diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs b/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs
index bb77bf6b..35ac090f 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ impl StatBuffer {
             interval(Duration::from_secs(self.db_save_interval_seconds as u64));
 
         // todo: what behavior?
-        db_save_interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
-        tsdb_save_interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
+        db_save_interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Delay);
+        tsdb_save_interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Delay);
 
         // TODO: this should be a FlushedStats that we add to
         let mut total_requests = 0;
diff --git a/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/sentryd/mod.rs b/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/sentryd/mod.rs
index 61a1afe2..66fbf09e 100644
--- a/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/sentryd/mod.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/sentryd/mod.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ where
     let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(seconds));
 
     // TODO: should we warn if there are delays?
-    interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(MissedTickBehavior::Skip);
+    interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(MissedTickBehavior::Delay);
 
     loop {
         interval.tick().await;