diff --git a/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/duties.go b/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/duties.go
index c511fe98..bb950dfd 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/duties.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/duties.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ type DutiesService struct {
 	bootstrapped bool
 
 	onReadyCallbacks []func(context.Context) error
+
+	lastSyncState bool
 }
 
 func NewDutiesService(log logrus.FieldLogger, sbeacon beacon.Node, metadata *MetadataService) DutiesService {
@@ -47,13 +49,15 @@ func NewDutiesService(log logrus.FieldLogger, sbeacon beacon.Node, metadata *Met
 		metadata: metadata,
 
 		bootstrapped: false,
+
+		lastSyncState: false,
 	}
 }
 
 func (m *DutiesService) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	go func() {
 		operation := func() error {
-			if err := m.fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx); err != nil {
+			if err := m.fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx, false); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
@@ -79,32 +83,46 @@ func (m *DutiesService) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}()
 
 	m.metadata.Wallclock().OnEpochChanged(func(epoch ethwallclock.Epoch) {
-		if err := m.fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx); err != nil {
+		if err := m.fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx, true); err != nil {
 			m.log.WithError(err).Warn("Failed to fetch required epoch duties")
 		}
 
+		// Sleep for a bit to give the beacon node a chance to run its epoch transition.
+		// We don't really care about nice-to-have duties so the sleep here is fine.
+		// "Required" duties (aka the current epoch) will be refetched the moment that epoch
+		// starts.
+		time.Sleep(15 * time.Second)
+
 		//nolint:errcheck // We don't care about the error here
 		m.fetchNiceToHaveEpochDuties(ctx)
 	})
 
 	m.beacon.OnChainReOrg(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, ev *v1.ChainReorgEvent) error {
-		// Clear the cache for the reorged epoch and all future epochs.
-		for _, epoch := range m.beaconCommittees.Keys() {
-			if epoch >= ev.Epoch {
-				m.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-					"epoch": epoch,
-					"event": ev,
-				}).Info("Clearing beacon committee after reorg event")
-
-				if err := m.fetchBeaconCommittee(ctx, epoch, true); err != nil {
-					m.log.WithError(err).WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-						"epoch": epoch,
-						"event": ev,
-					}).Error("Failed to fetch new beacon committee after reorg")
-				}
+		m.log.Info("Chain reorg detected - refetching beacon committees")
+
+		if err := m.fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx, true); err != nil {
+			m.log.WithError(err).Warn("Failed to fetch required epoch duties")
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	m.beacon.OnSyncStatus(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, ev *beacon.SyncStatusEvent) error {
+		if ev.State.IsSyncing != m.lastSyncState {
+			m.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"is_syncing": ev.State.IsSyncing,
+			}).Info("Sync status changed - refetching beacon committees")
+
+			if err := m.fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx, true); err != nil {
+				m.log.
+					WithError(err).
+					WithField("is_syncing", ev.State.IsSyncing).
+					Warn("Failed to fetch required epoch duties after a sync status change")
 			}
 		}
 
+		m.lastSyncState = ev.State.IsSyncing
+
 		return nil
 	})
 
@@ -150,9 +168,6 @@ func (m *DutiesService) NiceToHaveEpochDuties(ctx context.Context) []phase0.Epoc
 
 	epochs := []phase0.Epoch{
 		phase0.Epoch(epochNumber - 1),
-		phase0.Epoch(epochNumber - 2),
-		phase0.Epoch(epochNumber - 3),
-
 		phase0.Epoch(epochNumber + 1),
 	}
 
@@ -181,14 +196,14 @@ func (m *DutiesService) Ready(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *DutiesService) fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (m *DutiesService) fetchRequiredEpochDuties(ctx context.Context, overrideCache ...bool) error {
 	if m.metadata.Wallclock() == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("metadata service is not ready")
 	}
 
 	for _, epoch := range m.RequiredEpochDuties(ctx) {
-		if duties := m.beaconCommittees.Get(epoch); duties == nil {
-			if err := m.fetchBeaconCommittee(ctx, epoch); err != nil {
+		if duties := m.beaconCommittees.Get(epoch); duties == nil || len(overrideCache) != 0 && overrideCache[0] {
+			if err := m.fetchBeaconCommittee(ctx, epoch, overrideCache...); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -221,8 +236,8 @@ func (m *DutiesService) fireOnBeaconCommitteeSubscriptions(epoch phase0.Epoch, c
 	}
 }
 
-func (m *DutiesService) fetchBeaconCommittee(ctx context.Context, epoch phase0.Epoch, skipCache ...bool) error {
-	if len(skipCache) != 0 && !skipCache[0] {
+func (m *DutiesService) fetchBeaconCommittee(ctx context.Context, epoch phase0.Epoch, overrideCache ...bool) error {
+	if len(overrideCache) != 0 && !overrideCache[0] {
 		if duties := m.beaconCommittees.Get(epoch); duties != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -231,6 +246,8 @@ func (m *DutiesService) fetchBeaconCommittee(ctx context.Context, epoch phase0.E
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()
 
+	m.log.WithField("epoch", epoch).WithField("override_cache", overrideCache).Debug("Fetching beacon committee")
+
 	committees, err := m.beacon.FetchBeaconCommittees(ctx, "head", epoch)
 	if err != nil {
 		m.log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to fetch beacon committees")
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/metadata.go b/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/metadata.go
index d7b9e868..aa448eb9 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/ethereum/services/metadata.go
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ func (m *MetadataService) Ready(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return errors.New("network name is not available")
 	}
 
+	if m.wallclock == nil {
+		return errors.New("wallclock is not available")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }