diff --git a/src/components/tabbedPosts/services/tabbedPostsFetch.ts b/src/components/tabbedPosts/services/tabbedPostsFetch.ts
index a6b864ba9..b4e6995cf 100644
--- a/src/components/tabbedPosts/services/tabbedPostsFetch.ts
+++ b/src/components/tabbedPosts/services/tabbedPostsFetch.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getAccountPosts, getRankedPosts } from "../../../providers/hive/dhive";
 import { filterLatestPosts, getUpdatedPosts } from "./tabbedPostsHelpers";
 import Matomo from 'react-native-matomo-sdk';
 import { LoadPostsOptions } from "./tabbedPostsModels";
-import { getPromotePosts } from "../../../providers/ecency/ecency";
+import { getPromotedEntries } from "../../../providers/ecency/ecency";
 
 const POSTS_FETCH_COUNT = 20;
 
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ export const loadPosts = async ({
 
 
 
-  export const getPromotedPosts = async (username:string) => {
+  export const fetchPromotedEntries = async (username:string) => {
     try {
-      const posts = await getPromotePosts(username);
+      const posts = await getPromotedEntries(username);
       return Array.isArray(posts) ? posts : [];
 
     } catch(err){
diff --git a/src/components/tabbedPosts/view/tabContent.tsx b/src/components/tabbedPosts/view/tabContent.tsx
index 3fc26957c..b4e303af9 100644
--- a/src/components/tabbedPosts/view/tabContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/tabbedPosts/view/tabContent.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, {useState, useEffect, useRef} from 'react';
 import PostsList from '../../postsList';
-import { getPromotedPosts, loadPosts } from '../services/tabbedPostsFetch';
+import { fetchPromotedEntries, loadPosts } from '../services/tabbedPostsFetch';
 import { LoadPostsOptions, TabContentProps, TabMeta } from '../services/tabbedPostsModels';
 import {useSelector, useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import TabEmptyView from './listEmptyView';
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { calculateTimeLeftForPostCheck } from '../services/tabbedPostsHelpers';
 import { AppState } from 'react-native';
 import { PostsListRef } from '../../postsList/container/postsListContainer';
 
+
 const DEFAULT_TAB_META = {
     startAuthor:'',
     startPermlink:'',
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ const TabContent = ({
     if(pageType === 'profile' || pageType === 'ownProfile'){
       return;
     }
-    const pPosts = await getPromotedPosts(username)
+    const pPosts = await fetchPromotedEntries(username)
     if(pPosts){
       setPromotedPosts(pPosts)
     }
diff --git a/src/config/ecencyApi.ts b/src/config/ecencyApi.ts
index 2b16e324d..484ce0e5e 100644
--- a/src/config/ecencyApi.ts
+++ b/src/config/ecencyApi.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ api.interceptors.request.use((request) => {
   //skip code addition is register and token refresh endpoint is triggered
   if(request.url === '/signup/account-create' 
     || request.url === '/auth-api/hs-token-refresh' 
+    || request.url === '/private-api/promoted-entries'
     || request.url.startsWith('private-api/leaderboard')
-    
   ){
     return request
   }
diff --git a/src/providers/ecency/ecency.ts b/src/providers/ecency/ecency.ts
index 012080920..cbf438e34 100644
--- a/src/providers/ecency/ecency.ts
+++ b/src/providers/ecency/ecency.ts
@@ -636,6 +636,13 @@ export const uploadImage = (media, username, sign) => {
 
 export const getNodes = () => serverList.get().then((resp) => resp.data.hived || SERVER_LIST);
 
+
+
+/**
+ * refreshes access token using refresh token
+ * @param code refresh token
+ * @returns scToken (includes accessToken as property)
+ */
 export const getSCAccessToken = (code) =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     ecencyApi
@@ -649,19 +656,28 @@ export const getSCAccessToken = (code) =>
       });
   });
 
-export const getPromotePosts = (username) => {
-  try {
-    console.log('Fetching promoted posts');
-    return api.get('/promoted-posts?limit=10').then((resp) => {
-      return resp.data.map(({ post_data }) =>
-        post_data ? parsePost(post_data, username, true) : null,
-      );
-    });
-  } catch (error) {
-    bugsnag.notify(error);
-    return error;
-  }
-};
+
+  /**
+   * fetches promoted posts for tab content
+   * @param username for parsing post data
+   * @returns array of promoted posts
+   */
+  export const getPromotedEntries = async (username:string) => {
+    try {
+      console.log('Fetching promoted entries');
+      return ecencyApi.get('/private-api/promoted-entries').then((resp) => {
+        return resp.data.map((post_data:any) =>
+          post_data ? parsePost(post_data, username, true) : null,
+        );
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn("Failed to get promoted enties")
+      bugsnag.notify(error);
+      return error;
+    }
+  };
+
+
 
 export const purchaseOrder = (data) =>
   api
@@ -678,7 +694,14 @@ export const getPostReblogs = (data) =>
     .catch((error) => bugsnag.notify(error));
 
 
-
+/**
+ * Registers new user with ecency and hive, on confirmation sends 
+ * details to user email
+ * @param username for new user
+ * @param email of new user
+ * @param referral username
+ * @returns boolean success flag
+ */
 export const signUp = async (username:string, email:string, referral?:string) => {
   try {
     const data = {