diff --git a/node/rest/src/lib.rs b/node/rest/src/lib.rs
index cc67139e8e..202dbcca0f 100644
--- a/node/rest/src/lib.rs
+++ b/node/rest/src/lib.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ impl<N: Network, C: ConsensusStorage<N>, R: Routing<N>> Rest<N, C, R> {
         };
 
         let router = {
-            let mut routes = axum::Router::new()
+            let routes = axum::Router::new()
 
             // All the endpoints before the call to `route_layer` are protected with JWT auth.
             .route(&format!("/{network}/node/address"), get(Self::get_node_address))
@@ -200,10 +200,8 @@ impl<N: Network, C: ConsensusStorage<N>, R: Routing<N>> Rest<N, C, R> {
 
             // If the `history` feature is enabled, enable the additional endpoint.
             #[cfg(feature = "history")]
-            {
-                routes =
-                    routes.route(&format!("/{network}/block/:blockHeight/history/:mapping"), get(Self::get_history));
-            }
+            let routes =
+                routes.route(&format!("/{network}/block/:blockHeight/history/:mapping"), get(Self::get_history));
 
             routes
             // Pass in `Rest` to make things convenient.
diff --git a/node/rest/src/routes.rs b/node/rest/src/routes.rs
index 8cd65f1533..ef179ed8af 100644
--- a/node/rest/src/routes.rs
+++ b/node/rest/src/routes.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ use snarkvm::{
     prelude::{block::Transaction, Address, Identifier, LimitedWriter, Plaintext, ToBytes},
 };
 
-use axum::response::IntoResponse;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::json;
-use snarkvm::prelude::{History, MappingName};
 
 /// The `get_blocks` query object.
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -451,11 +449,13 @@ impl<N: Network, C: ConsensusStorage<N>, R: Routing<N>> Rest<N, C, R> {
     #[cfg(feature = "history")]
     pub(crate) async fn get_history(
         State(rest): State<Self>,
-        Path((height, variant)): Path<(u32, MappingName)>,
-    ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, RestError> {
+        Path((height, mapping)): Path<(u32, snarkvm::prelude::MappingName)>,
+    ) -> Result<impl axum::response::IntoResponse, RestError> {
         // Retrieve the history for the given block height and variant.
-        let history = History::new(N::ID, rest.ledger.vm().finalize_store().storage_mode().clone());
-        let result = history.load_entry(height, variant)?;
+        let history = snarkvm::prelude::History::new(N::ID, rest.ledger.vm().finalize_store().storage_mode().clone());
+        let result = history
+            .load_mapping(height, mapping)
+            .map_err(|err| RestError(format!("Could not load mapping '{mapping}' from block '{height}'")))?;
 
         Ok((StatusCode::OK, [(CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")], result))
     }