diff --git a/bin/torii/src/main.rs b/bin/torii/src/main.rs
index 3d6d748025..9e776f3bfc 100644
--- a/bin/torii/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/torii/src/main.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ struct Args {
     #[arg(long, default_value = "1024")]
     events_chunk_size: u64,
 
+    /// Number of blocks to process before commiting to DB
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "10240")]
+    blocks_chunk_size: u64,
+
     /// Enable indexing pending blocks
     #[arg(long, action = ArgAction::Set, default_value_t = true)]
     index_pending: bool,
@@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         EngineConfig {
             max_concurrent_tasks: args.max_concurrent_tasks,
             start_block: 0,
+            blocks_chunk_size: args.blocks_chunk_size,
             events_chunk_size: args.events_chunk_size,
             index_pending: args.index_pending,
             polling_interval: Duration::from_millis(args.polling_interval),
diff --git a/crates/torii/core/src/engine.rs b/crates/torii/core/src/engine.rs
index eddb41594a..cb816fe6dc 100644
--- a/crates/torii/core/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/torii/core/src/engine.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ bitflags! {
 pub struct EngineConfig {
     pub polling_interval: Duration,
     pub start_block: u64,
+    pub blocks_chunk_size: u64,
     pub events_chunk_size: u64,
     pub index_pending: bool,
     pub max_concurrent_tasks: usize,
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ impl Default for EngineConfig {
         Self {
             polling_interval: Duration::from_millis(500),
             start_block: 0,
+            blocks_chunk_size: 10240,
             events_chunk_size: 1024,
             index_pending: true,
             max_concurrent_tasks: 100,
@@ -290,15 +292,20 @@ impl<P: Provider + Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug + 'static> Engine<P> {
         }
     }
 
+    // TODO: since we now process blocks in chunks we can parallelize the fetching of data
     pub async fn fetch_data(&mut self, cursors: &Cursors) -> Result<FetchDataResult> {
         let latest_block_number = self.provider.block_hash_and_number().await?.block_number;
+
         let from = cursors.head.unwrap_or(0);
+        let total_remaining_blocks = latest_block_number - from;
+        let blocks_to_process = total_remaining_blocks.min(self.config.blocks_chunk_size);
+        let to = from + blocks_to_process;
 
         let instant = Instant::now();
         let result = if from < latest_block_number {
             let from = if from == 0 { from } else { from + 1 };
-            let data = self.fetch_range(from, latest_block_number, &cursors.cursor_map).await?;
-            debug!(target: LOG_TARGET, duration = ?instant.elapsed(), from = %from, to = %latest_block_number, "Fetched data for range.");
+            let data = self.fetch_range(from, to, &cursors.cursor_map).await?;
+            debug!(target: LOG_TARGET, duration = ?instant.elapsed(), from = %from, to = %to, "Fetched data for range.");
             FetchDataResult::Range(data)
         } else if self.config.index_pending {
             let data =