diff --git a/crates/sui-data-ingestion-core/src/reader.rs b/crates/sui-data-ingestion-core/src/reader.rs
index 9c6a190c7b883..83d6cc1cf26ab 100644
--- a/crates/sui-data-ingestion-core/src/reader.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-data-ingestion-core/src/reader.rs
@@ -213,9 +213,10 @@ impl CheckpointReader {
     async fn sync(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         let backoff = backoff::ExponentialBackoff::default();
         let mut checkpoints = backoff::future::retry(backoff, || async {
-            self.read_local_files()
-                .await
-                .map_err(backoff::Error::transient)
+            self.read_local_files().await.map_err(|err| {
+                info!("transient local read error {:?}", err);
+                backoff::Error::transient(err)
+            })
         })
         .await?;