diff --git a/public/include/pages/statistics.inc.php b/public/include/pages/statistics.inc.php
index be328545..3f63e870 100644
--- a/public/include/pages/statistics.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/pages/statistics.inc.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if (!$smarty->isCached('master.tpl', $smarty_cache_key)) {
   $debug->append('No cached version available, fetching from backend', 3);
   if ($bitcoin->can_connect() === true){
     $dDifficulty = $bitcoin->getdifficulty();
-    $iBlock = $bitcoin->query('getblockcount');
+    $iBlock = $bitcoin->getblockcount();
   } else {
     $dDifficulty = 1;
     $iBlock = 0;