diff --git a/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs b/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs
index 203bad0..abc9430 100644
--- a/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs
+++ b/src/tasks/tx_poller.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use eyre::Error;
 use reqwest::{Client, Url};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::from_slice;
-use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task::JoinHandle};
+use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task::JoinHandle, time};
+use tracing::{Instrument, debug, trace};
 
 /// Models a response from the transaction pool.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -46,22 +47,48 @@ impl TxPoller {
         Ok(response.transactions)
     }
 
-    /// Spawns a task that continuously polls the cache for transactions and sends any it finds to its sender.
-    pub fn spawn(mut self) -> (mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<TxEnvelope>, JoinHandle<()>) {
-        let (outbound, inbound) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-        let jh = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            loop {
-                if let Ok(transactions) = self.check_tx_cache().await {
-                    tracing::debug!(count = ?transactions.len(), "found transactions");
+    async fn task_future(mut self, outbound: mpsc::UnboundedSender<TxEnvelope>) {
+        loop {
+            let span = tracing::debug_span!("TxPoller::loop", url = %self.config.tx_pool_url);
+
+            // Enter the span for the next check.
+            let _guard = span.enter();
+
+            // Check this here to avoid making the web request if we know
+            // we don't need the results.
+            if outbound.is_closed() {
+                trace!("No receivers left, shutting down");
+                break;
+            }
+            // exit the span after the check.
+            drop(_guard);
+
+            match self.check_tx_cache().instrument(span.clone()).await {
+                Ok(transactions) => {
+                    let _guard = span.entered();
+                    debug!(count = ?transactions.len(), "found transactions");
                     for tx in transactions.into_iter() {
-                        if let Err(err) = outbound.send(tx) {
-                            tracing::error!(err = ?err, "failed to send transaction - channel is dropped.");
+                        if outbound.send(tx).is_err() {
+                            // If there are no receivers, we can shut down
+                            trace!("No receivers left, shutting down");
+                            break;
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(self.poll_interval_ms)).await;
+                // If fetching was an error, we log and continue. We expect
+                // these to be transient network issues.
+                Err(e) => {
+                    debug!(error = %e, "Error fetching transactions");
+                }
             }
-        });
+            time::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(self.poll_interval_ms)).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Spawns a task that continuously polls the cache for transactions and sends any it finds to its sender.
+    pub fn spawn(self) -> (mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<TxEnvelope>, JoinHandle<()>) {
+        let (outbound, inbound) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        let jh = tokio::spawn(self.task_future(outbound));
         (inbound, jh)
     }
 }