diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
index e66bb77a..9bf76dcb 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ use std::sync::{atomic, Arc};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, oneshot, watch, Semaphore};
-use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio::task::{JoinHandle, yield_now};
 use tokio::time::{sleep, timeout};
 use tracing::{error, info, trace, warn, Level};
 
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                             _ = new_top_config_receiver.changed() => {}
                         }
                     }
+                    yield_now().await;
                 }
 
                 Ok(())
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs b/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs
index 659b0e9e..c72909e6 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/frontend/rpc_proxy_ws.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, OwnedSemaphorePermit, RwLock as AsyncRwLock};
+use tokio::task::yield_now;
 use tracing::trace;
 
 /// How to select backend servers for a request
@@ -549,6 +550,8 @@ async fn read_web3_socket(
                     };
 
                     tokio::spawn(f);
+
+                    yield_now().await;
                 } else {
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
index 749f1ad0..0b463fee 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, watch};
+use tokio::task::yield_now;
 use tokio::time::{sleep, sleep_until, timeout, Duration, Instant};
 use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, trace, warn};
 
@@ -618,6 +619,7 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                     },
                     _ = sleep_until(start + max_wait) => break,
                 }
+                yield_now().await;
             } else {
                 trace!("no potential rpcs and set to not wait");
                 break;
@@ -985,9 +987,12 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                             skip_rpcs.pop();
                         }
                         _ = watch_consensus_rpcs.changed() => {
+                            // we don't actually care what they are now. we just care that they changed
                             watch_consensus_rpcs.borrow_and_update();
+
                         }
                     }
+                    yield_now().await;
                 }
                 OpenRequestResult::NotReady => {
                     if let Some(request_metadata) = request_metadata {
@@ -1174,6 +1179,9 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                         _ = watch_consensus_rpcs.changed() => {
                             // consensus rpcs changed!
                             watch_consensus_rpcs.borrow_and_update();
+
+                            yield_now().await;
+
                             // continue to try again
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -1215,6 +1223,8 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                             }
                         }
 
+                        yield_now().await;
+
                         continue;
                     } else {
                         warn!(?self, "all rate limits exceeded");
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs b/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs
index 7127bfde..07229452 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/stats/stat_buffer.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use migration::sea_orm::prelude::Decimal;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, oneshot};
+use tokio::task::yield_now;
 use tokio::time::{interval, sleep};
 use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, Instrument};
 
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ impl StatBuffer {
                     break;
                 }
             }
+            yield_now().await;
         }
 
         // TODO: wait on all websockets to close
diff --git a/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/proxyd.rs b/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/proxyd.rs
index ee1cdb0a..a82e8d02 100644
--- a/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/proxyd.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy_cli/src/sub_commands/proxyd.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ impl ProxydSubCommand {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            yield_now().await;
         }
 
         // start the frontend port