diff --git a/.changeset/wise-panthers-collect.md b/.changeset/wise-panthers-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1f9ff261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wise-panthers-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'backend': patch
+---
+
+handle subgraph errors
diff --git a/modules/actions/user/bpt-balances/helpers/sync-bpt-balances-from-rpc.ts b/modules/actions/user/bpt-balances/helpers/sync-bpt-balances-from-rpc.ts
index 5f45351bd..8630c7faa 100644
--- a/modules/actions/user/bpt-balances/helpers/sync-bpt-balances-from-rpc.ts
+++ b/modules/actions/user/bpt-balances/helpers/sync-bpt-balances-from-rpc.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const syncBptBalancesFromRpc = async (
     client: ViemClient,
     chain: Chain,
     syncCategory: 'BPT_BALANCES_V2' | 'BPT_BALANCES_V3' | 'BPT_BALANCES_COW_AMM',
+    syncStore = true, // Set false when syncing should be repeated, eg when passing subset of poolIds just for new pools
 ) => {
     // Must have poolIds to sync
     if (poolIds.length === 0) {
@@ -27,7 +28,11 @@ export const syncBptBalancesFromRpc = async (
     const endBlock = await client.getBlockNumber().then(Number);
 
     // Get the balances synced block from the DB
-    const startBlock = await getLastSyncedBlock(chain, syncCategory);
+    let startBlock = await getLastSyncedBlock(chain, syncCategory);
+    if (!syncStore) {
+        // try to get all events for these poolIds
+        startBlock = endBlock - config[chain].rpcMaxBlockRange + 5;
+    }
 
     // Don't use RPC when balances weren't synced at all
     if (startBlock === 0) {
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ export const syncBptBalancesFromRpc = async (
 
     console.log(`syncBptBalancesFromRpc ${syncCategory} on ${chain} got ${poolShares.length} poolShares`);
 
-    const operations = balancesToDb(poolShares, endBlock, syncCategory);
+    const operations = balancesToDb(poolShares, endBlock, syncStore ? syncCategory : undefined);
     try {
         await prisma.$transaction(operations);
     } catch (e: any) {
diff --git a/modules/controllers/cow-amm-controller.ts b/modules/controllers/cow-amm-controller.ts
index 7fe50ca29..9599803db 100644
--- a/modules/controllers/cow-amm-controller.ts
+++ b/modules/controllers/cow-amm-controller.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { syncBptBalancesFromSubgraph } from '../actions/user/bpt-balances/helper
 import { getLastSyncedBlock, upsertLastSyncedBlock } from '../actions/last-synced-block';
 import { updateLifetimeValues } from '../actions/pool/update-liftetime-values';
 import { syncTokenPairs } from '../actions/pool/v3/sync-tokenpairs';
+import { handleSubgraphErrors } from './error-handling';
+import { syncBptBalancesFromRpc } from '../actions/user/bpt-balances/helpers/sync-bpt-balances-from-rpc';
 
 export function CowAmmController(tracer?: any) {
     const getSubgraphClient = (chain: Chain) => {
@@ -104,7 +106,11 @@ export function CowAmmController(tracer?: any) {
             await updateSurplusAPRs(chain, ids);
             // Sync balances for the pools
             const newIds = ids.filter((id) => !existingIds.includes(id));
-            await syncBptBalancesFromSubgraph(newIds, subgraphClient, chain);
+            if (useSubgraph) {
+                await syncBptBalancesFromSubgraph(newIds, subgraphClient, chain);
+            } else {
+                await syncBptBalancesFromRpc(newIds, viemClient, chain, 'BPT_BALANCES_COW_AMM', false);
+            }
 
             await upsertLastSyncedBlock(chain, PrismaLastBlockSyncedCategory.COW_AMM_POOLS, toBlock);
 
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ export function CowAmmController(tracer?: any) {
         },
         async syncSnapshots(chain: Chain) {
             const subgraphClient = getSubgraphClient(chain);
-            const ids = await syncSnapshots(subgraphClient, 'SNAPSHOTS_COW_AMM', chain);
+            const ids = await handleSubgraphErrors(() => syncSnapshots(subgraphClient, 'SNAPSHOTS_COW_AMM', chain));
             // update lifetime values based on snapshots
             await updateLifetimeValues(chain, undefined, 'COW_AMM');
             return ids;
@@ -127,12 +133,12 @@ export function CowAmmController(tracer?: any) {
         },
         async syncJoinExits(chain: Chain) {
             const subgraphClient = getSubgraphClient(chain);
-            const entries = await syncJoinExits(subgraphClient, chain);
+            const entries = await handleSubgraphErrors(() => syncJoinExits(subgraphClient, chain));
             return entries;
         },
         async syncSwaps(chain: Chain) {
             const subgraphClient = getSubgraphClient(chain);
-            const swaps = await syncSwaps(subgraphClient, chain);
+            const swaps = await handleSubgraphErrors(() => syncSwaps(subgraphClient, chain));
             const poolIds = swaps
                 .map((event) => event.poolId)
                 .filter((value, index, self) => self.indexOf(value) === index);
diff --git a/modules/controllers/error-handling.ts b/modules/controllers/error-handling.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dfb362cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/controllers/error-handling.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export async function handleSubgraphErrors<T>(operation: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T | []> {
+    try {
+        return await operation();
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        if (
+            error.message.includes('Too many requests') ||
+            error.message.includes('bad indexers') ||
+            error.message.includes('Bad Gateway')
+        ) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/controllers/event-controller.ts b/modules/controllers/event-controller.ts
index ad3e4f133..d501bd123 100644
--- a/modules/controllers/event-controller.ts
+++ b/modules/controllers/event-controller.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { syncSwaps as syncSwapsV3 } from '../actions/pool/v3/sync-swaps';
 import { Chain } from '@prisma/client';
 import { updateVolumeAndFees } from '../actions/pool/update-volume-and-fees';
 import { getVaultSubgraphClient } from '../sources/subgraphs/balancer-v3-vault';
+import { handleSubgraphErrors } from './error-handling';
 
 export function EventController() {
     return {
@@ -23,8 +24,7 @@ export function EventController() {
             }
 
             const subgraphClient = new BalancerSubgraphService(balancer, chain);
-            const entries = await syncJoinExitsV2(subgraphClient, chain);
-            return entries;
+            return handleSubgraphErrors(() => syncJoinExitsV2(subgraphClient, chain));
         },
         async syncSwapsUpdateVolumeAndFeesV2(chain: Chain) {
             const {
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ export function EventController() {
             }
 
             const subgraphClient = getV2SubgraphClient(balancer, chain);
-            const poolsWithNewSwaps = await syncSwapsV2(subgraphClient, chain);
-            await syncSwapsForLast48Hours(subgraphClient, chain);
-            await updateVolumeAndFees(chain, poolsWithNewSwaps);
-
-            return poolsWithNewSwaps;
+            return handleSubgraphErrors(async () => {
+                const poolsWithNewSwaps = await syncSwapsV2(subgraphClient, chain);
+                await syncSwapsForLast48Hours(subgraphClient, chain);
+                await updateVolumeAndFees(chain, poolsWithNewSwaps);
+                return poolsWithNewSwaps;
+            });
         },
         async syncJoinExitsV3(chain: Chain) {
             const {
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@ export function EventController() {
             }
 
             const vaultSubgraphClient = getVaultSubgraphClient(balancerV3, chain);
-            const entries = await syncJoinExitsV3(vaultSubgraphClient, chain);
-            return entries;
+            return handleSubgraphErrors(() => syncJoinExitsV3(vaultSubgraphClient, chain));
         },
         async syncSwapsV3(chain: Chain) {
             const {
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ export function EventController() {
             }
 
             const vaultSubgraphClient = getVaultSubgraphClient(balancerV3, chain);
-            const entries = await syncSwapsV3(vaultSubgraphClient, chain);
-            return entries;
+            return handleSubgraphErrors(() => syncSwapsV3(vaultSubgraphClient, chain));
         },
         async syncSwapsUpdateVolumeAndFeesV3(chain: Chain) {
             const {
@@ -83,9 +82,11 @@ export function EventController() {
 
             const vaultSubgraphClient = getVaultSubgraphClient(balancerV3, chain);
 
-            const poolsWithNewSwaps = await syncSwapsV3(vaultSubgraphClient, chain);
-            await updateVolumeAndFees(chain, poolsWithNewSwaps);
-            return poolsWithNewSwaps;
+            return handleSubgraphErrors(async () => {
+                const poolsWithNewSwaps = await syncSwapsV3(vaultSubgraphClient, chain);
+                await updateVolumeAndFees(chain, poolsWithNewSwaps);
+                return poolsWithNewSwaps;
+            });
         },
     };
 }
diff --git a/modules/controllers/pool-controller.ts b/modules/controllers/pool-controller.ts
index eb67a58a1..3ff7f8e4d 100644
--- a/modules/controllers/pool-controller.ts
+++ b/modules/controllers/pool-controller.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { syncHookReviews } from '../actions/content/sync-hook-reviews';
 import { HookData } from '../sources/transformers';
 import { syncErc4626Tokens } from '../actions/token/sync-erc4626-tokens';
 import { syncRateProviderReviews } from '../actions/content/sync-rate-provider-reviews';
+import { handleSubgraphErrors } from './error-handling';
 
 export function PoolController(tracer?: any) {
     return {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export function PoolController(tracer?: any) {
             const subgraphUrl = config[chain].subgraphs.balancer;
             const subgraphService = getV2SubgraphClient(subgraphUrl, chain);
 
-            return addPoolsV2(subgraphService, chain);
+            return handleSubgraphErrors(() => addPoolsV2(subgraphService, chain));
         },
 
         async syncOnchainDataForAllPoolsV2(chain: Chain) {
diff --git a/tasks/index.ts b/tasks/index.ts
index 5a6a36992..5b3673df5 100644
--- a/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/tasks/index.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ async function run(job: string = process.argv[2], chainId: string = process.argv
     } else if (job === 'sync-join-exits-v3') {
         return EventController().syncJoinExitsV3(chain);
     } else if (job === 'sync-join-exits-v2') {
-        return EventController().syncJoinExitsV2(chain);
+        // make a loop to hit the rate limit
+        while (true) {
+            await EventController().syncJoinExitsV2(chain);
+        }
+        // return EventController().syncJoinExitsV2(chain);
     } else if (job === 'sync-swaps-v2') {
         return EventController().syncSwapsUpdateVolumeAndFeesV2(chain);
     } else if (job === 'sync-snapshots-v2') {