diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
index 34e6180..dd58f75 100644
--- a/api.php
+++ b/api.php
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@
     $data->nanoNodeAccountShort = truncateAddress($data->nanoNodeAccount);
     $data->nanoNodeAccountUrl = getAccountUrl($data->nanoNodeAccount, $blockExplorer);
 
+    // -- Get Telemetry from nano node
+    $telemetry = getTelemetry($ch);
+
     // -- Get Version String from nano node and node monitor
-    $version = getVersion($ch);
-    $data->version = $version->{'node_vendor'};
-    $data->store_version = (int) $version->{'store_version'} ?: 0;
-    $data->protocol_version = (int) $version->{'protocol_version'} ?: 0;
-    $data->store_vendor = (string) $version->{'store_vendor'} ?: '';
+    $majorVersion = (int) $telemetry->{'major_version'};
+    $minorVersion = (int) $telemetry->{'minor_version'};
+    $patchVersion = (int) $telemetry->{'patch_version'};
+    $data->version = 'Nano v'.$majorVersion.'.'.$minorVersion.'.'.$patchVersion;
+    $data->protocol_version = (int) $telemetry->{'protocol_version'} ?: 0;
 
     // Cache the github query for latest node version
     global $nodeVersionCache;
@@ -54,23 +57,20 @@
         return $nodeVersionData;
     });
     $latestVersion = $nodeVersionData->latestNodeReleaseVersion;
-    $data->newNodeVersionAvailable = isNewNodeVersionAvailable(formatVersion($data->version), $latestVersion, $currency);
+    $data->newNodeVersionAvailable = isNewNodeVersionAvailable($majorVersion.'.'.$minorVersion, $latestVersion, $currency);
     $data->nodeMonitorVersion = PROJECT_VERSION;
 
-    // -- Get get current block from nano_node
-    $rpcBlockCount = getBlockCount($ch);
-    $data->currentBlock = (int) $rpcBlockCount->{'count'};
-    $data->uncheckedBlocks = (int) $rpcBlockCount->{'unchecked'};
-    $data->cementedBlocks = (int) $rpcBlockCount->{'cemented'} ?: 0;
+    // -- Get current block from nano_node
+    $data->currentBlock = (int) $telemetry->{'block_count'};
+    $data->uncheckedBlocks = (int) $telemetry->{'unchecked_count'};
+    $data->cementedBlocks = (int) $telemetry->{'cemented_count'} ?: 0;
 
     if ($currency == 'nano') {
         $data->blockSync = getSyncStatus($data->currentBlock);
     }
 
     // -- Get number of peers from nano_node
-    $rpcPeers = getPeers($ch);
-    $peers = (array) $rpcPeers->{'peers'};
-    $data->numPeers = count($peers);
+    $data->numPeers = (int) $telemetry->{'peer_count'};
 
     // -- Get confirmation info from nano_node. Average time, blocks used, time span  and percentiles
     // -- over last X min (set by CONFIRMATION_TIME_LIMIT) or max 2048 blocks which is a node limitation
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     $data->currencySymbol = currencySymbol($currency);
 
     // active_difficulty
-    $data->active_difficulty = getActiveDifficulty($ch);
+    $data->active_difficulty = (string) $telemetry->{'active_difficulty'};
 
     // node statistics
     // maybe we get more stats later
diff --git a/modules/functions.php b/modules/functions.php
index ab80fc4..54adfad 100644
--- a/modules/functions.php
+++ b/modules/functions.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function getLatestNodeReleaseVersion()
   $curl = curl_init();
 
   curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
-    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.github.com/repos/nanocurrency/raiblocks/releases/latest',
+    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.github.com/repos/nanocurrency/nano-node/releases/latest',
     CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
     CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
     CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
@@ -209,13 +209,6 @@ function getLatestNodeReleaseVersion()
   return '';
 }
 
-// gets the number from the version string
-function formatVersion($rawversion){
-  $formattedVersion = explode(' ', $rawversion);
-
-  return $formattedVersion[1];
-}
-
 // get a string with information about the
 // current version and possible updates
 function isNewNodeVersionAvailable($currentVersion, $latestVersion, $currency)
diff --git a/modules/functions_rpc.php b/modules/functions_rpc.php
index 104a347..c8c2658 100644
--- a/modules/functions_rpc.php
+++ b/modules/functions_rpc.php
@@ -25,31 +25,11 @@ function postCurl($ch, $data)
   return json_decode($resp);
 }
 
-// get version string from nano_node
-function getVersion($ch)
+// get telemetry from nano_node
+function getTelemetry($ch)
 {
   // get version string
-  $data = array("action" => "version");
-
-  // post curl
-  return postCurl($ch, $data);
-}
-
-// get block count from nano_node
-function getBlockCount($ch)
-{
-  // get block count
-  $data = array("action" => "block_count", "include_cemented" => "true");
-
-  // post curl
-  return postCurl($ch, $data);
-}
-
-// get number of peers
-function getPeers($ch)
-{
-  // get peers
-  $data = array("action" => "peers");
+  $data = array("action" => "telemetry");
 
   // post curl
   return postCurl($ch, $data);
@@ -122,13 +102,3 @@ function getUptime($ch)
   // post curl
   return postCurl($ch, $data);
 }
-
-// get active difficulty
-function getActiveDifficulty($ch)
-{
-  // get uptime
-  $data = array("action" => "active_difficulty");
-
-  // post curl
-  return postCurl($ch, $data);
-}