diff --git a/packages/node/src/configure/configure.module.ts b/packages/node/src/configure/configure.module.ts
index 416686e5..ab04c2ef 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/configure/configure.module.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/configure/configure.module.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ function warnDeprecations() {
 @Global()
 @Module({})
 export class ConfigureModule {
-  static async register(): Promise<DynamicModule> {
+  static async getInstance(): Promise<{
+    config: NodeConfig;
+    project: () => Promise<SubqueryProject>;
+  }> {
     const { argv } = yargsOptions;
     let config: NodeConfig;
     let rawManifest: unknown;
@@ -130,6 +133,10 @@ export class ConfigureModule {
       });
       return p;
     };
+    return { config, project };
+  }
+  static async register(): Promise<DynamicModule> {
+    const { config, project } = await ConfigureModule.getInstance();
 
     return {
       module: ConfigureModule,
diff --git a/packages/node/src/indexer/blockDispatcher/worker-block-dispatcher.service.ts b/packages/node/src/indexer/blockDispatcher/worker-block-dispatcher.service.ts
index c5aaa7d3..779fe90b 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/indexer/blockDispatcher/worker-block-dispatcher.service.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/indexer/blockDispatcher/worker-block-dispatcher.service.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import {
   HostDynamicDS,
   WorkerBlockDispatcher,
   IUnfinalizedBlocksService,
+  HostConnectionPoolState,
+  ConnectionPoolStateManager,
+  connectionPoolStateHostFunctions,
 } from '@subql/node-core';
 import { Store } from '@subql/types-soroban';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   SubqlProjectDs,
   SubqueryProject,
 } from '../../configure/SubqueryProject';
+import { SorobanApiConnection } from '../../soroban/api.connection';
 import { SorobanBlockWrapped } from '../../soroban/block.soroban';
 import { DynamicDsService } from '../dynamic-ds.service';
 import { UnfinalizedBlocksService } from '../unfinalizedBlocks.service';
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ async function createIndexerWorker(
   store: Store,
   dynamicDsService: IDynamicDsService<SubqlProjectDs>,
   unfinalizedBlocksService: IUnfinalizedBlocksService<SorobanBlockWrapped>,
+  connectionPoolState: ConnectionPoolStateManager<SorobanApiConnection>,
   root: string,
 ): Promise<IndexerWorker> {
   const indexerWorker = Worker.create<
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ async function createIndexerWorker(
         unfinalizedBlocksService.processUnfinalizedBlockHeader.bind(
           unfinalizedBlocksService,
         ),
+      ...connectionPoolStateHostFunctions(connectionPoolState),
     },
     root,
   );
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ export class WorkerBlockDispatcherService
     @Inject('ISubqueryProject') project: SubqueryProject,
     dynamicDsService: DynamicDsService,
     unfinalizedBlocksSevice: UnfinalizedBlocksService,
+    connectionPoolState: ConnectionPoolStateManager<SorobanApiConnection>,
   ) {
     super(
       nodeConfig,
@@ -116,6 +123,7 @@ export class WorkerBlockDispatcherService
           storeService.getStore(),
           dynamicDsService,
           unfinalizedBlocksSevice,
+          connectionPoolState,
           project.root,
         ),
     );
diff --git a/packages/node/src/indexer/fetch.module.ts b/packages/node/src/indexer/fetch.module.ts
index f192f9aa..46531919 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/indexer/fetch.module.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/indexer/fetch.module.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ import { UnfinalizedBlocksService } from './unfinalizedBlocks.service';
         project: SubqueryProject,
         dynamicDsService: DynamicDsService,
         unfinalizedBlocks: UnfinalizedBlocksService,
+        connectionPoolState: ConnectionPoolStateManager<SorobanApiConnection>,
       ) =>
         nodeConfig.workers !== undefined
           ? new WorkerBlockDispatcherService(
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ import { UnfinalizedBlocksService } from './unfinalizedBlocks.service';
               project,
               dynamicDsService,
               unfinalizedBlocks,
+              connectionPoolState,
             )
           : new BlockDispatcherService(
               apiService,
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ import { UnfinalizedBlocksService } from './unfinalizedBlocks.service';
         'ISubqueryProject',
         DynamicDsService,
         UnfinalizedBlocksService,
+        ConnectionPoolStateManager,
       ],
     },
     FetchService,
diff --git a/packages/node/src/indexer/indexer.module.ts b/packages/node/src/indexer/indexer.module.ts
index 98b70542..6e6a9700 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/indexer/indexer.module.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/indexer/indexer.module.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {
   PgMmrCacheService,
   MmrQueryService,
   ConnectionPoolStateManager,
+  WorkerConnectionPoolStateManager,
+  NodeConfig,
 } from '@subql/node-core';
 import { SubqueryProject } from '../configure/SubqueryProject';
 import { SorobanApiService } from '../soroban';
@@ -33,8 +35,16 @@ import { WorkerUnfinalizedBlocksService } from './worker/worker.unfinalizedBlock
     IndexerManager,
     StoreCacheService,
     StoreService,
+    {
+      provide: ConnectionPoolStateManager,
+      useFactory: () => {
+        if (isMainThread) {
+          throw new Error('Expected to be worker thread');
+        }
+        return new WorkerConnectionPoolStateManager((global as any).host);
+      },
+    },
     ConnectionPoolService,
-    ConnectionPoolStateManager,
     {
       provide: ApiService,
       useFactory: async (
diff --git a/packages/node/src/indexer/worker/worker.ts b/packages/node/src/indexer/worker/worker.ts
index 2a85aeb9..c197a5c9 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/indexer/worker/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/indexer/worker/worker.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ import {
   hostDynamicDsKeys,
   HostDynamicDS,
   ProcessBlockResponse,
+  HostConnectionPoolState,
+  hostConnectionPoolStateKeys,
 } from '@subql/node-core';
 import { SubqlProjectDs } from '../../configure/SubqueryProject';
+import { SorobanApiConnection } from '../../soroban/api.connection';
 import { IndexerManager } from '../indexer.manager';
 import { WorkerModule } from './worker.module';
 import {
@@ -119,10 +122,18 @@ async function waitForWorkerBatchSize(heapSizeInBytes: number): Promise<void> {
 
 // Register these functions to be exposed to worker host
 (global as any).host = WorkerHost.create<
-  HostStore & HostDynamicDS<SubqlProjectDs> & HostUnfinalizedBlocks,
+  HostStore &
+    HostDynamicDS<SubqlProjectDs> &
+    HostUnfinalizedBlocks &
+    HostConnectionPoolState<SorobanApiConnection>,
   IInitIndexerWorker
 >(
-  [...hostStoreKeys, ...hostDynamicDsKeys, ...hostUnfinalizedBlocksKeys],
+  [
+    ...hostStoreKeys,
+    ...hostDynamicDsKeys,
+    ...hostUnfinalizedBlocksKeys,
+    ...hostConnectionPoolStateKeys,
+  ],
   {
     initWorker,
     fetchBlock,
diff --git a/packages/node/src/soroban/api.service.soroban.ts b/packages/node/src/soroban/api.service.soroban.ts
index cd10eab1..4ab4616f 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/soroban/api.service.soroban.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/soroban/api.service.soroban.ts
@@ -53,37 +53,35 @@ export class SorobanApiService extends ApiService<
 
       const endpointToApiIndex: Record<string, SorobanApiConnection> = {};
 
-      await Promise.all(
-        endpoints.map(async (endpoint, i) => {
-          const connection = await SorobanApiConnection.create(
-            endpoint,
-            this.fetchBlockBatches,
-            this.eventEmitter,
-          );
-
-          const api = connection.unsafeApi;
-
-          this.eventEmitter.emit(IndexerEvent.ApiConnected, {
-            value: 1,
-            apiIndex: i,
-            endpoint: endpoint,
-          });
-
-          if (!this.networkMeta) {
-            this.networkMeta = connection.networkMeta;
-          }
+      for await (const [i, endpoint] of endpoints.entries()) {
+        const connection = await SorobanApiConnection.create(
+          endpoint,
+          this.fetchBlockBatches,
+          this.eventEmitter,
+        );
+
+        const api = connection.unsafeApi;
+
+        this.eventEmitter.emit(IndexerEvent.ApiConnected, {
+          value: 1,
+          apiIndex: i,
+          endpoint: endpoint,
+        });
+
+        if (!this.networkMeta) {
+          this.networkMeta = connection.networkMeta;
+        }
 
-          if (network.chainId !== api.getChainId().toString()) {
-            throw this.metadataMismatchError(
-              'ChainId',
-              network.chainId,
-              api.getChainId().toString(),
-            );
-          }
+        if (network.chainId !== api.getChainId().toString()) {
+          throw this.metadataMismatchError(
+            'ChainId',
+            network.chainId,
+            api.getChainId().toString(),
+          );
+        }
 
-          endpointToApiIndex[endpoint] = connection;
-        }),
-      );
+        endpointToApiIndex[endpoint] = connection;
+      }
 
       this.connectionPoolService.addBatchToConnections(endpointToApiIndex);
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.spec.ts b/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.spec.ts
index 036be7a1..5fb3366a 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.spec.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ describe('SorobanServer', () => {
       ],
     });
     expect((server as any).eventsCache[2]).toBeUndefined;
-    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.ts b/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.ts
index 585a79bd..a76b54cb 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/soroban/soroban.server.ts
@@ -26,20 +26,12 @@ export class SorobanServer extends Server {
     const groupedEvents = groupBy(response.events, (event) =>
       parseInt(event.ledger) === sequence ? 'events' : 'eventsToCache',
     );
-    const events = groupedEvents.events;
-    let eventsToCache = groupedEvents.eventsToCache;
+    const events = compact(groupedEvents.events);
+    let eventsToCache = compact(groupedEvents.eventsToCache);
 
     // Update the accumulated events with the events from the current sequence
     const newEvents = accEvents.concat(events);
 
-    if (eventsToCache && response.events.length === DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE) {
-      // remove last sequence from eventsToCache as some of them might be paginated out
-      const lastSequence = last(response.events).ledger;
-      eventsToCache = compact(
-        eventsToCache.filter((event) => event.ledger !== lastSequence),
-      );
-    }
-
     if (eventsToCache?.length) {
       if (response.events.length === DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE) {
         const lastSequence = last(response.events).ledger;
diff --git a/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.init.ts b/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.init.ts
index b297a501..589ebeb0 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.init.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.init.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import { ApiService, getLogger, NestLogger } from '@subql/node-core';
+import { ConfigureModule } from '../configure/configure.module';
 import { ProjectService } from '../indexer/project.service';
 import { SorobanApiService } from '../soroban';
 import { TestingModule } from './testing.module';
@@ -11,17 +12,10 @@ import { TestingService } from './testing.service';
 const logger = getLogger('Testing');
 export async function testingInit(): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    const app = await NestFactory.create(TestingModule, {
-      logger: new NestLogger(),
-    });
+    const { config, project } = await ConfigureModule.getInstance();
+    const subqueryProject = await project();
 
-    await app.init();
-    const projectService = app.get(ProjectService);
-
-    // Initialise async services, we do this here rather than in factories, so we can capture one off events
-    await projectService.init();
-
-    const testingService = app.get(TestingService);
+    const testingService = new TestingService(config, subqueryProject);
     await testingService.init();
     await testingService.run();
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.module.ts b/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.module.ts
index 6bd852d4..675a0169 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.module.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.module.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   NodeConfig,
   PoiService,
   StoreService,
+  TestRunner,
 } from '@subql/node-core';
 import { ConfigureModule } from '../configure/configure.module';
 import { SubqueryProject } from '../configure/SubqueryProject';
@@ -59,12 +60,22 @@ import { TestingService } from './testing.service';
       },
       inject: ['ISubqueryProject', ConnectionPoolService, EventEmitter2],
     },
+    TestRunner,
+    {
+      provide: 'IApi',
+      useClass: SorobanApiService,
+    },
+    {
+      provide: 'IIndexerManager',
+      useClass: IndexerManager,
+    },
     IndexerManager,
     SchedulerRegistry,
   ],
 
   imports: [MetaModule, FetchModule],
   controllers: [],
+  exports: [TestRunner],
 })
 export class TestingFeatureModule {}
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.service.ts b/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.service.ts
index c687a825..79ad0ab4 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.service.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/subcommands/testing.service.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,13 @@ import {
   TestingService as BaseTestingService,
   TestRunner,
   NestLogger,
-  ApiService,
 } from '@subql/node-core';
 import { SorobanBlockWrapper } from '@subql/types-soroban';
 import { SubqlProjectDs, SubqueryProject } from '../configure/SubqueryProject';
-import { IndexerManager } from '../indexer/indexer.manager';
 import { ProjectService } from '../indexer/project.service';
 import { SorobanApi, SorobanApiService } from '../soroban';
 import SafeSorobanProvider from '../soroban/safe-api';
 import { TestingModule } from './testing.module';
-
 @Injectable()
 export class TestingService extends BaseTestingService<
   SorobanApi,
@@ -48,6 +45,14 @@ export class TestingService extends BaseTestingService<
     );
 
     await testContext.init();
+
+    const projectService: ProjectService = testContext.get(ProjectService);
+    const apiService = testContext.get(SorobanApiService);
+
+    // Initialise async services, we do this here rather than in factories, so we can capture one off events
+    await apiService.init();
+    await projectService.init();
+
     return testContext.get(TestRunner);
   }
 }