diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/index.ts
index 0797c8e..dcc24a6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-import queryApiBase from './queryApi';
-import nsync from './nsync';
-
-export const queryApi = nsync(queryApiBase);
+export { default as queryApi } from './queryApi';
+export * as nsync from './nsync';
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/nsync.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/nsync.ts
index a551e61..21ec771 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/nsync.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/nsync.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 import config from '@nftx/config';
-import queryApi from './queryApi';
-
-const isApiBehind = () => {
-  const { network, internal } = config;
-  const apiBlockNumber = internal.apiBlockNumber[network];
-  const requiredBlockNumber = internal.requiredBlockNumber[network];
-
-  return apiBlockNumber < requiredBlockNumber;
-};
+import { query } from '@nftx/utils';
 
 // Wraps an async function.
 // While the promise is unresolved, all subsequent calls will receive the same promise
-const throttleFn = <F extends (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>>(fn: F): F => {
+const throttleAsyncFn = <F extends (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>>(
+  fn: F
+): F => {
   let p: Promise<any> | undefined;
   return ((...args: Parameters<F>) => {
     if (p) {
@@ -31,65 +25,93 @@ const throttleFn = <F extends (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>>(fn: F): F => {
   }) as any as F;
 };
 
-const fetchLastIndexedBlock = throttleFn(async () => {
-  const url = `/${config.network}/block`;
-  type Response = { block: number };
-  const response = await queryApi<Response>({
-    url,
-    query: { source: 'live' },
-  });
-  return response?.block;
-});
+/** Gets the required block number */
+export const getRequiredBlockNumber = (network = config.network) => {
+  return config.internal.requiredBlockNumber[network] ?? 0;
+};
 
-const updateApiBlock = ({ source }: { source: 'live' | 'api' }) => {
-  // Switch to live mode
-  if (source !== 'live') {
-    config.internal.source = 'live';
-  }
-  // Wait a few seconds before polling the api again
-  setTimeout(async () => {
-    // Get the last indexed block on the api
-    config.internal.apiBlockNumber[config.network] =
-      await fetchLastIndexedBlock();
-    // Run this fn again until we're up to date...
-    checkApiBlock();
-  }, 5000);
+/** Sets the required block number */
+export const setRequiredBlockNumber = (
+  value: number,
+  network: number = config.network
+) => {
+  config.internal.requiredBlockNumber[network] = value;
 };
 
-const resetRequiredBlock = () => {
-  // Reset the required block number
-  config.internal.requiredBlockNumber[config.network] = 0;
-  // Switch back to using the api as the SoT
-  config.internal.source = 'api';
+/** Gets the current block number from the api */
+export const getApiBlockNumber = (network = config.network) => {
+  return config.internal.apiBlockNumber[network] ?? 0;
 };
 
-const checkApiBlock = (): void => {
-  const requiredBlockNumber =
-    config.internal.requiredBlockNumber[config.network];
+export const getBlockBuffer = () => {
+  return config.internal.blockBuffer;
+};
 
-  // We don't need to worry about syncing if there's no required block number
+// Checks whether the required block number is ahead of the api block number
+const isApiBehind = ({
+  network,
+  requiredBlockNumber,
+}: {
+  network: number;
+  requiredBlockNumber: number;
+}) => {
   if (!requiredBlockNumber) {
-    return;
+    // No required block number so we don't need to worry about the api
+    return false;
   }
+  const apiBlockNumber = getApiBlockNumber(network);
 
-  const { source } = config.internal;
+  return apiBlockNumber < requiredBlockNumber;
+};
 
-  // The API is behind the required block
-  if (isApiBehind()) {
-    // Switch to live mode and start polling the api to see what the last-indexed block is
-    updateApiBlock({ source });
-  } else if (source === 'live') {
-    // Api has caught up so we no longer need to be in live mode
-    resetRequiredBlock();
-  }
+const updateLastIndexedBlock = async ({ network }: { network: number }) => {
+  // Get the last indexed block on the api
+  const response = await query<{ block: number }>({
+    url: `/${network}/block`,
+    query: { source: 'live', ebn: 'true' },
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      Authorization: config.keys.NFTX_API,
+    },
+  });
+  const block = response?.block ?? 0;
+  // Save it (writes to local storage)
+  config.internal.apiBlockNumber[network] = block;
 };
 
-/** Wrap another function so that when it gets called, we first check the last-indexed block from the api */
-const nsync = <F extends (...args: any[]) => any>(f: F): F => {
-  return ((...args: any[]) => {
-    checkApiBlock();
-    return f(...args);
-  }) as F;
+const resetRequiredBlock = ({ network }: { network: number }) => {
+  // reset the required block number
+  setRequiredBlockNumber(0, network);
+  // Switch back to using the api as the SoT
+  config.internal.source = 'api';
 };
 
-export default nsync;
+/** Checks if the api is behind the latest block.
+ * If it is behind, it will switch to live mode and continue checking the api until it has caught up
+ **/
+export const syncApiBlock = throttleAsyncFn(
+  async (network: number = config.network) => {
+    // We throttle this method so even if 1k requests are made in quick succession,
+    // we'll only attempt to sync the api one time
+
+    // Keep looping while the api is behind the current block
+    while (
+      isApiBehind({
+        network,
+        requiredBlockNumber: getRequiredBlockNumber(network),
+      })
+    ) {
+      if (config.internal.source !== 'live') {
+        // Switch to live mode
+        config.internal.source = 'live';
+      }
+      // Wait 5s before polling again
+      await new Promise<void>((res) => setTimeout(res, 5000));
+      // Fetch the latest block from the api
+      await updateLastIndexedBlock({ network });
+    }
+
+    // The api has caught up and we no longer need to be in live mode
+    resetRequiredBlock({ network });
+  }
+);
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/queryApi.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/queryApi.ts
index cd8fb38..32e4018 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/queryApi.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/queryApi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import config from '@nftx/config';
 import { query as sendQuery } from '@nftx/utils';
+import { syncApiBlock } from './nsync';
 
 const queryApi = async <T>({
   url,
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ const queryApi = async <T>({
   query?: Record<string, any>;
   method?: string;
 }) => {
+  // Make sure the api is up to date (or switch to live mode if necessary)
+  syncApiBlock();
+
   const uri = new URL(url, config.urls.NFTX_API_URL);
   const query: Record<string, any> = {
     ...givenQuery,
diff --git a/packages/config/src/index.ts b/packages/config/src/index.ts
index 168e4c3..ffe8b41 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export interface Config {
   keys: {
     /** Your specific nftx.js API key, this must be provided in order to use @nftx/api methods */
     NFTX_API: string;
-    ALCHEMY: Record<string, string>;
     RESERVOIR: Record<string, string>;
   };
   /** Internal config settings managed by nftx.js */
@@ -60,6 +59,8 @@ export interface Config {
     source: 'api' | 'live';
     requiredBlockNumber: Record<string, number>;
     apiBlockNumber: Record<string, number>;
+    /** The number of blocks to buffer when syncing data from the api */
+    blockBuffer: number;
   };
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ const defaultConfig: Config = {
 
   keys: {
     NFTX_API: null as unknown as string,
-    ALCHEMY: {},
     RESERVOIR: {},
   },
 
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ const defaultConfig: Config = {
       [Network.Goerli]: 0,
       [Network.Sepolia]: 0,
     },
+    blockBuffer: 10,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/useTransaction/useWrapTransaction.ts b/packages/react/src/useTransaction/useWrapTransaction.ts
index 1c947ea..bcd0854 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/useTransaction/useWrapTransaction.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/useTransaction/useWrapTransaction.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { useNftx } from '../contexts/nftx';
 import { t } from '../utils';
 import { useAddEvent } from '../contexts/events';
-import { config, Transaction } from 'nftx.js';
 import {
+  Transaction,
   TransactionExceptionError,
   TransactionFailedError,
-} from '@nftx/errors';
+  nsync,
+} from 'nftx.js';
 
 type Fn = (...args: any) => Promise<Transaction>;
 
@@ -113,9 +114,14 @@ export default function useWrapTransaction<F extends Fn>(
           description,
         });
 
-        config.internal.requiredBlockNumber[network] = Number(
-          receipt.blockNumber
-        );
+        // We ideally want data to be up to the block for this transaction
+        // So we store the block number and any subsequent api calls will
+        // be made with "live mode" enabled until the api has caught up
+        const txnBlock = Number(receipt.blockNumber);
+        // For a bit of leeway we add a buffer to the required block number
+        // so the api must be at least this far ahead before we switch back to "api mode"
+        const buffer = nsync.getBlockBuffer();
+        nsync.setRequiredBlockNumber(txnBlock + buffer);
 
         return receipt;
       },