diff --git a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
index d8367de3f..15740d22b 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/service-helpers.js
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ export function cleanServiceGroups(groups) {
           container,
           currency, // coinmarketcap widget
           symbols,
-          inboxTag, // paperlessngx widget
         } = cleanedService.widget;
 
         cleanedService.widget = {
@@ -130,8 +129,6 @@ export function cleanServiceGroups(groups) {
 
         if (currency) cleanedService.widget.currency = currency;
         if (symbols) cleanedService.widget.symbols = symbols;
-        
-        if (inboxTag) cleanedService.widget.inboxTag = inboxTag;
 
         if (type === "docker") {
           if (server) cleanedService.widget.server = server;
diff --git a/src/widgets/paperlessngx/component.jsx b/src/widgets/paperlessngx/component.jsx
index 131c0419e..d0c2e12f3 100644
--- a/src/widgets/paperlessngx/component.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/paperlessngx/component.jsx
@@ -5,26 +5,13 @@ import useWidgetAPI from "utils/proxy/use-widget-api";
 export default function Component({ service }) {
   const { widget } = service;
 
-  const { data: inboxData, error: inboxError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "inbox",
-  {
-    query: `tag:${widget.inboxTag}`,
-    format: "json",
-    fields: "count"
-  });
+  const { data: statisticsData, error: statisticsError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "statistics");
 
-
-  const { data: documentData, error: documentError } = useWidgetAPI(widget, "documents",
-  {
-    fields: "count",
-    format: "json",
-  });
-
-  if (inboxError || documentError) {
-    const finalError = inboxError ?? documentError;
-    return <Container error={finalError} />;
+  if (statisticsError) {
+    return <Container error={statisticsError} />;
   }
 
-  if (!inboxData || !documentData) {
+  if (!statisticsData) {
     return (
       <Container service={service}>
         <Block label="paperlessngx.inbox" />
@@ -35,8 +22,8 @@ export default function Component({ service }) {
 
   return (
     <Container service={service}>
-      <Block label="paperlessngx.inbox" value={inboxData.count} />
-      <Block label="paperlessngx.total" value={documentData.count} />
+      {statisticsData.documents_inbox !== undefined && <Block label="paperlessngx.inbox" value={statisticsData.documents_inbox} />}
+      <Block label="paperlessngx.total" value={statisticsData.documents_total} />
     </Container>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/paperlessngx/widget.js b/src/widgets/paperlessngx/widget.js
index 9671a0537..8af8079db 100644
--- a/src/widgets/paperlessngx/widget.js
+++ b/src/widgets/paperlessngx/widget.js
@@ -5,18 +5,10 @@ const widget = {
   proxyHandler: genericProxyHandler,
 
   mappings: {
-    "inbox": {
-      endpoint: "documents/",
-      params: ["format", "query", "fields"],
+    "statistics": {
+      endpoint: "statistics/?format=json",
       validate: [
-        "count"
-      ]
-    },
-    "documents": {
-      endpoint: "documents/",
-      params: ["format", "fields"],
-      validate: [
-        "count"
+        "documents_total"
       ]
     },
   },