diff --git a/models/silver/stats/silver_stats__core_metrics_hourly.sql b/models/silver/stats/silver_stats__core_metrics_hourly.sql
index c5bd1b86..d16c1bb7 100644
--- a/models/silver/stats/silver_stats__core_metrics_hourly.sql
+++ b/models/silver/stats/silver_stats__core_metrics_hourly.sql
@@ -5,7 +5,26 @@
     cluster_by = ['block_timestamp_hour::DATE'],
     tags = ['curated']
 ) }}
+/* run incremental timestamp value first then use it as a static value */
+{% if execute %}
 
+{% if is_incremental() %}
+{% set query %}
+
+SELECT
+    MIN(DATE_TRUNC('hour', block_timestamp)) block_timestamp_hour
+FROM
+    {{ ref('silver__transactions') }}
+WHERE
+    _inserted_timestamp >= (
+        SELECT
+            MAX(_inserted_timestamp)
+        FROM
+            {{ this }}
+    ) {% endset %}
+    {% set min_block_timestamp_hour = run_query(query).columns [0].values() [0] %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
 SELECT
     DATE_TRUNC(
         'hour',
@@ -54,13 +73,8 @@ WHERE
 {% if is_incremental() %}
 AND DATE_TRUNC(
     'hour',
-    _inserted_timestamp
-) >= (
-    SELECT
-        MAX(DATE_TRUNC('hour', _inserted_timestamp)) - INTERVAL '12 hours'
-    FROM
-        {{ this }}
-)
+    block_timestamp
+) >= '{{ min_block_timestamp_hour }}'
 {% endif %}
 GROUP BY
     1