diff --git a/src/tasks/bundler.rs b/src/tasks/bundler.rs
index 1ea5eee..2db1ddd 100644
--- a/src/tasks/bundler.rs
+++ b/src/tasks/bundler.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ use crate::tasks::oauth::Authenticator;
 use oauth2::TokenResponse;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use tokio::sync::mpsc::{UnboundedReceiver, unbounded_channel};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender, unbounded_channel};
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio::time;
+use tracing::{Instrument, debug, trace};
 use zenith_types::ZenithEthBundle;
 
 /// Holds a bundle from the cache with a unique ID and a Zenith bundle.
@@ -69,12 +71,24 @@ impl BundlePoller {
         Ok(resp.bundles)
     }
 
-    /// Spawns a task that sends bundles it finds to its channel sender.
-    pub fn spawn(mut self) -> (UnboundedReceiver<Bundle>, JoinHandle<()>) {
-        let (outbound, inbound) = unbounded_channel();
-        let jh = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            loop {
-                if let Ok(bundles) = self.check_bundle_cache().await {
+    async fn task_future(mut self, outbound: UnboundedSender<Bundle>) {
+        loop {
+            let span = tracing::debug_span!("BundlePoller::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_bundle_cache().instrument(span.clone()).await {
+                Ok(bundles) => {
                     tracing::debug!(count = ?bundles.len(), "found bundles");
                     for bundle in bundles.into_iter() {
                         if let Err(err) = outbound.send(bundle) {
@@ -82,9 +96,21 @@ impl BundlePoller {
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                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 bundles");
+                }
             }
-        });
+            time::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(self.poll_interval_ms)).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Spawns a task that sends bundles it finds to its channel sender.
+    pub fn spawn(self) -> (UnboundedReceiver<Bundle>, JoinHandle<()>) {
+        let (outbound, inbound) = unbounded_channel();
+
+        let jh = tokio::spawn(self.task_future(outbound));
 
         (inbound, jh)
     }