diff --git a/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs b/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs
index f209e5b23a..044caee2cd 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs
+++ b/applications/minotari_node/src/config.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ pub struct BaseNodeConfig {
     pub state_machine: BaseNodeStateMachineConfig,
     /// Obscure GRPC error responses
     pub report_grpc_error: bool,
-    /// Interval to check if the base node is still in sync with the network
+    // Interval to check if the base node is still in sync with the network
     #[serde(with = "serializers::seconds")]
     pub tari_pulse_interval: Duration,
 }
diff --git a/base_layer/core/src/base_node/tari_pulse_service/mod.rs b/base_layer/core/src/base_node/tari_pulse_service/mod.rs
index 5d2a277533..0d7492b686 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/src/base_node/tari_pulse_service/mod.rs
+++ b/base_layer/core/src/base_node/tari_pulse_service/mod.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use hickory_client::{
     rr::{DNSClass, Name, RData, Record, RecordType},
     tcp::TcpClientStream,
 };
-use log::{error, info};
+use log::{error, info, warn};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tari_p2p::Network;
 use tari_service_framework::{async_trait, ServiceInitializationError, ServiceInitializer, ServiceInitializerContext};
@@ -75,13 +75,18 @@ fn get_network_dns_name(network: Network) -> Name {
 pub struct TariPulseService {
     dns_name: Name,
     config: TariPulseConfig,
+    shutdown_signal: ShutdownSignal,
 }
 
 impl TariPulseService {
-    pub async fn new(config: TariPulseConfig) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
+    pub async fn new(config: TariPulseConfig, shutdown_signal: ShutdownSignal) -> Result<Self, anyhow::Error> {
         let dns_name: Name = get_network_dns_name(config.clone().network);
         info!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Tari Pulse Service initialized with DNS name: {}", dns_name);
-        Ok(Self { dns_name, config })
+        Ok(Self {
+            dns_name,
+            config,
+            shutdown_signal,
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn default_trust_anchor() -> TrustAnchor {
@@ -116,21 +121,45 @@ impl TariPulseService {
         notify_passed_checkpoints: watch::Sender<bool>,
     ) {
         let mut interval = time::interval(self.config.check_interval);
-        let mut interval_failed = time::interval(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        let mut shutdown_signal = self.shutdown_signal.clone();
+
         loop {
-            interval.tick().await;
-            let passed_checkpoints = match self.passed_checkpoints(&mut base_node_service).await {
-                Ok(passed) => passed,
-                Err(err) => {
-                    error!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Error checking if node passed checkpoints: {:?}", err);
-                    interval_failed.tick().await;
-                    continue;
-                },
-            };
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = interval.tick() => {
+                    let passed_checkpoints = match self.passed_checkpoints(&mut base_node_service).await {
+                        Ok(passed) => {
+                            interval = time::interval(self.config.check_interval); // reset interval if back to healthy
+                            passed
+                        },
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            warn!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Failed to check if node has passed checkpoints: {:?}", err);
+                            let old_interval = interval.period().as_secs();
+                            let new_interval = if old_interval > (60 * 30) {
+                                warn!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Reached maximum retry interval of 30 minutes.");
+                                old_interval
+                            } else {
+                                // increase interval if node repeatedly (up to 30 min) fails to fetch checkpoints
+                                interval = time::interval(Duration::from_secs(old_interval * 2));
+                                interval.tick().await;
+                                interval.period().as_secs()
+                            };
+                            warn!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Retrying in {} seconds", new_interval);
+                            continue;
+                        },
+                    };
 
-            notify_passed_checkpoints
-                .send(!passed_checkpoints)
-                .expect("Channel should be open");
+                    notify_passed_checkpoints
+                        .send(!passed_checkpoints)
+                        .expect("Channel should be open");
+                },
+                _ = shutdown_signal.wait() => {
+                    info!(
+                        target: LOG_TARGET,
+                        "Tari Pulse shutting down because the shutdown signal was received"
+                    );
+                    break;
+                },
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -231,7 +260,7 @@ impl ServiceInitializer for TariPulseServiceInitializer {
 
         context.spawn_when_ready(move |handles| async move {
             let base_node_service = handles.expect_handle::<LocalNodeCommsInterface>();
-            let mut tari_pulse_service = TariPulseService::new(config)
+            let mut tari_pulse_service = TariPulseService::new(config, shutdown_signal.clone())
                 .await
                 .expect("Should be able to get the service");
             let tari_pulse_service = tari_pulse_service.run(base_node_service, sender);