diff --git a/examples/simple/tsconfig.json b/examples/simple/tsconfig.json
index 3c27ba12..115f82bd 100644
--- a/examples/simple/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/simple/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,7 +18,5 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
   },
   "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": [
-    "node_modules",
-  ]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
 }
diff --git a/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.ts b/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.ts
index dc4b4ba2..d0db9dcd 100644
--- a/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.ts
+++ b/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.ts
@@ -61,13 +61,22 @@ export async function checkForMissedVaas(
   let missingSequences: bigint[] = [];
 
   if (seenSequences.length) {
-    const first = seenSequences[0];
+    const first =
+      previousSafeSequence !== null && previousSafeSequence < seenSequences[0]
+        ? previousSafeSequence
+        : seenSequences[0];
     const last = seenSequences[seenSequences.length - 1];
     logger?.info(
       `Scanning sequences from ${first} to ${last} for missing sequences`,
     );
     // Check if there is any leap between the sequences seen,
     // and try reprocessing them if any:
+    if (
+      previousSafeSequence !== null &&
+      previousSafeSequence < seenSequences[0]
+    ) {
+      seenSequences.unshift(previousSafeSequence);
+    }
     missingSequences = scanForSequenceLeaps(seenSequences);
 
     await mapConcurrent(
@@ -171,15 +180,13 @@ export async function checkForMissedVaas(
       failedToRecover,
     );
 
-  const allSeenVaas = processed.concat(failedToRecover);
-
-  if (allSeenVaas.length)
+  if (processed.length)
     await batchMarkAsSeen(
       redis,
       prefix,
       emitterChain,
       emitterAddress,
-      allSeenVaas,
+      processed,
     );
 
   return {
@@ -311,11 +318,11 @@ async function lookAhead(
     }`,
   );
 
-  let lastVisitedSequence: bigint = lastSeenSequence;
+  let lastVisitedSequence = BigInt(lastSeenSequence);
 
   for (const vaa of vaas) {
     lookAheadSequences.push(vaa.sequence.toString());
-    const sequenceGap = BigInt(vaa.sequence) - BigInt(lastVisitedSequence);
+    const sequenceGap = BigInt(vaa.sequence) - lastVisitedSequence;
     if (sequenceGap > 0) {
       const missing = Array.from({ length: Number(sequenceGap - 1n) }, (_, i) =>
         (lastVisitedSequence + BigInt(i + 1)).toString(),
@@ -335,7 +342,7 @@ async function lookAhead(
       );
     }
 
-    lastVisitedSequence = vaa.sequence;
+    lastVisitedSequence = BigInt(vaa.sequence);
   }
 
   return { lookAheadSequences, processed, failedToRecover };
diff --git a/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/storage.ts b/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/storage.ts
index 937d0e68..cd625e95 100644
--- a/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/storage.ts
+++ b/relayer/middleware/missedVaasV3/storage.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,18 @@ export function batchMarkAsSeen(
   emitterAddress: string,
   sequences: string[],
 ) {
-  return batchAddToSet(
-    redis,
-    getSeenVaaKey(prefix, emitterChain, emitterAddress),
-    sequences,
-  );
+  return Promise.all([
+    batchAddToSet(
+      redis,
+      getSeenVaaKey(prefix, emitterChain, emitterAddress),
+      sequences,
+    ),
+    batchRemoveFromSet(
+      redis,
+      getFailedToFetchKey(prefix, emitterChain, emitterAddress),
+      sequences,
+    ),
+  ]);
 }
 
 export function batchMarkAsFailedToRecover(
@@ -331,3 +338,17 @@ async function batchAddToSet(
 
   await pipeline.exec();
 }
+
+async function batchRemoveFromSet(
+  redis: Cluster | Redis,
+  key: string,
+  sequences: string[],
+) {
+  const pipeline = redis.pipeline();
+
+  for (const sequence of sequences) {
+    pipeline.zrem(key, sequence);
+  }
+
+  return pipeline.exec();
+}
diff --git a/test/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.test.ts b/test/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.test.ts
index 2a001e8a..898d992f 100644
--- a/test/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.test.ts
+++ b/test/middleware/missedVaasV3/check.test.ts
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ describe("MissedVaaV3.check", () => {
 
       const markedSeen = batchMarkAsSeenMock.mock.calls[0][4];
 
-      // VAAs marked as failed to recover are marked as seen
-      expect(markedSeen.length).toEqual(2);
+      // VAAs marked as failed to recover are NOT marked as seen
+      expect(markedSeen.length).toEqual(1);
     });
 
     test("If a sequence fails to be reprocessed it won't be marked as seen and won't interrupt the processing of other seqs", async () => {