diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 8e11065..5a459e1 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -588,6 +588,16 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ctor"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e98e2ad1a782e33928b96fc3948e7c355e5af34ba4de7670fe8bac2a3b2006d"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "0.99.11"
@@ -1303,9 +1313,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.7"
+version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa563d17ecb180e500da1cfd2b028310ac758de548efdd203e18f283af693f37"
+checksum = "c3d0b9745dc2debf507c8422de05d7226cc1f0644216dfdfead988f9b1ab32a7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -1726,9 +1736,9 @@ checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.48"
+version = "1.0.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cc371affeffc477f42a221a1e4297aedcea33d47d19b61455588bd9d8f6b19ac"
+checksum = "f3a1d708c221c5a612956ef9f75b37e454e88d1f7b899fbd3a18d4252012d663"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1752,8 +1762,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "ctor",
  "fnv",
- "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "num-traits",
  "parking_lot",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 70f5030..be0dcb6 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.11"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.1", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 rustc-hash = "1.1.0"
 clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
-lazy_static = "1"
+ctor = "0.1.20"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/backend/src/aggregator.rs b/backend/src/aggregator.rs
index 253a2b8..205899d 100644
--- a/backend/src/aggregator.rs
+++ b/backend/src/aggregator.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use actix::prelude::*;
 use actix_web_actors::ws::{CloseReason, CloseCode};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use ctor::ctor;
 
 use crate::node::connector::{Mute, NodeConnector};
 use crate::feed::connector::{FeedConnector, Connected, FeedId};
@@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ pub struct ChainEntry {
     max_nodes: usize,
 }
 
-lazy_static! {
-    /// Labels of chains we consider "first party". These chains allow any
-    /// number of nodes to connect.
-    static ref FIRST_PARTY_NETWORKS: HashSet<&'static str> = {
-        let mut set = HashSet::new();
-        set.insert("Polkadot");
-        set.insert("Kusama");
-        set.insert("Westend");
-        set.insert("Rococo");
-        set
-    };
-}
+#[ctor]
+/// Labels of chains we consider "first party". These chains allow any
+/// number of nodes to connect.
+static FIRST_PARTY_NETWORKS: HashSet<&'static str> = {
+    let mut set = HashSet::new();
+    set.insert("Polkadot");
+    set.insert("Kusama");
+    set.insert("Westend");
+    set.insert("Rococo");
+    set
+};
+
 /// Max number of nodes allowed to connect to the telemetry server.
-const THIRD_PARTY_NETWORKS_MAX_NODES: usize = 2;
+const THIRD_PARTY_NETWORKS_MAX_NODES: usize = 500;
 
 impl Aggregator {
     pub fn new(denylist: HashSet<String>) -> Self {