diff --git a/example-config.yml b/example-config.yml
index c261f6f..b0b9a1c 100644
--- a/example-config.yml
+++ b/example-config.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ chains:
     chain_id: osmosis-1
     # Hooray, in v2 we derive the valcons from abci queries so you don't have to jump through hoops to figure out how
     # to convert ed25519 keys to the appropriate bech32 address.
-    # Use valcons address if using ICS
+    # Use valcons address if using ICS or tendermint/PubKeyBn254
     valoper_address: osmovaloper1xxxxxxx...
     # Should the monitor revert to using public API endpoints if all supplied RCP nodes fail?
     # This isn't always reliable, not all public nodes have websocket proxying setup correctly.
diff --git a/td2/rpc.go b/td2/rpc.go
index b3429fe..5f61687 100644
--- a/td2/rpc.go
+++ b/td2/rpc.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tenderduty
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -39,20 +40,28 @@ func (cc *ChainConfig) newRpc() error {
 			down = true
 			return
 		}
+		var network string
+		var catching_up bool
 		status, err := cc.client.Status(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			msg = fmt.Sprintf("❌ could not get status for %s: (%s) %s", cc.name, u, err)
-			down = true
-			l(msg)
-			return
+			n, c, err := getStatusWithEndpoint(ctx, u)
+			if err != nil {
+				msg = fmt.Sprintf("❌ could not get status for %s: (%s) %s", cc.name, u, err)
+				down = true
+				l(msg)
+				return
+			}
+			network, catching_up = n, c
+		} else {
+			network, catching_up = status.NodeInfo.Network, status.SyncInfo.CatchingUp
 		}
-		if status.NodeInfo.Network != cc.ChainId {
-			msg = fmt.Sprintf("chain id %s on %s does not match, expected %s, skipping", status.NodeInfo.Network, u, cc.ChainId)
+		if network != cc.ChainId {
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("chain id %s on %s does not match, expected %s, skipping", network, u, cc.ChainId)
 			down = true
 			l(msg)
 			return
 		}
-		if status.SyncInfo.CatchingUp {
+		if catching_up {
 			msg = fmt.Sprint("🐢 node is not synced, skipping ", u)
 			syncing = true
 			down = true
@@ -261,3 +270,51 @@ func guessPublicEndpoint(u string) string {
 	}
 	return proto + matches[1] + port
 }
+
+func getStatusWithEndpoint(ctx context.Context, u string) (string, bool, error) {
+	// Parse the URL
+	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(u)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+
+	// Check if the scheme is 'tcp' and modify to 'http'
+	if parsedURL.Scheme == "tcp" {
+		parsedURL.Scheme = "http"
+	}
+
+	queryPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/status", parsedURL.String())
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, queryPath, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+
+	type tendermintStatus struct {
+		JsonRPC string `json:"jsonrpc"`
+		ID      int    `json:"id"`
+		Result  struct {
+			NodeInfo struct {
+				Network string `json:"network"`
+			} `json:"node_info"`
+			SyncInfo struct {
+				CatchingUp bool `json:"catching_up"`
+			} `json:"sync_info"`
+		} `json:"result"`
+	}
+	var status tendermintStatus
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &status); err != nil {
+		return "", false, err
+	}
+	return status.Result.NodeInfo.Network, status.Result.SyncInfo.CatchingUp, nil
+}