diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
index d882631e..ce43a2df 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
                         }).await?
                 } else {
                     let x = timeout(
-                        max_wait + Duration::from_millis(10),
+                        max_wait + Duration::from_millis(100),
                         self.balanced_rpcs
                         .try_proxy_connection::<_, Arc<RawValue>>(
                             method,
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
index efb12821..6a737a4e 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/many.rs
@@ -907,6 +907,8 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
         // set error_handler to Save. this might be overridden depending on the request_metadata.authorization
         let error_handler = Some(RequestErrorHandler::Save);
 
+        let mut last_provider_error = None;
+
         // TODO: the loop here feels somewhat redundant with the loop in best_available_rpc
         loop {
             if let Some(max_wait) = max_wait {
@@ -969,6 +971,9 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                                 Ok(x) => x,
                                 Err(err) => {
                                     warn!(?err, "error from {}", rpc);
+
+                                    last_provider_error = Some(error);
+
                                     continue;
                                 }
                             };
@@ -1119,6 +1124,10 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
             return Err(err.into());
         }
 
+        if let Some(err) = last_provider_error {
+            return Err(err.into());
+        }
+
         let num_conns = self.len();
         let num_skipped = skip_rpcs.len();