diff --git a/packages/relayer/message/estimate_gas.go b/packages/relayer/message/estimate_gas.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfb59609e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/relayer/message/estimate_gas.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package message
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"math/big"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-mono/packages/relayer/contracts/bridge"
+)
+
+func (p *Processor) estimateGas(
+	ctx context.Context, message bridge.IBridgeMessage, proof []byte) (uint64, *big.Int, error) {
+	auth, err := bind.NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID(p.ecdsaKey, message.DestChainId)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "bind.NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID")
+	}
+
+	auth.NoSend = true
+
+	auth.Context = ctx
+
+	// estimate gas with auth.NoSend set to true
+	tx, err := p.destBridge.ProcessMessage(auth, message, proof)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "p.destBridge.ProcessMessage")
+	}
+
+	return tx.Gas(), tx.Cost(), nil
+}
diff --git a/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable.go b/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable.go
index 43e35241adf..6728fa3ac63 100644
--- a/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable.go
+++ b/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable.go
@@ -4,37 +4,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"math/big"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/abi/bind"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-mono/packages/relayer/contracts/bridge"
 )
 
 func (p *Processor) isProfitable(
-	ctx context.Context, message bridge.IBridgeMessage, proof []byte) (bool, uint64, error) {
+	ctx context.Context, message bridge.IBridgeMessage, cost *big.Int) (bool, error) {
 	processingFee := message.ProcessingFee
 
 	if processingFee == nil || processingFee.Cmp(big.NewInt(0)) != 1 {
-		return false, 0, nil
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	auth, err := bind.NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID(p.ecdsaKey, message.DestChainId)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, 0, errors.Wrap(err, "bind.NewKeyedTransactorWithChainID")
-	}
-
-	auth.NoSend = true
-
-	auth.Context = ctx
-
-	// estimate gas with auth.NoSend set to true
-	tx, err := p.destBridge.ProcessMessage(auth, message, proof)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, 0, errors.Wrap(err, "p.destBridge.ProcessMessage")
-	}
-
-	cost := tx.Cost()
-
 	shouldProcess := processingFee.Cmp(cost) == 1
 
 	log.Infof(
@@ -45,8 +26,8 @@ func (p *Processor) isProfitable(
 	)
 
 	if !shouldProcess {
-		return false, 0, nil
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	return true, tx.Gas(), nil
+	return true, nil
 }
diff --git a/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable_test.go b/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable_test.go
index aac1c7f5b5b..827d61bd4f0 100644
--- a/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable_test.go
+++ b/packages/relayer/message/is_profitable_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func Test_isProfitable(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name           string
 		message        bridge.IBridgeMessage
-		proof          []byte
+		cost           *big.Int
 		wantProfitable bool
 		wantErr        error
 	}{
@@ -25,24 +25,24 @@ func Test_isProfitable(t *testing.T) {
 			bridge.IBridgeMessage{
 				ProcessingFee: big.NewInt(0),
 			},
-			nil,
+			big.NewInt(1),
 			false,
 			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"nilProcessingFee",
 			bridge.IBridgeMessage{},
-			nil,
+			big.NewInt(1),
 			false,
 			nil,
 		},
 		{
-			"lowProcessingFee",
+			"lowProcessingFeeHighCost",
 			bridge.IBridgeMessage{
 				ProcessingFee: new(big.Int).Sub(mock.ProcessMessageTx.Cost(), big.NewInt(1)),
 				DestChainId:   big.NewInt(167001),
 			},
-			nil,
+			big.NewInt(1000000),
 			false,
 			nil,
 		},
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func Test_isProfitable(t *testing.T) {
 				ProcessingFee: new(big.Int).Add(mock.ProcessMessageTx.Cost(), big.NewInt(1)),
 				DestChainId:   big.NewInt(167001),
 			},
-			nil,
+			big.NewInt(1),
 			true,
 			nil,
 		},
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ func Test_isProfitable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			profitable, _, err := p.isProfitable(
+			profitable, err := p.isProfitable(
 				context.Background(),
 				tt.message,
-				tt.proof,
+				tt.cost,
 			)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantProfitable, profitable)
diff --git a/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go b/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go
index c32f2b7be29..6336a1e070d 100644
--- a/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go
+++ b/packages/relayer/message/process_message.go
@@ -136,18 +136,20 @@ func (p *Processor) sendProcessMessageCall(
 		return nil, errors.New("p.getLatestNonce")
 	}
 
-	// profitable, gas, err := p.isProfitable(ctx, event.Message, proof)
-	// if err != nil {
-	// 	return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "p.isProfitable")
-	// }
-
-	// if bool(p.profitableOnly) && !profitable {
-	// 	return nil, relayer.ErrUnprofitable
-	// }
-
-	// if gas != 0 {
-	auth.GasLimit = 2500000
-	// }
+	gas, cost, err := p.estimateGas(ctx, event.Message, proof)
+	if err != nil || gas == 0 {
+		// we can get unable to estimet gas for contract deployments within the contract code.
+		// if we get an error or the gas is 0, lets manual set high gas limit and ignore error,
+		// and try to actually send.
+		auth.GasLimit = 3000000
+	}
+
+	if bool(p.profitableOnly) {
+		profitable, err := p.isProfitable(ctx, event.Message, cost)
+		if err != nil || !profitable {
+			return nil, relayer.ErrUnprofitable
+		}
+	}
 
 	// process the message on the destination bridge.
 	tx, err := p.destBridge.ProcessMessage(auth, event.Message, proof)