diff --git a/gateway/src/node/mod.rs b/gateway/src/node/mod.rs
index a9b7b473a5..7981b12030 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl Gateway {
         );
         let validator_client = validator_client::Client::new(validator_client_config);
 
-        let existing_gateways = match validator_client.get_gateways().await {
+        let existing_gateways = match validator_client.get_cached_gateways().await {
             Ok(gateways) => gateways,
             Err(err) => {
                 error!("failed to grab initial network gateways - {}\n Please try to startup again in few minutes", err);