diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/LedgerSynchronizerService.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/LedgerSynchronizerService.scala
index e695d09..50af8e1 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/LedgerSynchronizerService.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/LedgerSynchronizerService.scala
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 package com.xsn.explorer.services
 
-import javax.inject.Inject
-
 import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.FutureApplicationResult
-import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.FutureOr.Implicits.{FutureListOps, FutureOps, OptionOps}
+import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.FutureOr.Implicits.{FutureOps, OptionOps}
 import com.xsn.explorer.data.async.{BlockFutureDataHandler, LedgerFutureDataHandler}
 import com.xsn.explorer.errors.BlockNotFoundError
 import com.xsn.explorer.models.rpc.Block
 import com.xsn.explorer.models.{Blockhash, Height, Transaction}
 import com.xsn.explorer.util.Extensions.FutureOrExt
+import javax.inject.Inject
 import org.scalactic.Good
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class LedgerSynchronizerService @Inject() (
   def synchronize(blockhash: Blockhash): FutureApplicationResult[Unit] = {
     val result = for {
       block <- xsnService.getBlock(blockhash).toFutureOr
-      transactions <- block.transactions.map(transactionService.getTransaction).toFutureOr
+      transactions <- transactionService.getTransactions(block.transactions).toFutureOr
       _ <- synchronize(block, transactions).toFutureOr
     } yield ()
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ class LedgerSynchronizerService @Inject() (
       val result = for {
         blockhash <- newBlock.previousBlockhash.toFutureOr(BlockNotFoundError)
         previousBlock <- xsnService.getBlock(blockhash).toFutureOr
-        previousTransactions <- previousBlock.transactions.map(transactionService.getTransaction).toFutureOr
+        previousTransactions <- transactionService.getTransactions(previousBlock.transactions).toFutureOr
         _ <- synchronize(previousBlock, previousTransactions).toFutureOr
         _ <- synchronize(newBlock, newTransactions).toFutureOr
       } yield ()
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ class LedgerSynchronizerService @Inject() (
         _ <- previous.toFutureOr
         blockhash <- xsnService.getBlockhash(Height(height)).toFutureOr
         block <- xsnService.getBlock(blockhash).toFutureOr
-        transactions <- block.transactions.map(transactionService.getTransaction).toFutureOr
+        transactions <- transactionService.getTransactions(block.transactions).toFutureOr
         _ <- synchronize(block, transactions).toFutureOr
       } yield ()
 
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionService.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionService.scala
index 9922074..2be6862 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionService.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionService.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.xsn.explorer.services
 
 import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.FutureOr.Implicits.{FutureListOps, FutureOps, OrOps}
-import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.{FutureApplicationResult, FuturePaginatedResult}
+import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.{FutureApplicationResult, FutureOr, FuturePaginatedResult}
 import com.alexitc.playsonify.models.ordering.OrderingQuery
 import com.alexitc.playsonify.models.pagination.PaginatedQuery
 import com.alexitc.playsonify.validators.PaginatedQueryValidator
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import com.xsn.explorer.errors._
 import com.xsn.explorer.models._
 import com.xsn.explorer.models.rpc.TransactionVIN
 import com.xsn.explorer.parsers.TransactionOrderingParser
+import com.xsn.explorer.util.Extensions.FutureOrExt
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import org.scalactic._
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import play.api.libs.json.{JsObject, JsString, JsValue}
 
 import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ class TransactionService @Inject() (
     transactionFutureDataHandler: TransactionFutureDataHandler)(
     implicit ec: ExecutionContext) {
 
+  private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)
+
   private val maxTransactionsPerQuery = 100
 
   def getRawTransaction(txidString: String): FutureApplicationResult[JsValue] = {
@@ -76,6 +80,27 @@ class TransactionService @Inject() (
     result.toFuture
   }
 
+  def getTransactions(ids: List[TransactionId]): FutureApplicationResult[List[Transaction]] = {
+    def loadTransactionsSlowly(pending: List[TransactionId]): FutureOr[List[Transaction]] = pending match {
+      case x :: xs =>
+        for {
+          tx <- getTransaction(x).toFutureOr
+          next <- loadTransactionsSlowly(xs)
+        } yield tx :: next
+
+      case _ => Future.successful(Good(List.empty)).toFutureOr
+    }
+
+    ids
+        .map(getTransaction)
+        .toFutureOr
+        .recoverWith(XSNWorkQueueDepthExceeded) {
+          logger.warn("Unable to load transaction due to server overload, loading them slowly")
+          loadTransactionsSlowly(ids)
+        }
+        .toFuture
+  }
+
   def getTransactions(
       addressString: String,
       paginatedQuery: PaginatedQuery,
diff --git a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/util/Extensions.scala b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/util/Extensions.scala
index e8a5c31..5595d75 100644
--- a/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/util/Extensions.scala
+++ b/server/app/com/xsn/explorer/util/Extensions.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import com.alexitc.playsonify.core.FutureOr
 import com.alexitc.playsonify.models.ApplicationError
 import org.scalactic.{Bad, Good, One}
 
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
+import scala.concurrent.{ExecutionContext, Future}
 
 object Extensions {
 
@@ -40,5 +40,15 @@ object Extensions {
 
       new FutureOr(future)
     }
+
+    def recoverWith[B >: A](error: ApplicationError)(f: => FutureOr[B])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): FutureOr[B] = {
+      val future = inner.toFuture.flatMap {
+        case Good(result) => Future.successful(Good(result))
+        case Bad(One(e)) if e == error => f.toFuture
+        case Bad(errors) => Future.successful(Bad(errors))
+      }
+
+      new FutureOr(future)
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionServiceSpec.scala b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionServiceSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd6279c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/test/com/xsn/explorer/services/TransactionServiceSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.xsn.explorer.services
+
+import org.scalatest.WordSpec
+
+class TransactionServiceSpec extends WordSpec {
+
+  "getTransactions" should {
+    "handle server overload and load transactions slowly" in {
+      pending
+    }
+  }
+}