diff --git a/src/hooks/useIndexer.tsx b/src/hooks/useIndexer.tsx
index 531a1cc..6c3d0d0 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useIndexer.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useIndexer.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const useIndexer = () => {
         // check if the indexer has not been initialized
         const indexer = new CookieJarIndexer(
           storageEntities,
-          publicClient,
+          "https://rpc.ankr.com/gnosis",
           handleEvent
         );
         await indexer.init();
diff --git a/src/utils/CookieJarIndexer.ts b/src/utils/CookieJarIndexer.ts
index 2f56cea..51ddb4e 100644
--- a/src/utils/CookieJarIndexer.ts
+++ b/src/utils/CookieJarIndexer.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { createIndexer, IdbStorage } from "chainsauce-web";
 import type { EventHandler, Indexer } from "chainsauce-web";
 import { Abi, PublicClient } from "viem";
-import { Contract, providers, utils } from "ethers";
-import { useEthersProvider } from "./ethersAdapters";
+import { Contract, utils, providers } from "ethers";
 import { JsonFragment } from "@daohaus/utils";
 
 interface CookieJarIndexerInterface {
   storage: IdbStorage;
-  publicClient: PublicClient;
+  rpc: string;
   eventHandler: EventHandler<IdbStorage>;
   indexer?: Indexer<IdbStorage>;
   init: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -21,24 +20,24 @@ interface CookieJarIndexerInterface {
 
 class CookieJarIndexer implements CookieJarIndexerInterface {
   storage: IdbStorage;
-  publicClient: PublicClient;
+  rpc: string;
   eventHandler: EventHandler<IdbStorage>;
   indexer?: Indexer<IdbStorage>;
 
   constructor(
     storageEntities: string[],
-    publicClient: PublicClient,
+    rpc: string,
     eventHandler: EventHandler<IdbStorage>
   ) {
     this.storage = new IdbStorage(storageEntities);
-    this.publicClient = publicClient;
+    this.rpc = rpc;
     this.eventHandler = eventHandler;
   }
 
   init = async () => {
-    const provider = useEthersProvider({ chainId: 100 });
+    const provider = new providers.JsonRpcProvider(this.rpc, 100);
     this.indexer = await createIndexer(
-      provider as providers.JsonRpcProvider,
+      provider,
       this.storage,
       this.eventHandler
     );
diff --git a/src/utils/ethersAdapters.ts b/src/utils/ethersAdapters.ts
index ec1d50d..6ad28a6 100644
--- a/src/utils/ethersAdapters.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ethersAdapters.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import * as React from "react";
-import { type PublicClient, usePublicClient } from "wagmi";
+import { type PublicClient, getPublicClient } from "@wagmi/core";
 import { providers } from "ethers";
-import { type HttpTransport } from "viem";
 
 export function publicClientToProvider(publicClient: PublicClient) {
   const { chain, transport } = publicClient;
@@ -10,20 +8,11 @@ export function publicClientToProvider(publicClient: PublicClient) {
     name: chain.name,
     ensAddress: chain.contracts?.ensRegistry?.address,
   };
-  if (transport.type === "fallback")
-    return new providers.FallbackProvider(
-      (transport.transports as ReturnType<HttpTransport>[]).map(
-        ({ value }) => new providers.JsonRpcProvider(value?.url, network)
-      )
-    );
   return new providers.JsonRpcProvider(transport.url, network);
 }
 
-/** Hook to convert a viem Public Client to an ethers.js Provider. */
-export function useEthersProvider({ chainId }: { chainId?: number } = {}) {
-  const publicClient = usePublicClient({ chainId });
-  return React.useMemo(
-    () => publicClientToProvider(publicClient),
-    [publicClient]
-  );
+/** Action to convert a viem Public Client to an ethers.js Provider. */
+export function getEthersProvider({ chainId }: { chainId?: number } = {}) {
+  const publicClient = getPublicClient({ chainId });
+  return publicClientToProvider(publicClient);
 }