diff --git a/apps/fortuna/Cargo.lock b/apps/fortuna/Cargo.lock
index f2163868..52e62112 100644
--- a/apps/fortuna/Cargo.lock
+++ b/apps/fortuna/Cargo.lock
@@ -1514,6 +1514,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_with",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sha3",
+ "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/apps/fortuna/Cargo.toml b/apps/fortuna/Cargo.toml
index b6595753..deeb395b 100644
--- a/apps/fortuna/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/fortuna/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ utoipa-swagger-ui  = { version = "3.1.4", features = ["axum"] }
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 url = "2.5.0"
+thiserror = "1.0.49"
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/apps/fortuna/src/chain.rs b/apps/fortuna/src/chain.rs
index 21680a6a..1fac9c4b 100644
--- a/apps/fortuna/src/chain.rs
+++ b/apps/fortuna/src/chain.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub(crate) mod ethereum;
 pub(crate) mod reader;
+mod client;
diff --git a/apps/fortuna/src/chain/client.rs b/apps/fortuna/src/chain/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea8bec06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/fortuna/src/chain/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use axum::async_trait;
+use ethabi::ethereum_types::H256;
+use ethers::middleware::MiddlewareError;
+use ethers::prelude::{Block, BlockId, Middleware, TxHash};
+use thiserror::Error;
+use ethers::core::types::U64;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MyMiddleware<M>(pub M);
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum MyError<M: Middleware> {
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    MiddlewareError(M::Error),
+}
+
+impl<M: Middleware> MiddlewareError for MyError<M> {
+    type Inner = M::Error;
+
+    fn from_err(src: M::Error) -> Self {
+        MyError::MiddlewareError(src)
+    }
+
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> Option<&Self::Inner> {
+        match self {
+            MyError::MiddlewareError(e) => Some(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<M> Middleware for MyMiddleware<M>
+where
+    M: Middleware,
+{
+    type Error = MyError<M>;
+    type Provider = M::Provider;
+    type Inner = M;
+
+    fn inner(&self) -> &M {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the block at `block_hash_or_number` (transaction hashes only)
+    async fn get_block<T: Into<BlockId> + Send + Sync>(
+        &self,
+        block_hash_or_number: T,
+    ) -> Result<Option<Block<TxHash>>, Self::Error> {
+        tracing::debug!("called");
+        self.inner().get_block(block_hash_or_number).await.map_err(MiddlewareError::from_err)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/fortuna/src/chain/ethereum.rs b/apps/fortuna/src/chain/ethereum.rs
index c890823f..10ee9998 100644
--- a/apps/fortuna/src/chain/ethereum.rs
+++ b/apps/fortuna/src/chain/ethereum.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ use {
     },
     std::sync::Arc,
 };
+use crate::chain::client::MyMiddleware;
 
 // TODO: Programmatically generate this so we don't have to keep committed ABI in sync with the
 // contract in the same repo.
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ pub type SignablePythContract = PythRandom<
         LegacyTxTransformer,
     >,
 >;
-pub type PythContract = PythRandom<Provider<Http>>;
+pub type PythContract = PythRandom<MyMiddleware<Provider<Http>>>;
 
 /// Transformer that converts a transaction into a legacy transaction if use_legacy_tx is true.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ impl SignablePythContract {
 
 impl PythContract {
     pub fn from_config(chain_config: &EthereumConfig) -> Result<PythContract> {
-        let provider = Provider::<Http>::try_from(&chain_config.geth_rpc_addr)?;
+        let provider = MyMiddleware(Provider::<Http>::try_from(&chain_config.geth_rpc_addr)?);
 
         Ok(PythRandom::new(
             chain_config.contract_addr,
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ impl EntropyReader for PythContract {
         user_random_number: [u8; 32],
         provider_revelation: [u8; 32],
     ) -> Result<Option<U256>> {
-        let result: Result<U256, ContractError<Provider<Http>>> = self
+        let result: Result<U256, ContractError<MyMiddleware<Provider<Http>>>> = self
             .reveal_with_callback(
                 provider,
                 sequence_number,