diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 1a35095c..6ca8ddf9 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ These are not yet ordered. There might be duplicates. We might not actually need
 - [x] ip detection needs work so that everything doesnt show up as 172.x.x.x
   - i think this was done, but am not positive.
 - [x] if private txs are disabled, only send trasactions to some of our servers. we were DOSing ourselves with transactions and slowing down sync
+- [x] retry if we get "the method X is not available"
 - [-] let users choose a % of reverts to log (or maybe x/second). someone like curve logging all reverts will be a BIG database very quickly
   - this must be opt-in and spawned in the background since it will slow things down and will make their calls less private
   - [ ] automatic pruning of old revert logs once too many are collected
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs
index fef01b73..a6cd18a9 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/connections.rs
@@ -725,22 +725,34 @@ impl Web3Connections {
                                 }
 
                                 // some errors should be retried on other nodes
-                                if error.code == -32000 {
-                                    let error_msg = error.message.as_str();
+                                match error.code {
+                                    -32000 => {
+                                        let error_msg = error.message.as_str();
 
-                                    // TODO: regex?
-                                    let retry_prefixes = [
-                                        "header not found",
-                                        "header for hash not found",
-                                        "missing trie node",
-                                        "node not started",
-                                        "RPC timeout",
-                                    ];
-                                    for retry_prefix in retry_prefixes {
-                                        if error_msg.starts_with(retry_prefix) {
+                                        // TODO: regex?
+                                        let retry_prefixes = [
+                                            "header not found",
+                                            "header for hash not found",
+                                            "missing trie node",
+                                            "node not started",
+                                            "RPC timeout",
+                                        ];
+                                        for retry_prefix in retry_prefixes {
+                                            if error_msg.starts_with(retry_prefix) {
+                                                continue;
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    -32601 => {
+                                        let error_msg = error.message.as_str();
+
+                                        if error_msg.starts_with("the method")
+                                            && error_msg.ends_with("is not available")
+                                        {
                                             continue;
                                         }
                                     }
+                                    _ => {}
                                 }
                             } else {
                                 // trace!(?response, "rpc success");