diff --git a/clients/client-core/src/config/mod.rs b/clients/client-core/src/config/mod.rs
index 97b7c85c1a..1d3547dbd3 100644
--- a/clients/client-core/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/client-core/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2021 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use config::defaults::NymNetworkDetails;
 use config::{NymConfig, OptionalSet, DB_FILE_NAME};
 use nymsphinx::params::PacketSize;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -499,13 +500,29 @@ pub struct Client<T> {
 
 impl<T: NymConfig> Default for Client<T> {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let network = NymNetworkDetails::new_mainnet();
+        let nyxd_urls = network
+            .endpoints
+            .iter()
+            .map(|validator| validator.nyxd_url())
+            .collect();
+        let nym_api_urls = network
+            .endpoints
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|validator| validator.api_url())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        if nym_api_urls.is_empty() {
+            panic!("we do not have any default nym-api urls available!")
+        }
+
         // there must be explicit checks for whether id is not empty later
         Client {
             version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
             id: "".to_string(),
             disabled_credentials_mode: true,
-            nyxd_urls: vec![],
-            nym_api_urls: vec![],
+            nyxd_urls,
+            nym_api_urls,
             private_identity_key_file: Default::default(),
             public_identity_key_file: Default::default(),
             private_encryption_key_file: Default::default(),
diff --git a/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml b/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml
index d2e20ef29d..f2cc32465e 100644
--- a/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/mixnode-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ url = "2.2"
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 
 crypto =  { path = "../crypto" }
+network-defaults = { path = "../network-defaults" }
 nymsphinx-acknowledgements = { path = "../nymsphinx/acknowledgements" }
 nymsphinx-addressing = { path = "../nymsphinx/addressing" }
 nymsphinx-forwarding = { path = "../nymsphinx/forwarding" }
diff --git a/common/mixnode-common/src/verloc/mod.rs b/common/mixnode-common/src/verloc/mod.rs
index 07fc80b4ba..cbcf590625 100644
--- a/common/mixnode-common/src/verloc/mod.rs
+++ b/common/mixnode-common/src/verloc/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
 use futures::StreamExt;
 use log::*;
+use network_defaults::mainnet::NYM_API;
 use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 use rand::thread_rng;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ impl Default for ConfigBuilder {
             tested_nodes_batch_size: DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE,
             testing_interval: DEFAULT_TESTING_INTERVAL,
             retry_timeout: DEFAULT_RETRY_TIMEOUT,
-            nym_api_urls: vec![],
+            nym_api_urls: vec![NYM_API.parse().expect("Invalid default API URL")],
         })
     }
 }