diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e7c3b1f622..ca7a56a4d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6061,7 +6061,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-node-status-api"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.2"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum 0.7.7",
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
index cc95396f86..0dfb0caffb 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "nym-node-status-api"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.2"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.3"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs
index d0d1c5f638..7b6c85b6d5 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ async fn run(
     let recently_unbonded_mixnodes = queries::ensure_mixnodes_still_bonded(pool, &mixnodes).await?;
 
     let count_bonded_mixnodes_reserve = 0; // TODO: NymAPI doesn't report the reserve set size
-    let count_bonded_mixnodes_inactive = count_bonded_mixnodes - count_bonded_mixnodes_active;
+    let count_bonded_mixnodes_inactive =
+        count_bonded_mixnodes.saturating_sub(count_bonded_mixnodes_active);
 
     let (all_historical_gateways, all_historical_mixnodes) = calculate_stats(pool).await?;