diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chain.js b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
index 18b5282d..b828b3a6 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chain.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chain.js
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ function Chain(options) {
   this.mempool = options.mempool;
   this.blockdb = options.blockdb;
   this.locked = false;
+  this.handling = false;
+  this.busy = false;
   this.pending = [];
   this.pendingBlocks = {};
   this.pendingSize = 0;
@@ -900,6 +902,7 @@ Chain.prototype.resetTime = function resetTime(ts) {
 
 Chain.prototype.resetTimeAsync = function resetTimeAsync(ts, callback) {
   var self = this;
+
   this.byTimeAsync(ts, function(err, entry) {
     if (err)
       return callback(err);
@@ -911,6 +914,50 @@ Chain.prototype.resetTimeAsync = function resetTimeAsync(ts, callback) {
   });
 };
 
+Chain.prototype._onFlush = function _onFlush(callback) {
+  if (this.pending.length === 0)
+    return callback();
+
+  this.once('flush', callback);
+};
+
+Chain.prototype._onUnlock = function _onUnlock(callback) {
+  if (!this.handling)
+    return callback();
+
+  this.once('unlock', callback);
+};
+
+Chain.prototype._onBored = function _onBored(callback) {
+  if (!this.busy)
+    return callback();
+
+  this.once('bored', callback);
+};
+
+// REALLY? Did it have to be this fucking complicated?
+Chain.prototype._onReady = function _onReady(internal, callback) {
+  var self = this;
+  if (internal)
+    return callback();
+  this._onUnlock(function() {
+    if (self.locked)
+      return self._onReady(internal, callback);
+    self.locked = true;
+    self._onBored(function() {
+      if (self.busy)
+        return self._onReady(internal, callback);
+      self.busy = true;
+      callback(function unlock() {
+        self.busy = false;
+        self.locked = false;
+        self.emit('unlock');
+        self.emit('bored');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+};
+
 Chain.prototype.add = function add(initial, peer, callback) {
   var self = this;
   var host = peer ? peer.host : 'unknown';
@@ -929,7 +976,10 @@ Chain.prototype.add = function add(initial, peer, callback) {
     return;
   }
 
+  assert(!this.handling);
+
   this.locked = true;
+  this.handling = true;
 
   (function next(block) {
     var hash = block.hash('hex');
@@ -1240,6 +1290,9 @@ Chain.prototype.add = function add(initial, peer, callback) {
 
       self.total += total;
       self.locked = false;
+      self.handling = false;
+
+      self.emit('unlock');
 
       // Start resolving the queue
       // (I love asynchronous IO).
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/chaindb.js b/lib/bcoin/chaindb.js
index c57bec5e..44d080ef 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/chaindb.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/chaindb.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function ChainDB(chain, options) {
 
   this.heightLookup = {};
   this.queue = {};
+  this.queueSize = 0;
   this.cache = {};
   this.bufferPool = { used: {} };
   this.highest = -1;
@@ -260,24 +261,26 @@ ChainDB.prototype._populate = function _populate(entry) {
   }
 };
 
-ChainDB.prototype.getSync = function getSync(height) {
+ChainDB.prototype.getSync = function getSync(height, force) {
   var data, entry;
 
   if (typeof height === 'string')
     height = this.heightLookup[height];
 
+  if (height < 0 || height == null)
+    return;
+
+  if (!force) {
+    if ((height + 1) * BLOCK_SIZE > this.size)
+      return;
+  }
+
   if (this.cache[height])
     return this.cache[height];
 
   if (this.queue[height])
     return this.queue[height];
 
-  if (height < 0 || height == null)
-    return;
-
-  if ((height + 1) * BLOCK_SIZE > this.size)
-    return;
-
   data = this._readSync(BLOCK_SIZE, height * BLOCK_SIZE);
 
   if (!data)
@@ -303,12 +306,6 @@ ChainDB.prototype.getAsync = function getAsync(height, callback, force) {
   if (typeof height === 'string')
     height = this.heightLookup[height];
 
-  if (this.cache[height])
-    return callback(null, this.cache[height]);
-
-  if (this.queue[height])
-    return callback(null, this.queue[height]);
-
   if (height < 0 || height == null)
     return callback();
 
@@ -317,6 +314,12 @@ ChainDB.prototype.getAsync = function getAsync(height, callback, force) {
       return callback();
   }
 
+  if (this.cache[height])
+    return callback(null, this.cache[height]);
+
+  if (this.queue[height])
+    return callback(null, this.queue[height]);
+
   return this._readAsync(BLOCK_SIZE, height * BLOCK_SIZE, function(err, data) {
     var entry;
 
@@ -382,17 +385,13 @@ ChainDB.prototype.saveAsync = function saveAsync(entry, callback) {
   // Populate the entry.
   this._populate(entry);
 
-  // Something is already writing. Cancel it
-  // and synchronously write the data after
-  // it cancels.
-  if (this.queue[entry.height]) {
-    this.queue[entry.height] = entry;
-    return callback();
-  }
+  // Something is already writing.
+  assert(!this.queue[entry.height]);
 
   // Speed up writes by doing them asynchronously
   // and keeping the data to be written in memory.
   this.queue[entry.height] = entry;
+  this.queueSize++;
 
   // Write asynchronously to the db.
   raw = entry.toRaw();
@@ -402,18 +401,11 @@ ChainDB.prototype.saveAsync = function saveAsync(entry, callback) {
     if (err)
       return callback(err);
 
-    var item = self.queue[entry.height];
-
-    // Something tried to write here but couldn't.
-    // Synchronously write it and get it over with.
-    try {
-      if (item && item !== entry)
-        success = self._writeSync(item.toRaw(), offset);
-    } catch (e) {
-      err = e;
-    }
-
+    assert(self.queue[entry.height]);
     delete self.queue[entry.height];
+    self.queueSize--;
+    if (self.queueSize === 0)
+      self.emit('flush');
 
     return callback(null, success);
   });
@@ -426,13 +418,14 @@ ChainDB.prototype._drop = function _drop(height) {
   // to handle this.
   if (this.queue[height]) {
     utils.debug('Warning: write job in progress.');
-    delete this.queue[height];
+    // delete this.queue[height];
   }
 
   delete this.cache[height];
 };
 
 ChainDB.prototype.resetHeightSync = function resetHeightSync(height) {
+  var self = this;
   var size, count, existing;
 
   if (typeof height === 'string')
@@ -450,23 +443,26 @@ ChainDB.prototype.resetHeightSync = function resetHeightSync(height) {
   assert(this.tip);
 
   for (i = height + 1; i < count; i++) {
-    existing = this.get(i);
+    existing = this.getSync(i);
     assert(existing);
     this._drop(i);
     delete this.heightLookup[existing.hash];
   }
 
-  if (!bcoin.fs)
-    this.ramdisk.truncate(size);
-  else
-    fs.ftruncateSync(this.fd, size);
-
   this.size = size;
   this.highest = height;
-  this.tip = this.get(height);
+  this.tip = this.getSync(height);
   assert(this.tip);
   this.height = this.tip.height;
   this.emit('tip', this.tip);
+
+  // This will be synchronous 99% of the time.
+  this._onFlush(function() {
+    if (!bcoin.fs)
+      self.ramdisk.truncate(size);
+    else
+      fs.ftruncateSync(self.fd, size);
+  });
 };
 
 ChainDB.prototype.resetHeightAsync = function resetHeightAsync(height, callback) {
@@ -492,7 +488,7 @@ ChainDB.prototype.resetHeightAsync = function resetHeightAsync(height, callback)
 
   this.size = size;
   this.highest = height;
-  this.tip = this.get(height);
+  this.tip = this.getSync(height);
   assert(this.tip);
   this.height = this.tip.height;
   this.emit('tip', this.tip);
@@ -522,20 +518,28 @@ ChainDB.prototype.resetHeightAsync = function resetHeightAsync(height, callback)
     if (err)
       return callback(err);
 
-    if (!bcoin.fs) {
-      self.ramdisk.truncate(size);
-      return callback();
-    }
+    self._onFlush(function() {
+      if (!bcoin.fs) {
+        self.ramdisk.truncate(size);
+        return callback();
+      }
 
-    fs.ftruncate(self.fd, size, function(err) {
-      if (err)
-        return callback(err);
+      fs.ftruncate(self.fd, size, function(err) {
+        if (err)
+          return callback(err);
 
-      return callback();
+        return callback();
+      });
     });
   }
 };
 
+ChainDB.prototype._onFlush = function _onFlush(callback) {
+  if (this.queueSize === 0)
+    return callback();
+  this.once('flush', callback);
+};
+
 ChainDB.prototype.has = function has(height) {
   if (typeof height === 'string')
     height = this.heightLookup[height];
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index e07a1a46..9f31db36 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Pool.prototype._init = function _init() {
 
 Pool.prototype.loadBlocks = function loadBlocks(peer, top, stop) {
   var self = this;
-  this._onFlush(function() {
+  this.chain._onFlush(function() {
     peer.loadBlocks(self.chain.getLocator(top), stop);
   });
 };
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Pool.prototype.loadBlocks = function loadBlocks(peer, top, stop) {
 Pool.prototype.loadOrphan = function loadOrphan(peer, top, orphan) {
   var self = this;
   assert(orphan);
-  this._onFlush(function() {
+  this.chain._onFlush(function() {
     peer.loadBlocks(
       self.chain.getLocator(top),
       self.chain.getOrphanRoot(orphan)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Pool.prototype.loadOrphan = function loadOrphan(peer, top, orphan) {
 
 Pool.prototype.loadHeaders = function loadHeaders(peer, top, stop) {
   var self = this;
-  this._onFlush(function() {
+  this.chain._onFlush(function() {
     peer.loadHeaders(self.chain.getLocator(top), stop);
   });
 };
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlocks = function _handleBlocks(hashes, peer) {
 
   this.emit('blocks', hashes);
 
-  this._onFlush(function() {
+  this.chain._onFlush(function() {
     for (i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
       hash = hashes[i];
 
@@ -612,13 +612,6 @@ Pool.prototype._handleBlocks = function _handleBlocks(hashes, peer) {
   this._startTimer();
 };
 
-Pool.prototype._onFlush = function _onFlush(callback) {
-  if (this.chain.pending.length === 0)
-    return callback();
-
-  this.chain.once('flush', callback);
-};
-
 Pool.prototype._handleInv = function _handleInv(hashes, peer) {
   var i, hash;
 
@@ -1491,7 +1484,7 @@ Pool.prototype._request = function _request(peer, type, hash, options, cb) {
   }
 
   if (peer._blockQueue.length === 0) {
-    this._onFlush(function() {
+    this.chain._onFlush(function() {
       utils.nextTick(function() {
         utils.debug(
           'Requesting %d/%d blocks from %s with getdata',