diff --git a/src/node/client.ts b/src/node/client.ts
index 0b9605c..d88d4c7 100644
--- a/src/node/client.ts
+++ b/src/node/client.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Bytes32, capella, LightClientUpdate } from "#types.js";
 import {
   consensusClient,
   deserializePubkeys,
+  getConsensusOptimisticUpdate,
   optimisticUpdateFromJSON,
   optimisticUpdateVerify,
 } from "#util.js";
@@ -87,16 +88,8 @@ export default class Client extends BaseClient {
   }
 
   protected async getLatestExecution(): Promise<ExecutionInfo | null> {
-    const resp = await axios.get(
-      `/eth/v1/beacon/light_client/optimistic_update`,
-    );
-
-    const updateJSON = resp.data;
-
-    if (!updateJSON) {
-      throw Error(`fetching optimistic update failed`);
-    }
-    const update = optimisticUpdateFromJSON(updateJSON.data);
+    const updateJSON = await getConsensusOptimisticUpdate();
+    const update = optimisticUpdateFromJSON(updateJSON);
     const verify = await optimisticUpdateVerify(
       this.latestCommittee as Uint8Array[],
       update,
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index e8947f4..5e6e72d 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ export function getCommitteeHash(committee: Uint8Array[]): Uint8Array {
 
 export const consensusClient = axios.create();
 axiosRetry(consensusClient, { retries: 3 });
+
+export async function getConsensusOptimisticUpdate() {
+  const resp = await consensusClient.get(
+    `/eth/v1/beacon/light_client/optimistic_update`,
+  );
+
+  const updateJSON = resp.data;
+
+  if (!updateJSON) {
+    throw Error(`fetching optimistic update failed`);
+  }
+}