diff --git a/bittensor/core/dendrite.py b/bittensor/core/dendrite.py
index d314a7cede..ef1992ac4b 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/dendrite.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/dendrite.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ async def session(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
             self._session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
         return self._session
 
-    def close_session(self):
+    def close_session(self, using_new_loop: bool = False):
         """
         Closes the internal `aiohttp <https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp>`_ client session synchronously.
 
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ def close_session(self):
         resources like open connections and internal buffers. It is crucial for preventing resource leakage
         and should be called when the dendrite instance is no longer in use, especially in synchronous contexts.
 
+        Arguments:
+            using_new_loop: A flag to determine whether this has been called with a new event loop rather than
+                the default. This will indicate whether to close this event loop at the end of this call.
+
         Note:
             This method utilizes asyncio's event loop to close the session asynchronously from a synchronous context.
             It is advisable to use this method only when asynchronous context management is not feasible.
@@ -188,6 +192,8 @@ def close_session(self):
         if self._session:
             loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
             loop.run_until_complete(self._session.close())
+            if using_new_loop:
+                loop.close()
             self._session = None
 
     async def aclose_session(self):
@@ -374,16 +380,20 @@ def query(
                 category=DeprecationWarning,
             )
         result = None
+        use_new_loop = False
         try:
             loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
             result = loop.run_until_complete(self.forward(*args, **kwargs))
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.debug(
+                f"Exception encountered while running Dendrite.query initially: {e}"
+            )
             new_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
             asyncio.set_event_loop(new_loop)
             result = new_loop.run_until_complete(self.forward(*args, **kwargs))
-            new_loop.close()
+            use_new_loop = True
         finally:
-            self.close_session()
+            self.close_session(using_new_loop=use_new_loop)
             return result  # type: ignore
 
     async def forward(