diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 67ef18fa..9e115da3 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ export const SCRAPER_MODE: ScraperMode =
     process.env.SCRAPER_MODE === undefined
         ? DEFAULT_SCRAPER_MODE
         : process.env.SCRAPER_MODE === 'BLOCKS'
-            ? 'BLOCKS'
-            : process.env.SCRAPER_MODE === 'EVENTS'
-                ? 'EVENTS'
-                : throwError('Wrong SCRAPER_MODE');
+        ? 'BLOCKS'
+        : process.env.SCRAPER_MODE === 'EVENTS'
+        ? 'EVENTS'
+        : throwError('Wrong SCRAPER_MODE');
 export const METRICS_PATH = process.env.METRICS_PATH || DEFAULT_METRICS_PATH;
 
 export const PROMETHEUS_PORT = getIntConfig('PROMETHEUS_PORT', DEFAULT_PROMETHEUS_PORT);
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ export const FEAT_UNISWAP_V2_PAIR_CREATED_EVENT = getBoolConfig(
 export const UNISWAP_V2_PAIR_CREATED_PROTOCOL_CONTRACT_ADDRESSES_AND_START_BLOCKS = process.env
     .UNISWAP_V2_PAIR_CREATED_PROTOCOL_CONTRACT_ADDRESSES_AND_START_BLOCKS
     ? process.env.UNISWAP_V2_PAIR_CREATED_PROTOCOL_CONTRACT_ADDRESSES_AND_START_BLOCKS.split(',').map((contract) => {
-        const [name, factoryAddress, startBlock] = contract.split(':');
-        return {
-            name,
-            factoryAddress,
-            startBlock: parseInt(startBlock),
-        };
-    })
+          const [name, factoryAddress, startBlock] = contract.split(':');
+          return {
+              name,
+              factoryAddress,
+              startBlock: parseInt(startBlock),
+          };
+      })
     : [];
 
 if (
diff --git a/src/data_sources/events/web3.ts b/src/data_sources/events/web3.ts
index ee04deb5..32126da4 100644
--- a/src/data_sources/events/web3.ts
+++ b/src/data_sources/events/web3.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,20 @@ export interface ContractCallInfo {
     data: string;
 }
 
+const web3HttpOptions = {
+    providerOptions: {
+        headers: {
+            'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip',
+        },
+    } as RequestInit,
+};
+
 export class Web3Source {
     private readonly _web3Wrapper: Web3Wrapper;
     private readonly _web3: any;
     constructor(provider: Web3ProviderEngine, wsProvider: string) {
         this._web3Wrapper = new Web3Wrapper(provider);
-        this._web3 = new Web3(wsProvider);
+        this._web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider(wsProvider, web3HttpOptions));
 
         if (BLOCK_RECEIPTS_MODE === 'standard') {
             this._web3.eth.extend({
diff --git a/src/utils/retry.ts b/src/utils/retry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d57997a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/retry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { logger } from './logger';
+
+export async function retry<T extends (...arg0: any[]) => any>(
+    fn: T,
+    args: Parameters<T>,
+    maxTry: number,
+    retryCount = 1,
+): Promise<Awaited<ReturnType<T>>> {
+    const currRetry = typeof retryCount === 'number' ? retryCount : 1;
+    try {
+        logger.info(`Attempt #${currRetry}.`);
+        const result = await fn(...args);
+        return result;
+    } catch (e) {
+        logger.info(`Retry ${currRetry} failed.`);
+        if (currRetry > maxTry) {
+            logger.info(`All ${maxTry} retry attempts exhausted`);
+            throw e;
+        }
+        return retry(fn, args, maxTry, currRetry + 1);
+    }
+}