diff --git a/packages/util/src/events.ts b/packages/util/src/events.ts
index fbba9245..5916d7f0 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/events.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/events.ts
@@ -88,16 +88,17 @@ export class EventWatcher {
   }
 
   async startBlockProcessing (): Promise<void> {
-    // Get latest block in chain and sync status from DB.
-    const [{ block: latestBlock }, syncStatus] = await Promise.all([
+    // Wait for events job queue to be empty before starting historical or realtime processing
+    await this._jobQueue.waitForEmptyQueue(QUEUE_EVENT_PROCESSING);
+
+    // Get latest block in chain and sync status from DB
+    // Also get historical-processing queu size
+    const [{ block: latestBlock }, syncStatus, historicalProcessingQueueSize] = await Promise.all([
       this._ethClient.getBlockByHash(),
       this._indexer.getSyncStatus(),
-      // Wait for events job queue to be empty before starting historical or realtime processing
-      this._jobQueue.waitForEmptyQueue(QUEUE_EVENT_PROCESSING)
+      this._jobQueue.getQueueSize(QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING, 'completed')
     ]);
 
-    const historicalProcessingQueueSize = await this._jobQueue.getQueueSize(QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING, 'completed');
-
     // Stop if there are active or pending historical processing jobs
     // Might be created on encountering template create in events processing
     if (historicalProcessingQueueSize > 0) {
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ export class EventWatcher {
       {
         blockNumber: startBlockNumber,
         processingEndBlockNumber: this._historicalProcessingEndBlockNumber
-      }
+      },
+      { priority: 1 }
     );
   }
 
@@ -241,22 +243,11 @@ export class EventWatcher {
     if (nextBatchStartBlockNumber > this._historicalProcessingEndBlockNumber) {
       // Start next batch of historical processing or realtime processing
       this.startBlockProcessing();
-
-      return;
     }
-
-    // Push job for next batch of blocks
-    await this._jobQueue.pushJob(
-      QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING,
-      {
-        blockNumber: nextBatchStartBlockNumber,
-        processingEndBlockNumber: this._historicalProcessingEndBlockNumber
-      }
-    );
   }
 
   async eventProcessingCompleteHandler (job: PgBoss.JobWithMetadata<any>): Promise<void> {
-    const { id, retrycount, data: { request: { data }, failed, state, createdOn } } = job;
+    const { id, data: { request: { data }, failed, state, createdOn, retryCount } } = job;
 
     if (failed) {
       log(`Job ${id} for queue ${QUEUE_EVENT_PROCESSING} failed`);
@@ -274,9 +265,7 @@ export class EventWatcher {
     assert(blockProgress);
 
     // Check if job was retried
-    if (retrycount > 0) {
-      // Reset watcher to remove any data after this block
-      await this._indexer.resetWatcherToBlock(blockProgress.blockNumber);
+    if (retryCount > 0) {
       // Start block processing (Try restarting historical processing or continue realtime processing)
       this.startBlockProcessing();
     }
diff --git a/packages/util/src/job-queue.ts b/packages/util/src/job-queue.ts
index 8374a996..49fdffa8 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/job-queue.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/job-queue.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type JobCompleteCallback = (job: PgBoss.Job | PgBoss.JobWithMetadata) => Promise
 const DEFAULT_JOBS_PER_INTERVAL = 5;
 
 // Interval time to check for events queue to be empty
-const EMPTY_QUEUE_CHECK_INTERVAL = 5000;
+const EMPTY_QUEUE_CHECK_INTERVAL = 1000;
 
 const log = debug('vulcanize:job-queue');
 
diff --git a/packages/util/src/job-runner.ts b/packages/util/src/job-runner.ts
index bf192503..25036251 100644
--- a/packages/util/src/job-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/util/src/job-runner.ts
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@ export class JobRunner {
     if (this._historicalProcessingCompletedUpto) {
       // Check if historical processing start is for a previous block which happens incase of template create
       if (startBlock < this._historicalProcessingCompletedUpto) {
-        // Delete any pending historical processing jobs
-        await this.jobQueue.deleteJobs(QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING);
+        await Promise.all([
+          // Delete any pending historical processing jobs
+          this.jobQueue.deleteJobs(QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING),
+          // Remove pending events queue jobs
+          this.jobQueue.deleteJobs(QUEUE_EVENT_PROCESSING)
+        ]);
 
         // Wait for events queue to be empty
         log(`Waiting for events queue to be empty before resetting watcher to block ${startBlock - 1}`);
@@ -242,6 +246,17 @@ export class JobRunner {
 
     this._historicalProcessingCompletedUpto = endBlock;
 
+    if (endBlock < processingEndBlockNumber) {
+      // If endBlock is lesser than processingEndBlockNumber push new historical job
+      await this.jobQueue.pushJob(
+        QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING,
+        {
+          blockNumber: endBlock + 1,
+          processingEndBlockNumber: processingEndBlockNumber
+        }
+      );
+    }
+
     await this.jobQueue.markComplete(
       job,
       { isComplete: true, endBlock }
@@ -679,9 +694,15 @@ export class JobRunner {
       this._endBlockProcessTimer = lastBlockProcessDuration.startTimer();
       await this._indexer.updateSyncStatusProcessedBlock(block.blockHash, block.blockNumber);
 
-      // If this was a retry attempt, unset the indexing error flag in sync status
       if (retryCount > 0) {
-        await this._indexer.updateSyncStatusIndexingError(false);
+        await Promise.all([
+          // If this was a retry attempt, unset the indexing error flag in sync status
+          this._indexer.updateSyncStatusIndexingError(false),
+          // Reset watcher after succesfull retry so that block processing starts after this block
+          this._indexer.resetWatcherToBlock(block.blockNumber)
+        ]);
+
+        log(`Watcher reset to block ${block.blockNumber} after succesffully retrying events processing`);
       }
     } catch (error) {
       log(`Error in processing events for block ${block.blockNumber} hash ${block.blockHash}`);
@@ -691,8 +712,8 @@ export class JobRunner {
         this._indexer.clearProcessedBlockData(block),
         // Delete all pending event processing jobs
         this.jobQueue.deleteJobs(QUEUE_EVENT_PROCESSING),
-        // Delete all pending historical processing jobs
-        this.jobQueue.deleteJobs(QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING, 'active'),
+        // Delete all active and pending historical processing jobs
+        this.jobQueue.deleteJobs(QUEUE_HISTORICAL_PROCESSING, 'completed'),
         // Set the indexing error flag in sync status
         this._indexer.updateSyncStatusIndexingError(true)
       ]);