 
@@ -119,4 +134,19 @@ export class FileCache {
 
     return false
   }
+
+  protected stripWeakEtag = (etag: string): string => {
+    if (etag.startsWith('W/')) {
+      return etag.slice(2).replace(/"/g, '')
+    }
+
+    return etag.replace(/"/g, '')
+  }
+
+  protected compareWeakEtags = (etag1: string, etag2: string): boolean => {
+    const cleanEtag1 = this.stripWeakEtag(etag1)
+    const cleanEtag2 = this.stripWeakEtag(etag2)
+
+    return cleanEtag1 === cleanEtag2
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/proofBundle.ts b/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/proofBundle.ts
index c9a4b8d35..904d85211 100644
--- a/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/proofBundle.ts
+++ b/packages/legacy/core/App/utils/proofBundle.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class RemoteProofBundleResolver extends FileCache implements IProofBundle
   private cacheDataFileName = templateCacheDataFileName
 
   public constructor(indexFileBaseUrl: string, log?: BifoldLogger) {
-    super(indexFileBaseUrl, templateBundleStorageDirectory, templateBundleIndexFileName, log)
+    super(indexFileBaseUrl, templateBundleStorageDirectory, templateCacheDataFileName, log)
   }
 
   public async resolve(acceptDevRestrictions: boolean): Promise<ProofRequestTemplate[] | undefined> {
@@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ export class RemoteProofBundleResolver extends FileCache implements IProofBundle
     }
 
     this.log?.info('Loading index now')
-    await this.loadBundleIndex(this.cacheDataFileName)
+    await this.loadBundleIndex(templateBundleIndexFileName)
   }
 
   private loadBundleIndex = async (filePath: string) => {
+    let remoteFetchSucceeded = false
     try {
       const response = await this.axiosInstance.get(filePath)
       const { status } = response
@@ -165,18 +166,11 @@ export class RemoteProofBundleResolver extends FileCache implements IProofBundle
 
       if (status !== 200) {
         this.log?.error(`Failed to fetch remote resource at ${filePath}`)
-        // failed to fetch, use the cached index file
-        // if available
-        const data = await this.loadFileFromLocalStorage(filePath)
-        if (data) {
-          this.log?.info(`Using index file ${filePath} from cache`)
-          this.templateData = JSON.parse(data)
-        }
 
-        return
+        throw new Error('Failed to fetch remote resource')
       }
 
-      if (etag && etag === this.fileEtag) {
+      if (etag && this.compareWeakEtags(this.fileEtag, etag)) {
         this.log?.info(`Index file ${filePath} has not changed, etag ${etag}`)
         // etag is the same, no need to refresh
         this.templateData = response.data
@@ -186,28 +180,25 @@ export class RemoteProofBundleResolver extends FileCache implements IProofBundle
 
       this.fileEtag = etag
       this.templateData = response.data
+      remoteFetchSucceeded = true
 
-      this.log?.info(`Saving file ${filePath}, etag ${etag}`)
       await this.saveFileToLocalStorage(filePath, JSON.stringify(this.templateData))
     } catch (error) {
-      this.log?.error(`Failed to fetch file index ${filePath}`)
-    }
-  }
+      this.log?.error(`Failed to fetch remote file index ${filePath}`)
+    } finally {
+      if (remoteFetchSucceeded) {
+        return
+      }
 
-  private loadCacheData = async (): Promise<CacheDataFile | undefined> => {
-    const cacheFileExists = await this.checkFileExists(this.cacheDataFileName)
-    if (!cacheFileExists) {
-      return
-    }
+      const data = await this.loadFileFromLocalStorage(filePath)
+      if (!data) {
+        this.log?.error(`Failed to load index file ${filePath} from cache`)
+        return
+      }
 
-    const data = await this.loadFileFromLocalStorage(this.cacheDataFileName)
-    if (!data) {
-      return
+      this.log?.info(`Using index file ${filePath} from cache`)
+      this.templateData = JSON.parse(data)
     }
-
-    const cacheData: CacheDataFile = JSON.parse(data)
-
-    return cacheData
   }
 }