diff --git a/.changeset/pink-fans-nail.md b/.changeset/pink-fans-nail.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c84c50347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pink-fans-nail.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/store-sync": patch
+---
+
+add retry attempts and more logging to `waitForTransaction`
diff --git a/packages/store-sync/package.json b/packages/store-sync/package.json
index c03eb0e7d5..4c987235c2 100644
--- a/packages/store-sync/package.json
+++ b/packages/store-sync/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "drizzle-orm": "^0.27.0",
     "kysely": "^0.26.1",
+    "p-retry": "^5.1.2",
     "rxjs": "7.5.5",
     "sql.js": "^1.8.0",
     "superjson": "^1.12.4",
diff --git a/packages/store-sync/src/createStoreSync.ts b/packages/store-sync/src/createStoreSync.ts
index d0bdcfb301..97480a68d0 100644
--- a/packages/store-sync/src/createStoreSync.ts
+++ b/packages/store-sync/src/createStoreSync.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Hex, TransactionReceipt } from "viem";
 import { SetRecordOperation, SyncOptions, SyncResult } from "./common";
 import { createBlockStream, blockRangeToLogs, groupLogsByBlockNumber } from "@latticexyz/block-logs-stream";
 import { filter, map, tap, mergeMap, from, concatMap, share, firstValueFrom } from "rxjs";
+import pRetry from "p-retry";
 import { blockLogsToStorage } from "./blockLogsToStorage";
 import { debug as parentDebug } from "./debug";
 import { createIndexerClient } from "./trpc-indexer";
@@ -148,17 +149,28 @@ export async function createStoreSync<TConfig extends StoreConfig = StoreConfig>
   async function waitForTransaction(tx: Hex): Promise<{
     receipt: TransactionReceipt;
   }> {
-    // Wait for tx to be mined
-    const receipt = await publicClient.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash: tx });
+    // viem doesn't retry timeouts, so we'll wrap in a retry
+    const receipt = await pRetry(
+      (attempt) => {
+        // Wait for tx to be mined
+        debug("waiting for tx receipt", tx, "attempt", attempt);
+        return publicClient.waitForTransactionReceipt({
+          hash: tx,
+          timeout: publicClient.pollingInterval * 2 * attempt,
+        });
+      },
+      { retries: 3 }
+    );
+    debug("got tx receipt", tx, receipt);
 
     // If we haven't processed a block yet or we haven't processed the block for the tx, wait for it
     if (lastBlockNumberProcessed == null || lastBlockNumberProcessed < receipt.blockNumber) {
+      debug("waiting for tx block to be processed", tx, receipt.blockNumber);
       await firstValueFrom(
-        blockStorageOperations$.pipe(
-          filter(({ blockNumber }) => blockNumber != null && blockNumber >= receipt.blockNumber)
-        )
+        blockStorageOperations$.pipe(filter(({ blockNumber }) => blockNumber >= receipt.blockNumber))
       );
     }
+    debug("tx block was processed", tx, receipt.blockNumber);
 
     return { receipt };
   }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index e637d4ddd5..79b04639c8 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1075,6 +1075,9 @@ importers:
       kysely:
         specifier: ^0.26.1
         version: 0.26.1
+      p-retry:
+        specifier: ^5.1.2
+        version: 5.1.2
       rxjs:
         specifier: 7.5.5
         version: 7.5.5