diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/AccountReceive.vue b/frontend/src/pages/AccountReceive.vue
index 8f40206b9..2a332197d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/AccountReceive.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/AccountReceive.vue
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@
 import { computed, defineComponent, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue';
 import { QForm } from 'quasar';
 import { UserAnnouncement, KeyPair, AnnouncementDetail, utils } from '@umbracash/umbra-js';
-import { BigNumber, computeAddress, isHexString } from 'src/utils/ethers';
+import { BigNumber, JsonRpcSigner, computeAddress, isHexString } from 'src/utils/ethers';
 import useSettingsStore from 'src/store/settings';
+import useWalletStore from 'src/store/wallet';
 import useWallet from 'src/store/wallet';
 import { filterUserAnnouncements } from 'src/worker/worker';
 import AccountReceiveTable from 'components/AccountReceiveTable.vue';
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ function useScan() {
   // Start and end blocks for advanced mode settings
   const { advancedMode, startBlock, endBlock, setScanBlocks, setScanPrivateKey, scanPrivateKey, resetScanSettings } =
     useSettingsStore();
+  const { signer, userAddress: userWalletAddress } = useWalletStore();
   const startBlockLocal = ref<number>();
   const endBlockLocal = ref<number>();
   const scanPrivateKeyLocal = ref<string>();
@@ -178,7 +180,11 @@ function useScan() {
     const overrides = { startBlock: startBlockLocal.value, endBlock: endBlockLocal.value };
     let allAnnouncements: AnnouncementDetail[] = [];
     try {
-      allAnnouncements = await umbra.value.fetchAllAnnouncements(overrides);
+      allAnnouncements = await umbra.value.fetchSomeAnnouncements(
+        signer.value as JsonRpcSigner,
+        userWalletAddress.value as string,
+        overrides
+      );
     } catch (e) {
       scanStatus.value = 'waiting'; // reset to the default state because we were unable to fetch announcements
       throw e;
diff --git a/umbra-js/src/classes/Umbra.ts b/umbra-js/src/classes/Umbra.ts
index baca53e63..3e673cd9a 100644
--- a/umbra-js/src/classes/Umbra.ts
+++ b/umbra-js/src/classes/Umbra.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ import {
 } from '../ethers';
 import { KeyPair } from './KeyPair';
 import { RandomNumber } from './RandomNumber';
-import { blockedStealthAddresses, getEthSweepGasInfo, lookupRecipient, assertSupportedAddress } from '../utils/utils';
+import {
+  blockedStealthAddresses,
+  getEthSweepGasInfo,
+  lookupRecipient,
+  assertSupportedAddress,
+  getBlockNumberUserRegistered,
+} from '../utils/utils';
 import { Umbra as UmbraContract, Erc20 as ERC20 } from '@umbra/contracts-core/typechain';
 import { ERC20_ABI, ETH_ADDRESS, UMBRA_ABI, UMBRA_BATCH_SEND_ABI } from '../utils/constants';
 import type { Announcement, ChainConfig, EthersProvider, GraphFilterOverride, ScanOverrides, SendOverrides, SubgraphAnnouncement, UserAnnouncement, AnnouncementDetail, SendBatch, SendData} from '../types'; // prettier-ignore
@@ -393,6 +399,38 @@ export class Umbra {
     return this.fetchAllAnnouncementFromLogs(startBlock, endBlock);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @notice Fetches some Umbra event logs using The Graph, if available, falling back to RPC if not
+   * @param overrides Override the start and end block used for scanning; ignored if using The Graph
+   * @returns A list of Announcement events supplemented with additional metadata, such as the sender, block,
+   * timestamp, and txhash
+   */
+  async fetchSomeAnnouncements(
+    Signer: JsonRpcSigner,
+    address: string,
+    overrides: ScanOverrides = {}
+  ): Promise<AnnouncementDetail[]> {
+    const registeredBlockNumebr = await getBlockNumberUserRegistered(address, 0, Signer);
+    // Get start and end blocks to scan events for
+    const startBlock = overrides.startBlock || registeredBlockNumebr || this.chainConfig.startBlock;
+    const endBlock = overrides.endBlock || 'latest';
+
+    // Try querying events using the Graph, fallback to querying logs.
+    // The Graph fetching uses the browser's `fetch` method to query the subgraph, so we check
+    // that window is defined first to avoid trying to use fetch in node environments
+    if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && this.chainConfig.subgraphUrl) {
+      try {
+        const subgraphAnnouncements = await this.fetchAllAnnouncementsFromSubgraph(startBlock, endBlock);
+        // Map the subgraph amount field from string to BigNumber
+        return subgraphAnnouncements.map((x) => ({ ...x, amount: BigNumber.from(x.amount) }));
+      } catch (err) {
+        return this.fetchAllAnnouncementFromLogs(startBlock, endBlock);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return this.fetchAllAnnouncementFromLogs(startBlock, endBlock);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @notice Fetches all Umbra event logs using The Graph
    * @dev Currently ignores the start and end block parameters and returns all events; this may change in a
diff --git a/umbra-js/src/utils/utils.ts b/umbra-js/src/utils/utils.ts
index a2011310f..04fbd1b24 100644
--- a/umbra-js/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/umbra-js/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   getAddress,
   HashZero,
   isHexString,
+  JsonRpcSigner,
   keccak256,
   Overrides,
   resolveProperties,
@@ -241,6 +242,16 @@ export async function lookupRecipient(
   return { spendingPublicKey: publicKey, viewingPublicKey: publicKey };
 }
 
+export async function getBlockNumberUserRegistered(address: string, startblock = 0, Signer: JsonRpcSigner) {
+  address = getAddress(address); // address input validation
+  const { chainId } = await Signer.provider.getNetwork();
+  const txHistoryProvider = new TxHistoryProvider(chainId);
+  const history = await txHistoryProvider.getHistory(address, startblock);
+  const StealthKeyRegistryAddress = '0x31fe56609C65Cd0C510E7125f051D440424D38f3';
+  const registryBlock = history.find((tx) => tx.to === StealthKeyRegistryAddress);
+  return registryBlock?.blockNumber;
+}
+
 /**
  * @notice Throws if provided public key is not on the secp256k1 curve
  * @param point Uncompressed public key as hex string