diff --git a/creator-node/src/services/sync/secondarySyncFromPrimary.js b/creator-node/src/services/sync/secondarySyncFromPrimary.js
index 0995cfa0a48..cb77fa37b39 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/services/sync/secondarySyncFromPrimary.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/services/sync/secondarySyncFromPrimary.js
@@ -275,11 +275,15 @@ const handleSyncFromPrimary = async (
          * Every subsequent sync will enter the if case and update the existing local cnodeUserRecord.
          */
         if (cnodeUserRecord) {
+          logger.info(
+            logPrefix,
+            `cNodeUserRecord was non-empty -- updating CNodeUser for cnodeUser wallet ${fetchedWalletPublicKey}. Clock value: ${fetchedLatestClockVal}`
+          )
           const [numRowsUpdated, respObj] = await models.CNodeUser.update(
             {
               lastLogin: fetchedCNodeUser.lastLogin,
               latestBlockNumber: fetchedLatestBlockNumber,
-              clock: fetchedCNodeUser.clock,
+              clock: fetchedLatestClockVal,
               createdAt: fetchedCNodeUser.createdAt
             },
             {
@@ -307,13 +311,17 @@ const handleSyncFromPrimary = async (
           }
           cnodeUser = respObj[0]
         } else {
+          logger.info(
+            logPrefix,
+            `cNodeUserRecord was empty -- inserting CNodeUser for cnodeUser wallet ${fetchedWalletPublicKey}. Clock value: ${fetchedLatestClockVal}`
+          )
           // Will throw error if creation fails
           cnodeUser = await models.CNodeUser.create(
             {
               walletPublicKey: fetchedWalletPublicKey,
               lastLogin: fetchedCNodeUser.lastLogin,
               latestBlockNumber: fetchedLatestBlockNumber,
-              clock: fetchedCNodeUser.clock,
+              clock: fetchedLatestClockVal,
               createdAt: fetchedCNodeUser.createdAt
             },
             {
@@ -326,7 +334,7 @@ const handleSyncFromPrimary = async (
         const cnodeUserUUID = cnodeUser.cnodeUserUUID
         logger.info(
           logPrefix,
-          `Inserted CNodeUser for cnodeUser wallet ${fetchedWalletPublicKey}: cnodeUserUUID: ${cnodeUserUUID}`
+          `Upserted CNodeUser for cnodeUser wallet ${fetchedWalletPublicKey}: cnodeUserUUID: ${cnodeUserUUID}. Clock value: ${fetchedLatestClockVal}`
         )
 
         /**
diff --git a/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncImmediateQueue.js b/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncImmediateQueue.js
index 6c596d3fb7d..475493bbedb 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncImmediateQueue.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncImmediateQueue.js
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ class SyncImmediateQueue {
         removeOnFail: SYNC_QUEUE_HISTORY
       },
       settings: {
-        lockDuration: LOCK_DURATION
+        lockDuration: LOCK_DURATION,
+        // We never want to re-process stalled jobs
+        maxStalledCount: 0
       }
     })
 
diff --git a/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncQueue.js b/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncQueue.js
index 1709a1b6098..e4c33070f6d 100644
--- a/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncQueue.js
+++ b/creator-node/src/services/sync/syncQueue.js
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ class SyncQueue {
         removeOnFail: SYNC_QUEUE_HISTORY
       },
       settings: {
-        lockDuration: LOCK_DURATION
+        lockDuration: LOCK_DURATION,
+        // We never want to re-process stalled jobs
+        maxStalledCount: 0
       }
     })
 
@@ -46,11 +48,12 @@ class SyncQueue {
     const jobProcessorConcurrency = this.nodeConfig.get(
       'syncQueueMaxConcurrency'
     )
-    this.queue.process(jobProcessorConcurrency, async (job, done) => {
+    this.queue.process(jobProcessorConcurrency, async (job) => {
       const { walletPublicKeys, creatorNodeEndpoint, forceResync } = job.data
 
+      let result = {}
       try {
-        await secondarySyncFromPrimary(
+        result = await secondarySyncFromPrimary(
           this.serviceRegistry,
           walletPublicKeys,
           creatorNodeEndpoint,
@@ -62,9 +65,10 @@ class SyncQueue {
           `secondarySyncFromPrimary failure for wallets ${walletPublicKeys} against ${creatorNodeEndpoint}`,
           e.message
         )
+        result = { error: e.message }
       }
 
-      done()
+      return result
     })
   }