diff --git a/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts b/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts
index 635dc8300..99bb963ee 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/services/acceleration.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { query } from '../../utils/axios-query';
 import config from '../../config';
+import logger from '../../logger';
 import { BlockExtended, PoolTag } from '../../mempool.interfaces';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 export interface Acceleration {
   txid: string,
@@ -9,10 +10,15 @@ export interface Acceleration {
 }
 
 class AccelerationApi {
-  public async $fetchAccelerations(): Promise<Acceleration[]> {
+  public async $fetchAccelerations(): Promise<Acceleration[] | null> {
     if (config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.ACCELERATIONS) {
-      const response = await query(`${config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.API}/accelerator/accelerations`);
-      return (response as Acceleration[]) || [];
+      try {
+        const response = await axios.get(`${config.MEMPOOL_SERVICES.API}/accelerator/accelerations`, { responseType: 'json', timeout: 10000 });
+        return response.data as Acceleration[];
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.warn('Failed to fetch current accelerations from the mempool services backend: ' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
+        return null;
+      }
     } else {
       return [];
     }