diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
index fc9dea9..9243f38 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ include ../../nimshims/hashes
 import ./rpccalls
 import ./conversions
 import ./looping
+import ./then
 
 export serde
 
@@ -192,11 +193,21 @@ proc new*(_: type JsonRpcSubscriptions,
         await poll(id)
       await sleepAsync(pollingInterval)
 
-  subscriptions.polling = poll()
+  proc keepAlivePolling =
+    subscriptions.polling = poll()
+    subscriptions.polling.catch(proc(e: ref CatchableError) =
+      trace "subscription polling loop failed, restarting", error = e.msg
+      startPolling()
+      trace "subscription polling loop restarted"
+    )
+
+  keepAlivePolling()
   subscriptions
 
 method close*(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions) {.async.} =
-  await subscriptions.polling.cancelAndWait()
+  trace "closing polling subscriptions"
+  if not subscriptions.polling.finished:
+    await subscriptions.polling.cancelAndWait()
   await procCall JsonRpcSubscriptions(subscriptions).close()
 
 method subscribeBlocks(subscriptions: PollingSubscriptions,
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/then.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/then.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbcf7bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/then.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/questionable
+import pkg/questionable/results
+import pkg/upraises
+
+# Similar to JavaScript's Promise API, `.then` and `.catch` can be used to
+# handle results and errors of async `Futures` within a synchronous closure.
+# They can be used as an alternative to `asyncSpawn` which does not return a
+# value and will raise a `FutureDefect` if there are unhandled errors
+# encountered. Both `.then` and `.catch` act as callbacks that do not block the
+# synchronous closure's flow.
+
+# `.then` is called when the `Future` is successfully completed and can be
+# chained as many times as desired, calling each `.then` callback in order. When
+# the `Future` returns `Result[T, ref CatchableError]` (or `?!T`), the value
+# called in the `.then` callback will be unpacked from the `Result` as a
+# convenience. In other words, for `Future[?!T]`, the `.then` callback will take
+# a single parameter `T`. See `tests/utils/testthen.nim` for more examples. To
+# allow for chaining, `.then` returns its future. If the future is already
+# complete, the `.then` callback will be executed immediately.
+
+# `.catch` is called when the `Future` fails. In the case when the `Future`
+# returns a `Result[T, ref CatchableError` (or `?!T`), `.catch` will be called
+# if the `Result` contains an error. If the `Future` is already failed (or
+# `Future[?!T]` contains an error), the `.catch` callback will be executed
+# immediately.
+
+# `.cancelled` is called when the `Future` is cancelled. If the `Future` is
+# already cancelled, the `.cancelled` callback will be executed immediately.
+
+# More info on JavaScript's Promise API can be found at:
+# https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise
+
+runnableExamples:
+  proc asyncProc(): Future[int] {.async.} =
+    await sleepAsync(1.millis)
+    return 1
+
+  asyncProc()
+    .then(proc(i: int) = echo "returned ", i)
+    .catch(proc(e: ref CatchableError) = doAssert false, "will not be triggered")
+
+  # outputs "returned 1"
+
+  proc asyncProcWithError(): Future[int] {.async.} =
+    await sleepAsync(1.millis)
+    raise newException(ValueError, "some error")
+
+  asyncProcWithError()
+    .then(proc(i: int) = doAssert false, "will not be triggered")
+    .catch(proc(e: ref CatchableError) = echo "errored: ", e.msg)
+
+  # outputs "errored: some error"
+
+type
+  OnSuccess*[T] = proc(val: T) {.gcsafe, upraises: [].}
+  OnError* = proc(err: ref CatchableError) {.gcsafe, upraises: [].}
+  OnCancelled* = proc() {.gcsafe, upraises: [].}
+
+proc ignoreError(err: ref CatchableError) = discard
+proc ignoreCancelled() = discard
+
+template handleFinished(future: FutureBase,
+                        onError: OnError,
+                        onCancelled: OnCancelled) =
+
+  if not future.finished:
+    return
+
+  if future.cancelled:
+    onCancelled()
+    return
+
+  if future.failed:
+    onError(future.error)
+    return
+
+proc then*(future: Future[void], onSuccess: OnSuccess[void]): Future[void] =
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(ignoreError, ignoreCancelled)
+    onSuccess()
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  return future
+
+proc then*[T](future: Future[T], onSuccess: OnSuccess[T]): Future[T] =
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(ignoreError, ignoreCancelled)
+
+    if val =? future.read.catch:
+      onSuccess(val)
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  return future
+
+proc then*[T](future: Future[?!T], onSuccess: OnSuccess[T]): Future[?!T] =
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(ignoreError, ignoreCancelled)
+
+    try:
+      if val =? future.read:
+        onSuccess(val)
+    except CatchableError as e:
+      ignoreError(e)
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  return future
+
+proc then*(future: Future[?!void], onSuccess: OnSuccess[void]): Future[?!void] =
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(ignoreError, ignoreCancelled)
+
+    try:
+      if future.read.isOk:
+        onSuccess()
+    except CatchableError as e:
+      ignoreError(e)
+      return
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  return future
+
+proc catch*[T](future: Future[T], onError: OnError) =
+
+  if future.isNil: return
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(onError, ignoreCancelled)
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+
+proc catch*[T](future: Future[?!T], onError: OnError) =
+
+  if future.isNil: return
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(onError, ignoreCancelled)
+
+    try:
+      if err =? future.read.errorOption:
+        onError(err)
+    except CatchableError as e:
+      onError(e)
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+
+proc cancelled*[T](future: Future[T], onCancelled: OnCancelled): Future[T] =
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(ignoreError, onCancelled)
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+    onCancelled()
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  return future
+
+proc cancelled*[T](future: Future[?!T], onCancelled: OnCancelled): Future[?!T] =
+
+  proc cb(udata: pointer) =
+    future.handleFinished(ignoreError, onCancelled)
+
+  proc cancellation(udata: pointer) =
+    if not future.finished():
+      future.removeCallback(cb)
+    onCancelled()
+
+  future.addCallback(cb)
+  future.cancelCallback = cancellation
+  return future