diff --git a/apps/trading/pages/_app.page.tsx b/apps/trading/pages/_app.page.tsx
index b823cceee..a0266fce8 100644
--- a/apps/trading/pages/_app.page.tsx
+++ b/apps/trading/pages/_app.page.tsx
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ import {
   useEthWithdrawApprovalsManager,
 } from '@vegaprotocol/web3';
 import {
+  clients,
   EnvironmentProvider,
   envTriggerMapping,
   Networks,
+  NodeSwitcherDialog,
   useEnvironment,
+  useEnvironment2,
+  useInitializeEnv,
+  useStatisticsQuery,
 } from '@vegaprotocol/environment';
 import { AppLoader, Web3Provider } from '../components/app-loader';
 import './styles.css';
@@ -35,6 +40,8 @@ import { Connectors } from '../lib/vega-connectors';
 import { ViewingBanner } from '../components/viewing-banner';
 import { Banner } from '../components/banner';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { Dialog } from '@vegaprotocol/ui-toolkit';
+import { ApolloProvider } from '@apollo/client';
 
 const DEFAULT_TITLE = t('Welcome to Vega trading!');
 
@@ -117,28 +124,113 @@ const DynamicLoader = dynamic(
 );
 
 function VegaTradingApp(props: AppProps) {
-  const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(false);
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(true);
+  const status = useEnvironment2((store) => store.status);
+  useInitializeEnv();
 
-  // Hash router requires access to the document object. At compile time that doesn't exist
-  // so we need to ensure client side rendering only from this point onwards in
-  // the component tree
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setMounted(true);
-  }, []);
-
-  if (!mounted) {
+  if (status === 'default' || status === 'pending') {
     return <DynamicLoader />;
   }
 
   return (
     <HashRouter>
-      <EnvironmentProvider>
-        <AppBody {...props} />
-      </EnvironmentProvider>
+      {/* <AppBody {...props} /> */}
+      <Test />
+      <button onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>Status</button>
+      <NodeSwitcher open={open} setOpen={setOpen} />
     </HashRouter>
   );
 }
 
+const NodeSwitcher = ({
+  open,
+  setOpen,
+}: {
+  open: boolean;
+  setOpen: (x: boolean) => void;
+}) => {
+  const [customUrl, setCustomUrl] = useState('');
+  const { status, nodes, setUrl } = useEnvironment2((store) => ({
+    status: store.status,
+    nodes: store.nodes,
+    setUrl: store.setUrl,
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onChange={setOpen}>
+      <table className="w-full">
+        <thead>
+          <tr>
+            <th className="text-left">node</th>
+            <th className="text-right">response time</th>
+            <th className="text-right">block height</th>
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+          {nodes.map((node) => {
+            const client = clients[node];
+
+            if (!client) return null;
+
+            return (
+              <tr key={node} onClick={() => setUrl(node)}>
+                <ApolloProvider client={client}>
+                  <Row url={node} />
+                </ApolloProvider>
+              </tr>
+            );
+          })}
+        </tbody>
+      </table>
+      <div>
+        Custom
+        <input
+          value={customUrl}
+          onChange={(e) => setCustomUrl(e.target.value)}
+        />
+        {/* <button onClick={}>Check</button> */}
+      </div>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+};
+
+const Row = ({ url }: { url: string }) => {
+  const [time, setTime] = useState<number>();
+  const { data } = useStatisticsQuery({
+    pollInterval: 3000,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const requestUrl = new URL(url);
+    const requests = window.performance.getEntriesByName(requestUrl.href);
+    const { duration } =
+      (requests.length && requests[requests.length - 1]) || {};
+    setTime(duration);
+  }, [url]);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <td>{url}</td>
+      <td className="text-right">{time ? time.toFixed(2) + 'ms' : 'n/a'}</td>
+      <td className="text-right">{data?.statistics.blockHeight || '-'}</td>
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+const Test = () => {
+  const env = useEnvironment2((store) => ({
+    url: store.url,
+    configUrl: store.configUrl,
+    nodes: store.nodes,
+    status: store.status,
+  }));
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <pre>{JSON.stringify(env, null, 2)}</pre>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 export default VegaTradingApp;
 
 const MaybeConnectEagerly = () => {
diff --git a/libs/environment/src/hooks/index.ts b/libs/environment/src/hooks/index.ts
index c1c468099..6961f5a23 100644
--- a/libs/environment/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/libs/environment/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './use-environment';
+export * from './use-environment-2';
 export * from './use-links';
 export * from './use-node-health';
diff --git a/libs/environment/src/hooks/use-environment-2.ts b/libs/environment/src/hooks/use-environment-2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b765beccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/environment/src/hooks/use-environment-2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import { LocalStorage } from '@vegaprotocol/react-helpers';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+import { createClient } from '@vegaprotocol/apollo-client';
+import type {
+  BlockTimeSubscription,
+  StatisticsQuery,
+} from '../utils/__generated__/Node';
+import {
+  BlockTimeDocument,
+  StatisticsDocument,
+} from '../utils/__generated__/Node';
+
+type Client = ReturnType<typeof createClient>;
+type ClientCollection = {
+  [node: string]: Client;
+};
+export const clients: ClientCollection = {};
+
+interface Env {
+  url: string;
+  configUrl: string;
+  nodes: string[];
+  status: 'default' | 'pending' | 'success' | 'failed';
+}
+
+interface Actions {
+  setUrl: (url: string) => void;
+  initialize: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export const useEnvironment2 = create<Env & Actions>((set, get) => ({
+  url: process.env['NX_VEGA_URL'] || '',
+  vegaEnv: process.env['NX_VEGA_ENV'] || '',
+  configUrl: process.env['NX_VEGA_CONFIG_URL'] || '',
+  nodes: [],
+  status: 'default',
+  setUrl: (url) => {
+    set({ url });
+  },
+  initialize: async () => {
+    const state = get();
+    if (state.status === 'pending') return;
+    const storedUrl = LocalStorage.getItem('vega_url');
+    set({ status: 'pending' });
+    const nodes = await fetchConfig(state.configUrl);
+    set({ nodes });
+
+    // create client and store instances
+    nodes.forEach((url) => {
+      clients[url] = createClient({
+        url,
+        cacheConfig: undefined,
+        retry: false,
+        connectToDevTools: false,
+      });
+    });
+
+    // if (storedUrl) {
+    //   set({ url: storedUrl, status: 'success' });
+    // } else {
+    const url = await findNode(clients);
+    set({
+      status: url ? 'success' : 'failed',
+      url: url ? url : '',
+    });
+    // }
+  },
+}));
+
+export const useInitializeEnv = () => {
+  const { initialize, ...env } = useEnvironment2();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (env.status === 'default') {
+      initialize();
+    }
+  }, [env.status, initialize]);
+};
+
+const fetchConfig = async (url: string): Promise<string[]> => {
+  const res = await fetch(url);
+  const cfg = await res.json();
+  return cfg.hosts;
+};
+
+const findNode = (clients: ClientCollection): Promise<string | null> => {
+  const tests = Object.entries(clients).map((args) => testNode(...args));
+  return Promise.race(tests);
+};
+
+const testNode = async (
+  url: string,
+  client: Client
+): Promise<string | null> => {
+  return null;
+  try {
+    const results = await Promise.all([
+      testQuery(client),
+      testSubscription(client),
+    ]);
+    if (results[0] && results[1]) {
+      return url;
+    }
+    return null;
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn(`tests failed for ${url}`);
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
+const testQuery = async (client: Client) => {
+  try {
+    const result = await client.query<StatisticsQuery>({
+      query: StatisticsDocument,
+    });
+    if (!result || result.error) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+const testSubscription = (client: Client) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const sub = client
+      .subscribe<BlockTimeSubscription>({
+        query: BlockTimeDocument,
+        errorPolicy: 'all',
+      })
+      .subscribe({
+        next: () => {
+          resolve(true);
+          sub.unsubscribe();
+        },
+        error: () => {
+          resolve(false);
+          sub.unsubscribe();
+        },
+      });
+  });
+};