diff --git a/runner/src/metrics.ts b/runner/src/metrics.ts
index 2ff612ece..e76d4d86d 100644
--- a/runner/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/runner/src/metrics.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ const UNPROCESSED_STREAM_MESSAGES = new Gauge({
   labelNames: ['indexer', 'type'],
 });
 
+const LAST_PROCESSED_BLOCK_HEIGHT = new Gauge({
+  name: 'queryapi_runner_last_processed_block_height',
+  help: 'Previous block height processed by an indexer',
+  labelNames: ['indexer', 'type'],
+});
+
 const EXECUTION_DURATION = new Histogram({
   name: 'queryapi_runner_execution_duration_milliseconds',
   help: 'Time taken to execute an indexer function',
@@ -34,6 +40,7 @@ export const METRICS = {
   CACHE_HIT,
   CACHE_MISS,
   UNPROCESSED_STREAM_MESSAGES,
+  LAST_PROCESSED_BLOCK_HEIGHT,
   EXECUTION_DURATION,
 };
 
diff --git a/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.test.ts b/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.test.ts
index 36f0a36bf..f9d2669d7 100644
--- a/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.test.ts
+++ b/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,25 @@ describe('RedisClient', () => {
 
     expect(mockClient.xRead).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       { key: 'streamKey', id: '0' },
-      { COUNT: 1 }
+      { BLOCK: 0, COUNT: 1 }
+    );
+    expect(message).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('returns count of messages after id with block', async () => {
+    const mockClient = {
+      on: jest.fn(),
+      connect: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+      xRead: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null),
+    } as any;
+
+    const client = new RedisClient(mockClient);
+
+    const message = await client.getStreamMessages('streamKey', 10, '123-0', 1000);
+
+    expect(mockClient.xRead).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { key: 'streamKey', id: '123-0' },
+      { BLOCK: 1000, COUNT: 10 }
     );
     expect(message).toBeUndefined();
   });
diff --git a/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.ts b/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.ts
index 9b2ae7309..ea763988f 100644
--- a/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.ts
+++ b/runner/src/redis-client/redis-client.ts
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ export default class RedisClient {
   async getStreamMessages (
     streamKey: string,
     count = 1,
-    streamId = this.SMALLEST_STREAM_ID
+    streamId = this.SMALLEST_STREAM_ID,
+    block = 0
   ): Promise<StreamMessage[] | null> {
     const results = await this.client.xRead(
       { key: streamKey, id: streamId },
-      { COUNT: count }
+      { COUNT: count, BLOCK: block }
     );
 
     return results?.[0].messages as StreamMessage[];
diff --git a/runner/src/stream-handler/worker.ts b/runner/src/stream-handler/worker.ts
index c7cb52828..a41552557 100644
--- a/runner/src/stream-handler/worker.ts
+++ b/runner/src/stream-handler/worker.ts
@@ -52,19 +52,26 @@ function incrementId (id: string): string {
   return `${Number(main) + 1}-${sequence}`;
 }
 
-async function blockQueueProducer (workerContext: WorkerContext, streamKey: string): Promise<void> {
+async function waitForQueueSpace (workerContext: WorkerContext): Promise<number> {
   const HISTORICAL_BATCH_SIZE = 100;
+  return await new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
+    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+      const preFetchCount = HISTORICAL_BATCH_SIZE - workerContext.queue.length;
+      if (preFetchCount > 0) {
+        clearInterval(intervalId);
+        resolve(preFetchCount);
+      }
+    }, 100);
+  });
+}
+
+async function blockQueueProducer (workerContext: WorkerContext, streamKey: string): Promise<void> {
   let streamMessageStartId = '0';
 
   while (true) {
-    const preFetchCount = HISTORICAL_BATCH_SIZE - workerContext.queue.length;
-    if (preFetchCount <= 0) {
-      await sleep(300);
-      continue;
-    }
-    const messages = await workerContext.redisClient.getStreamMessages(streamKey, preFetchCount, streamMessageStartId);
+    const preFetchCount = await waitForQueueSpace(workerContext);
+    const messages = await workerContext.redisClient.getStreamMessages(streamKey, preFetchCount, streamMessageStartId, 1000);
     if (messages == null) {
-      await sleep(1000);
       continue;
     }
     console.log(`Fetched ${messages?.length} messages from stream ${streamKey}`);
@@ -96,13 +103,15 @@ async function blockQueueConsumer (workerContext: WorkerContext, streamKey: stri
   while (true) {
     let streamMessageId = '';
     try {
-      const startTime = performance.now();
-      const blockStartTime = startTime;
+      while (workerContext.queue.length === 0) {
+        await sleep(100);
+      }
       const queueMessage = await workerContext.queue.at(0);
       if (queueMessage === undefined) {
-        await sleep(1000);
         continue;
       }
+      const startTime = performance.now();
+      const blockStartTime = startTime;
       const block = queueMessage.block;
       streamMessageId = queueMessage.streamMessageId;
 
@@ -118,6 +127,10 @@ async function blockQueueConsumer (workerContext: WorkerContext, streamKey: stri
 
       METRICS.EXECUTION_DURATION.labels({ indexer: indexerName, type: streamType }).observe(performance.now() - startTime);
 
+      if (streamType === 'historical') {
+        METRICS.LAST_PROCESSED_BLOCK_HEIGHT.labels({ indexer: indexerName, type: streamType }).set(block.blockHeight);
+      }
+
       console.log(`Success: ${indexerName}`);
     } catch (err) {
       await sleep(10000);