diff --git a/hbs2-git/lib/HBS2Git/Import.hs b/hbs2-git/lib/HBS2Git/Import.hs
index 404673f1..8a201e20 100644
--- a/hbs2-git/lib/HBS2Git/Import.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git/lib/HBS2Git/Import.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import HBS2.OrDie
 import HBS2.System.Logger.Simple
 import HBS2.Merkle
 import HBS2.Hash
+import HBS2.Storage
 import HBS2.Storage.Operations.Class
 import HBS2.Storage.Operations.ByteString(TreeKey(..))
 import HBS2.Net.Auth.GroupKeySymm
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import Data.HashMap.Strict qualified as HashMap
 import Data.Text qualified as Text
 import Data.Either
 
+import Streaming.Prelude qualified as S
 import Streaming.ByteString qualified as SB
 import Streaming.Zip qualified as SZip
 
@@ -61,12 +63,40 @@ makeLenses 'RunImportOpts
 isRunImportDry :: RunImportOpts -> Bool
 isRunImportDry o = view runImportDry o == Just True
 
+
+findMissedBlocks :: (MonadIO m, HasStorage m) => HashRef -> m [HashRef]
+findMissedBlocks href = do
+
+  sto <- getStorage
+
+  S.toList_ $
+
+    walkMerkle (fromHashRef href) (lift . getBlock sto) $ \(hr :: Either (Hash HbSync) [HashRef]) -> do
+      case hr of
+        Left hx   -> S.yield (HashRef hx)
+        Right (hrr :: [HashRef]) -> do
+          forM_ hrr $ \hx -> runMaybeT do
+              blk <- lift $ getBlock sto (fromHashRef hx)
+
+              unless (isJust blk) do
+                lift $ S.yield hx
+
+              maybe1 blk none $ \bs -> do
+                let w = tryDetect (fromHashRef hx) bs
+                r <- case w of
+                      Merkle{}    -> lift $ lift $ findMissedBlocks hx
+                      MerkleAnn{} -> lift $ lift $ findMissedBlocks hx
+                      _ -> pure mempty
+
+                lift $ mapM_ S.yield r
+
 walkHashes :: (MonadIO m, HasStorage m) => TQueue HashRef -> Hash HbSync -> m ()
 walkHashes q h = walkMerkle h (readBlock . HashRef) $ \(hr :: Either (Hash HbSync) [HashRef]) -> do
   case hr of
     Left hx -> die $ show $ pretty "missed block:" <+> pretty hx
     Right (hrr :: [HashRef]) -> do
-       forM_ hrr $ liftIO . atomically . Q.writeTQueue q
+       forM_ hrr $ \hx -> do
+        liftIO $ atomically $ Q.writeTQueue q hx
 
 blockSource :: (MonadIO m, HasStorage m) => HashRef -> SB.ByteStream m Integer
 blockSource h = do
@@ -157,7 +187,19 @@ importRefLogNew opts ref = runResourceT do
       lift $ walkHashes logQ (fromHashRef logRoot)
 
       let notSkip n = force || not (Set.member n trans)
-      entries <- liftIO $ atomically $ flushTQueue logQ <&> filter notSkip
+
+      entries' <- liftIO $ atomically $ flushTQueue logQ <&> filter notSkip
+
+      pMiss <- newProgressMonitor [qc|scan for missed blocks|]  (length entries')
+
+      -- TODO: might-be-slow
+      entries <- S.toList_ $ forM_ entries' $ \e -> do
+                    updateProgress pMiss 1
+                    missed <- lift $ findMissedBlocks e
+                    if null missed then do
+                      S.yield e
+                    else do
+                      debug $ "missed blocks in tree" <+> pretty e
 
       pCommit <- liftIO $ startGitHashObject Commit
       pTree <- liftIO $ startGitHashObject Tree
@@ -185,7 +227,7 @@ importRefLogNew opts ref = runResourceT do
 
         -- guard =<< withDB db (not <$> stateGetProcessed kDone)
 
-        rd <- toMPlus =<< parseRef e
+        rd <- toMPlus =<< parseTx  e
         let (SequentialRef _ (AnnotatedHashRef ann' h)) = rd
         forM_ ann' (withDB db . importKeysAnnotations ref e)
 
@@ -206,7 +248,7 @@ importRefLogNew opts ref = runResourceT do
 
         runMaybeT $ do
 
-          refData <- toMPlus =<< parseRef e
+          refData <- toMPlus =<< parseTx e
           -- NOTE: good-place-to-process-hash-log-update-first
           let (SequentialRef _ (AnnotatedHashRef ann' h)) = refData
 
@@ -368,7 +410,7 @@ importRefLogNew opts ref = runResourceT do
 
   where
 
-    parseRef e = runMaybeT do
+    parseTx e = runMaybeT do
       bs <- MaybeT $ readBlock e
       refupd <- toMPlus $ deserialiseOrFail @(RefLogUpdate HBS2L4Proto) bs
       toMPlus $ deserialiseOrFail (LBS.fromStrict $ view refLogUpdData refupd)