diff --git a/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_chain.py b/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_chain.py
index 97fcd966b5..0f937f5a71 100644
--- a/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_chain.py
+++ b/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_chain.py
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ def advance_time(
                 checkpoint_event = pool._create_checkpoint(  # pylint: disable=protected-access
                     check_if_exists=True,
                     gas_limit=self.config.gas_limit,
-                    retries=self.config.advance_time_create_checkpoint_retry_count,
                 )
                 if checkpoint_event is not None:
                     out_dict[pool].append(checkpoint_event)
@@ -372,7 +371,6 @@ def advance_time(
                 for pool in self._deployed_hyperdrive_pools:
                     checkpoint_event = pool._create_checkpoint(
                         gas_limit=self.config.gas_limit,
-                        retries=self.config.advance_time_create_checkpoint_retry_count,
                     )  # pylint: disable=protected-access
                     # These checkpoints should never fail
                     assert checkpoint_event is not None
diff --git a/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_hyperdrive.py b/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_hyperdrive.py
index 887960b28a..e63849466d 100644
--- a/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_hyperdrive.py
+++ b/src/agent0/core/hyperdrive/interactive/local_hyperdrive.py
@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ def _create_checkpoint(
         checkpoint_time: int | None = None,
         check_if_exists: bool = True,
         gas_limit: int | None = None,
-        retries: int | None = None,
     ) -> CreateCheckpointEventFP | None:
         """Internal function without safeguard checks for creating a checkpoint.
         Creating checkpoints is called by the chain's `advance_time`.
@@ -551,7 +550,6 @@ def _create_checkpoint(
                 self.chain.get_deployer_account(),
                 checkpoint_time=checkpoint_time,
                 gas_limit=gas_limit,
-                write_retry_count=retries,
             )
         except AssertionError as exc:
             # Adding additional context to the "Transaction receipt has no logs" error
diff --git a/src/agent0/ethpy/base/transactions.py b/src/agent0/ethpy/base/transactions.py
index 7479d4edd9..159acbff44 100644
--- a/src/agent0/ethpy/base/transactions.py
+++ b/src/agent0/ethpy/base/transactions.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ async def _async_build_send_and_wait():
         )
 
     try:
-        return _async_build_send_and_wait()
+        return await _async_build_send_and_wait()
 
     # Wraps the exception with a contract call exception, adding additional information
     # Other than UnknownBlockError, which gets the block number from the transaction receipt,