diff --git a/pkg/transformers/dent/repository.go b/pkg/transformers/dent/repository.go
index 28c0f5ec..018711da 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/dent/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/dent/repository.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func (repository DentRepository) Create(headerID int64, models []interface{}) er
 
 	tic, getTicErr := shared.GetTicInTx(headerID, tx)
 	if getTicErr != nil {
+		rollbackErr := tx.Rollback()
+		if rollbackErr != nil {
+			log.Error("failed to rollback ", rollbackErr)
+		}
 		return getTicErr
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/shared/repository.go b/pkg/transformers/shared/repository.go
index 65c01c99..9ee55e8f 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/shared/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/shared/repository.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/core"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/datastore/postgres"
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/transformers/shared/constants"
 )
 
 func MarkHeaderChecked(headerID int64, db *postgres.DB, checkedHeadersColumn string) error {
@@ -100,3 +101,14 @@ func CreateNotCheckedSQL(boolColumns []string) string {
 
 	return result.String()
 }
+
+func GetTicInTx(headerID int64, tx *sql.Tx) (int64, error) {
+	var blockTimestamp int64
+	err := tx.QueryRow(`SELECT block_timestamp FROM public.headers WHERE id = $1;`, headerID).Scan(&blockTimestamp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	tic := blockTimestamp + constants.TTL
+	return tic, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/shared/utilities.go b/pkg/transformers/shared/utilities.go
index a97aef7b..073f8783 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/shared/utilities.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/shared/utilities.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package shared
 
 import (
-	"database/sql"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/transformers/shared/constants"
 	"math/big"
 )
@@ -79,15 +78,3 @@ func convert(conversion string, value string, precision int) string {
 	}
 	return result.Text('f', precision)
 }
-
-// Grabs the block timestamp for an headerID, and adds the TTL constant
-func GetTicInTx(headerID int64, tx *sql.Tx) (int64, error) {
-	var blockTimestamp int64
-	err := tx.QueryRow(`SELECT block_timestamp FROM public.headers WHERE id = $1;`, headerID).Scan(&blockTimestamp)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-
-	tic := blockTimestamp + constants.TTL
-	return tic, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/tend/repository.go b/pkg/transformers/tend/repository.go
index 9cebdf46..b4ea5475 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/tend/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/tend/repository.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func (repository TendRepository) Create(headerID int64, models []interface{}) er
 
 	tic, getTicErr := shared.GetTicInTx(headerID, tx)
 	if getTicErr != nil {
+		rollbackErr := tx.Rollback()
+		if rollbackErr != nil {
+			log.Error("failed to rollback ", rollbackErr)
+		}
 		return getTicErr
 	}