diff --git a/clients/native/src/client/mod.rs b/clients/native/src/client/mod.rs
index 4d60e3ad54..5569665730 100644
--- a/clients/native/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/native/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -203,8 +203,23 @@ impl NymClient {
         #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
         let bandwidth_controller = {
             let details = network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
-            let client_config = validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
-                .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
+            let mut client_config =
+                validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
+                    .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
+            let nymd_url = self
+                .config
+                .get_base()
+                .get_validator_endpoints()
+                .pop()
+                .expect("No nymd validator endpoint provided");
+            let api_url = self
+                .config
+                .get_base()
+                .get_validator_api_endpoints()
+                .pop()
+                .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
+            // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
+            client_config = client_config.with_urls(nymd_url, api_url);
             let client = validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
                 .expect("Could not construct query client");
             let coconut_api_clients =
diff --git a/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs b/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs
index 399254c0d1..77112a89c1 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -202,8 +202,23 @@ impl NymClient {
         #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
         let bandwidth_controller = {
             let details = network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
-            let client_config = validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
-                .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
+            let mut client_config =
+                validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
+                    .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
+            let nymd_url = self
+                .config
+                .get_base()
+                .get_validator_endpoints()
+                .pop()
+                .expect("No nymd validator endpoint provided");
+            let api_url = self
+                .config
+                .get_base()
+                .get_validator_api_endpoints()
+                .pop()
+                .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
+            // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
+            client_config = client_config.with_urls(nymd_url, api_url);
             let client = validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
                 .expect("Could not construct query client");
             let coconut_api_clients =