diff --git a/src/solana/SolanaEngine.ts b/src/solana/SolanaEngine.ts
index 75c766ec8..c6e5139d1 100644
--- a/src/solana/SolanaEngine.ts
+++ b/src/solana/SolanaEngine.ts
@@ -126,9 +126,11 @@ export class SolanaEngine extends CurrencyEngine<
     const funcs = rpcNodes.map(serverUrl => async () => {
       serverUrl = this.tools.rpcWithApiKey(serverUrl)
       const res = await this.fetch(serverUrl, options)
-      if (!res.ok) {
+      const json = await res.json()
+      if (!res.ok || json.error != null) {
+        this.log.warn('fetchRpc error', json)
         throw new Error(
-          `fetchRpc ${options.method} failed error: ${res.status}`
+          `fetchRpc ${options.method} failed error: ${json.error ?? res.status}`
         )
       }
       const out = await res.json()
@@ -177,7 +179,9 @@ export class SolanaEngine extends CurrencyEngine<
         })
       }
 
-      const balances: any = await this.fetchRpcBulk(requests)
+      const res = await this.fetchRpcBulk(requests)
+      this.log.warn('queryBalance res', res)
+      const balances: any = res
 
       const [mainnetBal, ...tokenBals]: [AccountBalance, TokenAmount[]] =
         balances
diff --git a/src/solana/SolanaTools.ts b/src/solana/SolanaTools.ts
index cda491556..8da759df0 100644
--- a/src/solana/SolanaTools.ts
+++ b/src/solana/SolanaTools.ts
@@ -218,11 +218,19 @@ export class SolanaTools implements EdgeCurrencyTools {
   }
 
   makeConnections(rpcUrls: string[]): Connection[] {
-    const fetchCorsBypassed: EdgeFetchFunction = async (uri, opts) =>
-      await this.io.fetch(uri, {
+    const fetchCorsBypassed: EdgeFetchFunction = async (uri, opts) => {
+      const res = await this.io.fetch(uri, {
         ...opts,
         corsBypass: 'always'
       })
+      // Alchemy returns status 200 (ok) for failed requests
+      const json = await res.json()
+      if (json.error != null) {
+        throw new Error(`fetchCorsBypassed: ${json.error}`)
+      }
+
+      return res
+    }
     const connectionConfig: ConnectionConfig = {
       commitment: this.networkInfo.commitment,
       fetch: fetchCorsBypassed as FetchFn
diff --git a/src/solana/solanaInfo.ts b/src/solana/solanaInfo.ts
index 4f7887f02..59f996fc9 100644
--- a/src/solana/solanaInfo.ts
+++ b/src/solana/solanaInfo.ts
@@ -186,15 +186,16 @@ const builtinTokens: EdgeTokenMap = {
 const networkInfo: SolanaNetworkInfo = {
   rpcNodes: [
     // 'https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com',
-    // 'https://solana-mainnet.rpc.grove.city/v1/{{poktPortalApiKey}}', // fails to return some transactions
-    'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key={{heliusApiKey}}'
+    'https://solana-mainnet.rpc.grove.city/v1/{{poktPortalApiKey}}' // fails to return some transactions
+    // 'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key={{heliusApiKey}}'
   ],
   rpcNodesArchival: [
     // 'https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com',
-    // 'https://solana-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/{{alchemyApiKey}}',
-    'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key={{heliusApiKey}}'
+    'https://solana-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/{{alchemyApiKey}}'
+    // 'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key={{heliusApiKey}}'
   ],
   stakedConnectionRpcNodes: [
+    // has some staked solana to broadcast
     'https://staked.helius-rpc.com?api-key={{heliusApiKey}}'
   ],
   commitment: 'confirmed', // confirmed is faster, finalized is safer. Even faster processed is unsupported for tx querys