diff --git a/mev_inspect/block.py b/mev_inspect/block.py
index 37b1080..abdab2c 100644
--- a/mev_inspect/block.py
+++ b/mev_inspect/block.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-from sqlalchemy import orm
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import async_scoped_session
 from web3 import Web3
 
-from mev_inspect.db import get_trace_session
 from mev_inspect.fees import fetch_base_fee_per_gas
 from mev_inspect.schemas.blocks import Block
 from mev_inspect.schemas.receipts import Receipt
@@ -29,12 +28,13 @@ async def create_from_block_number(
     base_provider,
     w3: Web3,
     block_number: int,
+    trace_session: Optional[async_scoped_session],
 ) -> Block:
     block: Optional[Block] = None
 
-    if get_trace_session() is not None:
-        async with get_trace_session() as session:  # type: ignore
-            block = await _find_block(session, block_number)
+    if trace_session is not None:
+        block = await _find_block(trace_session, block_number)
+        await trace_session.close()
     if block is None:
         block = await _fetch_block(w3, base_provider, block_number)
         return block
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async def _fetch_block(w3, base_provider, block_number: int, retries: int = 0) -
 
 
 async def _find_block(
-    trace_db_session: orm.Session,
+    trace_db_session: async_scoped_session,
     block_number: int,
 ) -> Optional[Block]:
     traces = await _find_traces(trace_db_session, block_number)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ async def _find_block(
 
 
 def _find_block_timestamp(
-    trace_db_session: orm.Session,
+    trace_db_session: async_scoped_session,
     block_number: int,
 ) -> Optional[int]:
     result = trace_db_session.execute(
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _find_block_timestamp(
 
 
 async def _find_traces(
-    trace_db_session: orm.Session,
+    trace_db_session: async_scoped_session,
     block_number: int,
 ) -> Optional[List[Trace]]:
     result = await trace_db_session.execute(
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ async def _find_traces(
 
 
 async def _find_receipts(
-    trace_db_session: orm.Session,
+    trace_db_session: async_scoped_session,
     block_number: int,
 ) -> Optional[List[Receipt]]:
     result = await trace_db_session.execute(
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ async def _find_receipts(
 
 
 async def _find_base_fee(
-    trace_db_session: orm.Session,
+    trace_db_session: async_scoped_session,
     block_number: int,
 ) -> Optional[int]:
     result = await trace_db_session.execute(
diff --git a/mev_inspect/db.py b/mev_inspect/db.py
index ac04dd6..a01cb52 100644
--- a/mev_inspect/db.py
+++ b/mev_inspect/db.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import os
 from typing import Optional
+from asyncio import current_task
 
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import (
+    create_async_engine,
+    AsyncSession,
+    async_scoped_session,
+)
 
 
 def get_trace_database_uri() -> Optional[str]:
@@ -31,15 +36,15 @@ def _get_engine(uri: str):
 
 def _get_session(uri: str):
     session = sessionmaker(bind=_get_engine(uri), class_=AsyncSession)
-    return session()
+    return async_scoped_session(session, scopefunc=current_task)
 
 
-def get_inspect_session() -> sessionmaker:
+def get_inspect_session() -> async_scoped_session:
     uri = get_inspect_database_uri()
     return _get_session(uri)
 
 
-def get_trace_session() -> Optional[sessionmaker]:
+def get_trace_session() -> Optional[async_scoped_session]:
     uri = get_trace_database_uri()
 
     if uri is not None:
diff --git a/mev_inspect/inspect_block.py b/mev_inspect/inspect_block.py
index 356698d..389701f 100644
--- a/mev_inspect/inspect_block.py
+++ b/mev_inspect/inspect_block.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import async_scoped_session
 from web3 import Web3
 
 from mev_inspect.arbitrages import get_arbitrages
@@ -37,14 +38,17 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 async def inspect_block(
-    inspect_db_session: AsyncSession,
+    inspect_db_session: async_scoped_session,
+    trace_db_session: Optional[async_scoped_session],
     base_provider,
     w3: Web3,
     trace_classifier: TraceClassifier,
     block_number: int,
     should_write_classified_traces: bool = True,
 ):
-    block = await create_from_block_number(base_provider, w3, block_number)
+    block = await create_from_block_number(
+        base_provider, w3, block_number, trace_db_session
+    )
 
     logger.info(f"Block: {block_number} -- Total traces: {len(block.traces)}")
 
@@ -91,4 +95,4 @@ async def inspect_block(
     )
     await delete_miner_payments_for_block(inspect_db_session, block_number)
     await write_miner_payments(inspect_db_session, miner_payments)
-    await inspect_db_session.commit()
+    await inspect_db_session.close()
diff --git a/mev_inspect/inspector.py b/mev_inspect/inspector.py
index 7550252..dea26b1 100644
--- a/mev_inspect/inspector.py
+++ b/mev_inspect/inspector.py
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import traceback
 from asyncio import CancelledError
+from typing import Tuple, Optional
 
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import async_scoped_session
 from web3 import Web3
 from web3.eth import AsyncEth
 
 from mev_inspect.block import create_from_block_number
 from mev_inspect.classifiers.trace import TraceClassifier
-from mev_inspect.db import get_inspect_session
+from mev_inspect.db import get_inspect_session, get_trace_session
 from mev_inspect.inspect_block import inspect_block
 from mev_inspect.provider import get_base_provider
 
@@ -28,15 +30,24 @@ class MEVInspector:
         self.max_concurrency = asyncio.Semaphore(max_concurrency)
 
     async def create_from_block(self, block_number: int):
+        _, trace_session = _get_sessions()
         return await create_from_block_number(
-            base_provider=self.base_provider, w3=self.w3, block_number=block_number
+            base_provider=self.base_provider,
+            w3=self.w3,
+            block_number=block_number,
+            trace_session=trace_session,
         )
 
     async def inspect_single_block(self, block: int):
-        async with get_inspect_session() as session:
-            return await inspect_block(
-                session, self.base_provider, self.w3, self.trace_classifier, block
-            )
+        inspect_session, trace_session = _get_sessions()
+        return await inspect_block(
+            inspect_session,
+            trace_session,
+            self.base_provider,
+            self.w3,
+            self.trace_classifier,
+            block,
+        )
 
     async def inspect_many_blocks(self, after_block: int, before_block: int):
         tasks = []
@@ -56,12 +67,20 @@ class MEVInspector:
             traceback.print_exc()
 
     async def safe_inspect_block(self, block_number: int):
-        async with get_inspect_session() as session:
-            async with self.max_concurrency:
-                return await inspect_block(
-                    session,
-                    self.base_provider,
-                    self.w3,
-                    self.trace_classifier,
-                    block_number,
-                )
+        inspect_session, trace_session = _get_sessions()
+        async with self.max_concurrency:
+            return await inspect_block(
+                inspect_session,
+                trace_session,
+                self.base_provider,
+                self.w3,
+                self.trace_classifier,
+                block_number,
+            )
+
+
+def _get_sessions() -> Tuple[async_scoped_session, Optional[async_scoped_session]]:
+    inspect_db_session = get_inspect_session()
+    trace_db_session = get_trace_session()
+    trace_db_session = trace_db_session() if trace_db_session is not None else None
+    return inspect_db_session, trace_db_session