diff --git a/cw_monero/lib/api/transaction_history.dart b/cw_monero/lib/api/transaction_history.dart
index f55545801..a00a6b206 100644
--- a/cw_monero/lib/api/transaction_history.dart
+++ b/cw_monero/lib/api/transaction_history.dart
@@ -91,12 +91,19 @@ Future<PendingTransactionDescription> createTransactionSync(
     List<String> preferredInputs = const []}) async {
 
   final amt = amount == null ? 0 : monero.Wallet_amountFromString(amount);
-  
+
+  final waddr = wptr!.address;
+
+  // force reconnection in case the os killed the connection?
+  // fixes failed to get block height error.
+  Isolate.run(() async {
+    monero.Wallet_synchronized(Pointer.fromAddress(waddr));
+  });
+
   final address_ = address.toNativeUtf8(); 
   final paymentId_ = paymentId.toNativeUtf8(); 
   final preferredInputs_ = preferredInputs.join(monero.defaultSeparatorStr).toNativeUtf8();
 
-  final waddr = wptr!.address;
   final addraddr = address_.address;
   final paymentIdAddr = paymentId_.address;
   final preferredInputsAddr = preferredInputs_.address;