diff --git a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/block_template_protocol.rs b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/block_template_protocol.rs
index 07621fae0a..44b54f48a8 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/block_template_protocol.rs
+++ b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/block_template_protocol.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 use std::{cmp, convert::TryFrom, sync::Arc};
 
 use log::*;
-use minotari_app_grpc::tari_rpc::{GetNewBlockRequest, MinerData, NewBlockTemplate};
+use minotari_app_grpc::tari_rpc::{pow_algo::PowAlgos, GetNewBlockRequest, MinerData, NewBlockTemplate, PowAlgo};
 use minotari_app_utilities::parse_miner_input::{BaseNodeGrpcClient, ShaP2PoolGrpcClient};
 use minotari_node_grpc_client::grpc;
 use tari_common_types::{tari_address::TariAddress, types::FixedHash};
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ impl BlockTemplateProtocol<'_> {
             } else {
                 let block = match self.p2pool_client.as_mut() {
                     Some(client) => {
-                        let block_result = client.get_new_block(GetNewBlockRequest::default()).await?.into_inner();
+                        let pow_algo = PowAlgo {
+                            pow_algo: PowAlgos::Randomx.into(),
+                        };
+                        let block_result = client
+                            .get_new_block(GetNewBlockRequest { pow: Some(pow_algo) })
+                            .await?
+                            .into_inner();
                         block_result
                             .block
                             .ok_or_else(|| MmProxyError::FailedToGetBlockTemplate("block result".to_string()))?
diff --git a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/config.rs b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/config.rs
index 30badfa0d3..44058daa8f 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/config.rs
+++ b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/config.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ pub struct MergeMiningProxyConfig {
     pub monerod_use_auth: bool,
     /// The Minotari base node's GRPC address
     pub base_node_grpc_address: Option<Multiaddr>,
+    /// P2Pool node's gRPC address
+    pub p2pool_node_grpc_address: Option<Multiaddr>,
     /// GRPC authentication for base node
     pub base_node_grpc_authentication: GrpcAuthentication,
     /// GRPC domain name for node TLS validation
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ impl Default for MergeMiningProxyConfig {
             monerod_password: String::new(),
             monerod_use_auth: false,
             base_node_grpc_address: None,
+            p2pool_node_grpc_address: None,
             base_node_grpc_authentication: GrpcAuthentication::default(),
             base_node_grpc_tls_domain_name: None,
             base_node_grpc_ca_cert_filename: "node_ca.pem".to_string(),
diff --git a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/run_merge_miner.rs b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/run_merge_miner.rs
index 5f226bbe0e..a23a4ca592 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/run_merge_miner.rs
+++ b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/src/run_merge_miner.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ async fn connect_base_node(config: &MergeMiningProxyConfig) -> Result<BaseNodeGr
 
 async fn connect_sha_p2pool(config: &MergeMiningProxyConfig) -> Result<ShaP2PoolGrpcClient, MmProxyError> {
     // TODO: Merge this code in the sha miner
-    let socketaddr = base_node_socket_address(config.base_node_grpc_address.clone(), config.network)?;
+    let socketaddr = base_node_socket_address(config.p2pool_node_grpc_address.clone(), config.network)?;
     let base_node_addr = format!(
         "{}{}",
         protocol_string(config.base_node_grpc_tls_domain_name.is_some()),