diff --git a/pkg/exporter/consensus/jobs/beacon.go b/pkg/exporter/consensus/jobs/beacon.go
index dd491b1..667c722 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/consensus/jobs/beacon.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/consensus/jobs/beacon.go
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ func (b *Beacon) setupSubscriptions(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if _, err := b.beaconNode.OnFinalizedCheckpoint(ctx, b.handleFinalizedCheckpointEvent); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -284,12 +288,6 @@ func (b *Beacon) getInitialData(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *Beacon) HandleEvent(ctx context.Context, event *v1.Event) {
-	if event.Topic == EventTopicFinalizedCheckpoint {
-		b.handleFinalizedCheckpointEvent(ctx, event)
-	}
-}
-
 func (b *Beacon) handleChainReorg(ctx context.Context, event *v1.ChainReorgEvent) error {
 	b.ReOrgs.Inc()
 	b.ReOrgDepth.Add(float64(event.Depth))
@@ -297,13 +295,10 @@ func (b *Beacon) handleChainReorg(ctx context.Context, event *v1.ChainReorgEvent
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *Beacon) handleFinalizedCheckpointEvent(ctx context.Context, event *v1.Event) {
-	_, ok := event.Data.(*v1.FinalizedCheckpointEvent)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-
+func (b *Beacon) handleFinalizedCheckpointEvent(ctx context.Context, event *v1.FinalizedCheckpointEvent) error {
 	b.updateFinalizedCheckpoint(ctx)
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (b *Beacon) updateFinalizedCheckpoint(ctx context.Context) {
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/consensus/metrics.go b/pkg/exporter/consensus/metrics.go
index 9220502..dc6a243 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/consensus/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/consensus/metrics.go
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ package consensus
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"time"
 
 	eth2client "github.com/attestantio/go-eth2-client"
-	v1 "github.com/attestantio/go-eth2-client/api/v1"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/samcm/ethereum-metrics-exporter/pkg/exporter/consensus/api"
 	"github.com/samcm/ethereum-metrics-exporter/pkg/exporter/consensus/beacon"
@@ -144,63 +141,4 @@ func (m *metrics) StartAsync(ctx context.Context) {
 			m.log.Errorf("Failed to start event metrics: %v", err)
 		}
 	}()
-
-	go m.subscriptionLoop(ctx)
-}
-
-func (m *metrics) subscriptionLoop(ctx context.Context) {
-	subscribed := false
-
-	for {
-		if subscribed && (time.Since(m.eventMetrics.LastEventTime) > (5 * time.Minute)) {
-			m.log.
-				WithField("last_event_time", m.eventMetrics.LastEventTime.Local().String()).
-				Info("Haven't received any events for 5 minutes, re-subscribing")
-
-			subscribed = false
-		}
-
-		if !subscribed && m.client != nil {
-			if err := m.startSubscriptions(ctx); err != nil {
-				m.log.Errorf("Failed to subscribe to eth2 node: %v", err)
-			} else {
-				subscribed = true
-			}
-		}
-
-		time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
-	}
-}
-
-func (m *metrics) startSubscriptions(ctx context.Context) error {
-	m.log.Info("starting subscriptions")
-
-	provider, isProvider := m.client.(eth2client.EventsProvider)
-	if !isProvider {
-		return errors.New("client does not implement eth2client.Subscriptions")
-	}
-
-	topics := []string{}
-
-	for key, supported := range v1.SupportedEventTopics {
-		if key == "contribution_and_proof" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if supported {
-			topics = append(topics, key)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := provider.Events(ctx, topics, func(event *v1.Event) {
-		m.handleEvent(ctx, event)
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (m *metrics) handleEvent(ctx context.Context, event *v1.Event) {
-	m.beaconMetrics.HandleEvent(ctx, event)
 }