diff --git a/v8-data-migration/constants.js b/v8-data-migration/constants.js
index ea657bff9..9395ea218 100644
--- a/v8-data-migration/constants.js
+++ b/v8-data-migration/constants.js
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ export const BATCH_SIZE = 50;
 // export const NODERC_CONFIG_PATH =
 //     '/Users/zvonimir/projects/ot-node/v8-data-migration/.origintrail_noderc';
 // export const ENV_PATH = '/Users/zvonimir/projects/ot-node/data-migration/.env';
+// export const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = '/Users/zvonimir/projects/ot-node/config/config.json';
+// export const DATA_MIGRATION_DIR =
+//     '/Users/zvonimir/projects/ot-node/v8-data-migration/data/data-migration';
+// export const MIGRATION_PROGRESS_FILE =
+//     '/Users/zvonimir/projects/ot-node/v8-data-migration/data/migrations/v8DataMigration';
 // // LOCAL TESTING END
 
 // REMOTE
+export const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = '/root/ot-node/current/config/config.json';
 export const NODERC_CONFIG_PATH = '/root/ot-node/.origintrail_noderc';
 export const DATA_MIGRATION_DIR = '/root/ot-node/data/data-migration';
 export const ENV_PATH = '/root/ot-node/current/.env';
diff --git a/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration-utils.js b/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration-utils.js
index dd31af2df..a3f88c4c4 100644
--- a/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration-utils.js
+++ b/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration-utils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { stringify } from 'csv-stringify';
 import { parse as csvParse } from 'csv-parse';
 import readLastLines from 'read-last-lines';
-import { NODERC_CONFIG_PATH, MIGRATION_PROGRESS_FILE } from './constants.js';
+import { NODERC_CONFIG_PATH, MIGRATION_PROGRESS_FILE, DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH } from './constants.js';
 import { validateSuccessfulInserts, validateConfig } from './validation.js';
 import logger from './logger.js';
 
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ export function initializeConfig() {
     return config;
 }
 
+export function initializeDefaultConfig() {
+    const configPath = path.resolve(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH);
+    const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8'));
+    validateConfig(config);
+    return config;
+}
+
 export async function getHighestTokenId(csvFilePath) {
     try {
         const lastLine = await readLastLines.read(csvFilePath, 1); // Read the last line
diff --git a/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration.js b/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration.js
index 127298a0e..52e3e88a6 100644
--- a/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration.js
+++ b/v8-data-migration/v8-data-migration.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 import {
     updateCsvFile,
     initializeConfig,
+    initializeDefaultConfig,
     getCsvDataStream,
     getHighestTokenId,
     ensureDirectoryExists,
@@ -239,9 +240,12 @@ async function main() {
     ensureDirectoryExists(DATA_MIGRATION_DIR);
     // REMOTE END
 
-    // initialize node config
+    // initialize noderc config
     const config = initializeConfig();
 
+    // initialize default config
+    const defaultConfig = initializeDefaultConfig();
+
     // Initialize blockchain config
     const blockchainConfig = config.modules.blockchain;
     if (!blockchainConfig || !blockchainConfig.implementation) {
@@ -291,7 +295,10 @@ async function main() {
             logger.info(`Blockchain ${blockchain} is not enabled. Skipping...`);
             continue;
         }
-        const rpcEndpoints = blockchainImplementation?.config?.rpcEndpoints;
+        const rpcEndpoints = blockchainImplementation?.config?.rpcEndpoints
+            ? blockchainImplementation.config.rpcEndpoints
+            : defaultConfig[process.env.NODE_ENV].modules.blockchain.implementation[blockchain]
+                  .config.rpcEndpoints;
         if (!Array.isArray(rpcEndpoints) || rpcEndpoints.length === 0) {
             throw new Error(`RPC endpoints are not defined for blockchain ${blockchain}.`);
         }