diff --git a/src/MempoolStatus.cpp b/src/MempoolStatus.cpp
index 75d9a54..9aeca58 100644
--- a/src/MempoolStatus.cpp
+++ b/src/MempoolStatus.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@ MempoolStatus::get_mempool_txs()
     return mempool_txs;
 }
 
+vector<MempoolStatus::mempool_tx>
+MempoolStatus::get_mempool_txs(uint64_t no_of_tx)
+{
+    Guard lck (mempool_mutx);
+
+    no_of_tx = std::min<uint64_t>(no_of_tx, mempool_txs.size());
+
+    return vector<mempool_tx>(mempool_txs.begin(), mempool_txs.begin() + no_of_tx);
+}
 
 bool
 MempoolStatus::is_thread_running()
diff --git a/src/MempoolStatus.h b/src/MempoolStatus.h
index 25b9db6..04248a7 100644
--- a/src/MempoolStatus.h
+++ b/src/MempoolStatus.h
@@ -113,10 +113,13 @@ struct MempoolStatus
     static bool
     read_network_info();
 
-
     static vector<mempool_tx>
     get_mempool_txs();
 
+    // get first no_of_tx from the vector
+    static vector<mempool_tx>
+    get_mempool_txs(uint64_t no_of_tx);
+
     static bool
     is_thread_running();
 };
diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
index 60d559e..4f580fc 100644
--- a/src/page.h
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -804,15 +804,29 @@ namespace xmreg
         string
         mempool(bool add_header_and_footer = false, uint64_t no_of_mempool_tx = 25)
         {
-            std::vector<MempoolStatus::mempool_tx> mempool_txs
-                = MempoolStatus::get_mempool_txs();
+            std::vector<MempoolStatus::mempool_tx> mempool_txs;
 
-            // size of mempool in bytes
+            if (add_header_and_footer)
+            {
+                // get all memmpool txs
+                mempool_txs = MempoolStatus::get_mempool_txs();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // get only first no_of_mempool_tx txs
+                mempool_txs = MempoolStatus::get_mempool_txs(no_of_mempool_tx);
+            }
+
+            // total size of mempool in bytes
             uint64_t mempool_size_bytes = MempoolStatus::mempool_size;
 
+            // reasign this number, in case no of txs in mempool is smaller
+            // than what we requested or we want all txs.
+            no_of_mempool_tx = mempool_txs.size();
+
             // initalise page tempate map with basic info about mempool
             mstch::map context {
-                    {"mempool_size"          , mempool_txs.size()},
+                    {"mempool_size"          , MempoolStatus::mempool_no}, // total no of mempool txs
                     {"show_cache_times"      , show_cache_times}
             };
 
@@ -821,27 +835,6 @@ namespace xmreg
             // get reference to blocks template map to be field below
             mstch::array& txs = boost::get<mstch::array>(context["mempooltxs"]);
 
-            // process only up to no_of_mempool_tx txs of mempool.
-            // this is useful from the front page were we show by default
-            // only 25 mempool txs. this way, we just parse 25 txs, rather
-            // than potentially hundrets just to ditch most of them later.
-
-            if (add_header_and_footer == false)
-            {
-                // this is to show limited number of txs in mempool
-                // for example, in the front page
-                no_of_mempool_tx = mempool_txs.size() > no_of_mempool_tx
-                                   ? no_of_mempool_tx
-                                   : mempool_txs.size();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // if we are adding footers and headers, means we
-                // disply mempool on its own page, thus show all mempoool txs.
-                no_of_mempool_tx = mempool_txs.size();
-            }
-
-
             double duration_cached     {0.0};
             double duration_non_cached {0.0};
             uint64_t cache_hits   {0};