diff --git a/explorer-v2/src/app/api/index.tsx b/explorer-v2/src/app/api/index.tsx
index c9e0dbf757..687372c2f2 100644
--- a/explorer-v2/src/app/api/index.tsx
+++ b/explorer-v2/src/app/api/index.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   CURRENT_EPOCH_REWARDS,
   DATA_OBSERVATORY_BALANCES_URL,
   DATA_OBSERVATORY_NODES_URL,
-  NS_API_MIXNODES_STATS,
   NYM_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS,
   NYM_PRICES_API,
   OBSERVATORY_GATEWAYS_URL,
@@ -174,7 +173,12 @@ export const fetchOriginalStake = async (address: string): Promise<number> => {
 };
 
 export const fetchNoise = async (): Promise<IPacketsAndStakingData[]> => {
-  const response = await fetch(NS_API_MIXNODES_STATS, {
+  if (!process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_NS_API_MIXNODES_STATS) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "NEXT_PUBLIC_NS_API_MIXNODES_STATS environment variable is not defined",
+    );
+  }
+  const response = await fetch(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_NS_API_MIXNODES_STATS, {
     headers: {
       Accept: "application/json",
       "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
diff --git a/explorer-v2/src/app/api/urls.ts b/explorer-v2/src/app/api/urls.ts
index 6f6aaa0066..a2f439318f 100644
--- a/explorer-v2/src/app/api/urls.ts
+++ b/explorer-v2/src/app/api/urls.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-export const NS_API_MIXNODES_STATS =
-  "https://staging-node-status-api.nymte.ch/v2/mixnodes/stats";
 export const CURRENT_EPOCH =
   "https://validator.nymtech.net/api/v1/epoch/current";
 export const CURRENT_EPOCH_REWARDS =
diff --git a/explorer-v2/src/components/lineChart/index.tsx b/explorer-v2/src/components/lineChart/index.tsx
index 144aaf802f..f5adfd5637 100644
--- a/explorer-v2/src/components/lineChart/index.tsx
+++ b/explorer-v2/src/components/lineChart/index.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const LineChart = ({
         format: "%Y-%m-%d",
       }}
       yScale={{
-        min: 120000000, // Keeping the minimum static
+        min: 0, // Keeping the minimum static
         max: maxYValue, // **Dynamically set max value**
         type: "linear",
       }}