diff --git a/apps/staking/src/app/api/v1/locked_accounts/route.ts b/apps/staking/src/app/api/v1/locked_accounts/route.ts
index 47f2ad9949..95887e7fe0 100644
--- a/apps/staking/src/app/api/v1/locked_accounts/route.ts
+++ b/apps/staking/src/app/api/v1/locked_accounts/route.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { clusterApiUrl, Connection, PublicKey } from "@solana/web3.js";
 import type { NextRequest } from "next/server";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
-import { IS_MAINNET, RPC } from "../../../../config/server";
+import { BACKEND_RPC, IS_MAINNET } from "../../../../config/server";
 import { tokensToString } from "../../../../tokens";
 
 const UnlockScheduleSchema = z.object({
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const isValidPublicKey = (publicKey: string) => {
 export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
   const stakingClient = new PythStakingClient({
     connection: new Connection(
-      RPC ??
+      BACKEND_RPC ??
         clusterApiUrl(
           IS_MAINNET
             ? WalletAdapterNetwork.Mainnet
diff --git a/apps/staking/src/config/server.ts b/apps/staking/src/config/server.ts
index a41c75da03..22b1a3a4ee 100644
--- a/apps/staking/src/config/server.ts
+++ b/apps/staking/src/config/server.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export const WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID = demandInProduction(
   "WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID",
 );
 export const RPC = process.env.RPC;
+export const BACKEND_RPC = process.env.BACKEND_RPC;
 export const IS_MAINNET = process.env.IS_MAINNET !== undefined;
 export const HERMES_URL = getOr("HERMES_URL", "https://hermes.pyth.network");
 export const BLOCKED_REGIONS = transformOr("BLOCKED_REGIONS", fromCsv, []);