diff --git a/src/consensus/epoch/LoadingSlotItem.tsx b/src/consensus/epoch/LoadingSlotItem.tsx
index 514030406..6ae14c80a 100644
--- a/src/consensus/epoch/LoadingSlotItem.tsx
+++ b/src/consensus/epoch/LoadingSlotItem.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { FC, memo } from "react";
 import ContentLoader from "react-content-loader";
-import { slot2Epoch, useProposerMap } from "../../useConsensus";
+import { useProposerMap, useSlotToEpoch } from "../../useConsensus";
 import CheckedValidatorLink from "../components/CheckedValidatorLink";
 import SlotLink from "../components/SlotLink";
 import { SlotAwareComponentProps } from "../types";
 import SlotTimestamp from "./SlotTimestamp";
 
 const LoadingSlotItem: FC<SlotAwareComponentProps> = ({ slotNumber }) => {
-  const epochNumber = slot2Epoch(slotNumber);
+  const epochNumber = useSlotToEpoch(slotNumber);
   const proposers = useProposerMap(epochNumber);
   const expectedProposer = proposers && parseInt(proposers?.[slotNumber]);
 
diff --git a/src/consensus/epoch/ScheduledOrMissedSlotItem.tsx b/src/consensus/epoch/ScheduledOrMissedSlotItem.tsx
index a30dceb6b..b57a0c3c9 100644
--- a/src/consensus/epoch/ScheduledOrMissedSlotItem.tsx
+++ b/src/consensus/epoch/ScheduledOrMissedSlotItem.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FC, memo } from "react";
 import ContentLoader from "react-content-loader";
-import { slot2Epoch, useProposerMap } from "../../useConsensus";
+import { useProposerMap, useSlotToEpoch } from "../../useConsensus";
 import CheckedValidatorLink from "../components/CheckedValidatorLink";
 import SlotLink from "../components/SlotLink";
 import { SlotAwareComponentProps } from "../types";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const ScheduledOrMissedSlotItem: FC<ScheduledOrMissedSlotItemProps> = ({
   scheduled,
   isValidating,
 }) => {
-  const epochNumber = slot2Epoch(slotNumber);
+  const epochNumber = useSlotToEpoch(slotNumber);
   const proposers = useProposerMap(epochNumber);
   const expectedProposer = proposers && parseInt(proposers?.[slotNumber]);
 
diff --git a/src/consensus/slot/Overview.tsx b/src/consensus/slot/Overview.tsx
index 3186fd57b..db9b3aa2f 100644
--- a/src/consensus/slot/Overview.tsx
+++ b/src/consensus/slot/Overview.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import StandardTBody from "../../components/StandardTBody";
 import StandardTHead from "../../components/StandardTHead";
 import StandardTable from "../../components/StandardTable";
 import Timestamp from "../../components/Timestamp";
-import { slot2Epoch, useSlot, useSlotTimestamp } from "../../useConsensus";
+import { useSlot, useSlotTimestamp, useSlotToEpoch } from "../../useConsensus";
 import { usePageTitle } from "../../useTitle";
 import CheckedValidatorLink from "../components/CheckedValidatorLink";
 import EpochLink from "../components/EpochLink";
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const Overview: FC = () => {
   const { slot, error, isLoading } = useSlot(slotAsNumber);
   usePageTitle(slotNumber === undefined ? undefined : `Slot #${slotNumber}`);
 
-  const epoch = slot2Epoch(slotAsNumber);
+  const epoch = useSlotToEpoch(slotAsNumber);
   const slotTimestamp = useSlotTimestamp(slotAsNumber);
 
   const graffiti = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/src/useConsensus.ts b/src/useConsensus.ts
index 09069e06d..b02fca63d 100644
--- a/src/useConsensus.ts
+++ b/src/useConsensus.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@ import useSWRImmutable from "swr/immutable";
 import { jsonFetcher, jsonFetcherWithErrorHandling } from "./fetcher";
 import { RuntimeContext } from "./useRuntime";
 
-// TODO: get these from config
-export const SLOTS_PER_EPOCH = 32;
-export const SECONDS_PER_SLOT = 12;
+const DEFAULT_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH = 32;
+const DEFAULT_SECONDS_PER_SLOT = 12;
 export const EPOCHS_AFTER_HEAD = 1;
 
-export const HEAD_SLOT_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 12 * 1000;
 export const HEAD_EPOCH_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 60 * 1000;
 export const FINALIZED_SLOT_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 60 * 1000;
 
-export const slot2Epoch = (slotNumber: number) =>
-  Math.floor(slotNumber / SLOTS_PER_EPOCH);
+function toNumberWithDefault(item: any, defaultVal: number): number {
+  if (item === undefined || item === null) {
+    return defaultVal;
+  }
+  return Number(item);
+}
 
 const useGenesisURL = () => {
   const { config } = useContext(RuntimeContext);
@@ -28,10 +30,7 @@ export const useGenesisTime = (): number | undefined => {
   const url = useGenesisURL();
   const { data, error } = useSWRImmutable(url, jsonFetcher);
 
-  if (!error && !data) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  if (error) {
+  if (error || !data) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
@@ -58,6 +57,37 @@ export const useGenesisTime = (): number | undefined => {
   return genesisTime;
 };
 
+const useBeaconSpecURL = () => {
+  const { config } = useContext(RuntimeContext);
+  if (config?.beaconAPI === undefined) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return `${config.beaconAPI}/eth/v1/config/spec`;
+};
+
+export const useBeaconSpec = (): Record<string, string> | undefined => {
+  const url = useBeaconSpecURL();
+  const { data, error } = useSWRImmutable(url, jsonFetcher);
+  if (
+    error ||
+    !data ||
+    typeof data !== "object" ||
+    !data.data ||
+    typeof data.data !== "object"
+  ) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return data.data as Record<string, string>;
+};
+
+export const useSlotToEpoch = (slotNumber: number): number => {
+  const slotsPerEpochStr = useBeaconSpec()?.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH;
+  const slotsPerEpoch: number = slotsPerEpochStr
+    ? Number(slotsPerEpochStr)
+    : DEFAULT_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH;
+  return Math.floor(slotNumber / slotsPerEpoch);
+};
+
 const useBeaconHeaderURL = (tag: string) => {
   const { config } = useContext(RuntimeContext);
   if (config?.beaconAPI === undefined) {
@@ -181,9 +211,13 @@ export const useValidator = (validatorIndex: number | string) => {
 };
 
 export const useSlotsFromEpoch = (epochNumber: number): number[] => {
+  const slotsPerEpoch = toNumberWithDefault(
+    useBeaconSpec()?.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
+    DEFAULT_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
+  );
   const slots = useMemo(() => {
-    const startSlot = epochNumber * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH;
-    const endSlot = startSlot + SLOTS_PER_EPOCH - 1;
+    const startSlot = epochNumber * slotsPerEpoch;
+    const endSlot = startSlot + slotsPerEpoch - 1;
 
     const s: number[] = [];
     for (let i = startSlot; i <= endSlot; i++) {
@@ -251,6 +285,15 @@ export const useProposerMap = (epochNumber: number) => {
 const MAX_EPOCH = "18446744073709551615";
 
 export const useEpochTimestamp = (epoch: any) => {
+  const beaconSpec = useBeaconSpec();
+  const slotsPerEpoch = toNumberWithDefault(
+    beaconSpec?.SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
+    DEFAULT_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH,
+  );
+  const secondsPerSlot = toNumberWithDefault(
+    beaconSpec?.SECONDS_PER_SLOT,
+    DEFAULT_SECONDS_PER_SLOT,
+  );
   const genesisTime = useGenesisTime();
   if (epoch === undefined || genesisTime === undefined) {
     return undefined;
@@ -258,19 +301,24 @@ export const useEpochTimestamp = (epoch: any) => {
   if (epoch === MAX_EPOCH) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  return genesisTime + epoch * SLOTS_PER_EPOCH * SECONDS_PER_SLOT;
+  return genesisTime + epoch * slotsPerEpoch * secondsPerSlot;
 };
 
 export const useSlotTimestamp = (slot: number | undefined) => {
   const genesisTime = useGenesisTime();
+  const beaconSpec = useBeaconSpec();
+  const secondsPerSlot = toNumberWithDefault(
+    beaconSpec?.SECONDS_PER_SLOT,
+    DEFAULT_SECONDS_PER_SLOT,
+  );
   if (slot === undefined || genesisTime === undefined) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  return genesisTime + slot * SECONDS_PER_SLOT;
+  return genesisTime + slot * secondsPerSlot;
 };
 
 export const useCommittee = (slotNumber: number, committeeIndex: number) => {
-  const epochNumber = slot2Epoch(slotNumber);
+  const epochNumber = useSlotToEpoch(slotNumber);
   const url = useCommitteeURL(epochNumber, slotNumber, committeeIndex);
   const { data, error } = useSWRImmutable(url, jsonFetcherWithErrorHandling);
   if (error) {
@@ -340,8 +388,17 @@ const parseSlotNumber = (slot: unknown): number | undefined => {
 
 // TODO: useMemo
 export const useHeadSlotNumber = (
-  refreshInterval: number = HEAD_SLOT_REFRESH_INTERVAL,
+  refreshInterval?: number,
 ): number | undefined => {
+  const beaconSpec = useBeaconSpec();
+  const defaultRefreshInterval =
+    toNumberWithDefault(
+      beaconSpec?.SECONDS_PER_SLOT,
+      DEFAULT_SECONDS_PER_SLOT,
+    ) * 1000;
+  if (refreshInterval === undefined) {
+    refreshInterval = defaultRefreshInterval;
+  }
   const slot = useDynamicHeader("head", refreshInterval);
   return parseSlotNumber(slot);
 };
@@ -360,5 +417,5 @@ export const useHeadEpochNumber = (
   if (headSlot === undefined) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  return slot2Epoch(headSlot);
+  return useSlotToEpoch(headSlot);
 };