diff --git a/services/blockchain-connector/shared/sdk/client.js b/services/blockchain-connector/shared/sdk/client.js
index 045d18d24..a5f6bc320 100644
--- a/services/blockchain-connector/shared/sdk/client.js
+++ b/services/blockchain-connector/shared/sdk/client.js
@@ -120,19 +120,23 @@ const instantiateNewClient = async () => {
 	}
 };
 
+let isClientStatLogIntervalSet = false;
 let isReInstantiateIntervalRunning = false;
 const initClientPool = async poolSize => {
 	// Set the intervals only at application init
 	if (clientPool.length === 0) {
-		setInterval(() => {
-			const stats = getApiClientStats();
-			logger.info(`API client instantiation stats: ${JSON.stringify(stats)}`);
-			if (stats.activePoolSize < stats.expectedPoolSize) {
-				logger.warn(
-					'activePoolSize should catch up with the expectedPoolSize, once the node is under less stress.',
-				);
-			}
-		}, 5 * 60 * 1000);
+		if (!isClientStatLogIntervalSet) {
+			isClientStatLogIntervalSet = true;
+			setInterval(() => {
+				const stats = getApiClientStats();
+				logger.info(`API client instantiation stats: ${JSON.stringify(stats)}`);
+				if (stats.activePoolSize < stats.expectedPoolSize) {
+					logger.warn(
+						'activePoolSize should catch up with the expectedPoolSize, once the node is under less stress.',
+					);
+				}
+			}, 5 * 60 * 1000);
+		}
 
 		// Re-instantiate interval: Replaces nulls in clientPool with new active apiClients
 		// isReInstantiateIntervalRunning is the safety check to skip callback execution if the previous one is already in-progress
diff --git a/services/blockchain-indexer/config.js b/services/blockchain-indexer/config.js
index fc57b117f..dac3db7b6 100644
--- a/services/blockchain-indexer/config.js
+++ b/services/blockchain-indexer/config.js
@@ -69,12 +69,18 @@ config.debug = process.env.SERVICE_LOG_LEVEL === 'debug';
  * Message queue options
  */
 config.queue = {
-	defaultJobOptions: {
-		attempts: 5,
-		timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000, // millisecs
-		removeOnComplete: true,
-		removeOnFail: true,
-		stackTraceLimit: 0,
+	defaultOptions: {
+		defaultJobOptions: {
+			attempts: 5,
+			timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000, // millisecs
+			removeOnComplete: true,
+			removeOnFail: true,
+			stackTraceLimit: 0,
+		},
+		limiter: {
+			max: 30,
+			duration: 10 * 1000, // in millisecs
+		},
 	},
 
 	// Inter-microservice message queues
diff --git a/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/indexer/blockchainIndex.js b/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/indexer/blockchainIndex.js
index cf6f430f1..b57471809 100644
--- a/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/indexer/blockchainIndex.js
+++ b/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/indexer/blockchainIndex.js
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ const initBlockProcessingQueues = async () => {
 		config.queue.indexBlocks.name,
 		indexBlock,
 		config.queue.indexBlocks.concurrency,
+		config.queue.defaultOptions,
 	);
 
 	deleteIndexedBlocksQueue = Queue(
@@ -706,6 +707,7 @@ const initBlockProcessingQueues = async () => {
 		config.queue.deleteIndexedBlocks.name,
 		deleteIndexedBlocksWrapper,
 		config.queue.deleteIndexedBlocks.concurrency,
+		config.queue.defaultOptions,
 	);
 };
 
diff --git a/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/messageProcessor.js b/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/messageProcessor.js
index e37004c24..688ab12bf 100644
--- a/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/messageProcessor.js
+++ b/services/blockchain-indexer/shared/messageProcessor.js
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@ const STATS_INTERVAL = 1 * 60 * 1000; // ms
 const accountMessageQueue = new MessageQueue(
 	config.queue.account.name,
 	config.endpoints.messageQueue,
-	{ defaultJobOptions: config.queue.defaultJobOptions },
+	{ defaultJobOptions: config.queue.defaultOptions.defaultJobOptions },
 );
 
 // Missing blocks
 const blockMessageQueue = new MessageQueue(config.queue.block.name, config.endpoints.messageQueue, {
-	defaultJobOptions: config.queue.defaultJobOptions,
+	defaultJobOptions: config.queue.defaultOptions.defaultJobOptions,
 });
 
 // Newly generated blocks
 const eventMessageQueue = new MessageQueue(config.queue.event.name, config.endpoints.messageQueue, {
-	defaultJobOptions: config.queue.defaultJobOptions,
+	defaultJobOptions: config.queue.defaultOptions.defaultJobOptions,
 });
 
 const queueStatus = async messageQueue => {