diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f552a78..757d011 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Add manual syncing mechanism for ChainSync. This adds an optional back-pressure when building chain indexers that rely on Xogmios. Tested with GenStage on [the following experimental branch](https://github.com/wowica/xogmios_watcher/tree/chain-indexer)
+
+- Fix process naming for ChainSync clients. Given different process names and ids as options, multiple clients are now supported.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - StateQuery.send_query interface. Now accepts queries as strings from user input.
diff --git a/examples/chain_sync_client.ex b/examples/chain_sync_client.ex
index 7a58d9e..172c4c2 100644
--- a/examples/chain_sync_client.ex
+++ b/examples/chain_sync_client.ex
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ defmodule ChainSyncClient do
   @impl true
   def handle_block(block, state) do
     IO.puts("final handle_block #{block["height"]}")
-    {:ok, :close, state}
+    {:close, state}
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/xogmios/chain_sync.ex b/lib/xogmios/chain_sync.ex
index de199c5..dbc8b50 100644
--- a/lib/xogmios/chain_sync.ex
+++ b/lib/xogmios/chain_sync.ex
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync do
 
   alias Xogmios.ChainSync.Messages
 
+  require Logger
+
   @doc """
   Invoked when a new block is emitted. This callback is required.
 
-  Returning `{:ok, :next_block, new_state}` will request the next block once it's made available.
+  Returning `{:ok, :next_block, new_state}` will request the next block once
+  it's made available.
 
   Returning `{:ok, new_state}` will not request anymore blocks.
 
-  Returning `{:ok, :close, new_state}` will close the connection to the server.
+  Returning `{:close, new_state}` will close the connection to the server.
   """
   @callback handle_block(block :: map(), state) ::
               {:ok, :next_block, new_state}
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync do
   # This is important because proxies might close idle connections after a few seconds.
   @keepalive_in_ms 5_000
 
+  # The websocket client library
+  @client :websocket_client
+
   @doc """
   Starts a new Chain Sync process linked to the current process.
 
@@ -50,11 +56,92 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync do
   @spec start_link(module(), start_options :: Keyword.t()) :: {:ok, pid()} | {:error, term()}
   def start_link(client, opts) do
     {url, opts} = Keyword.pop(opts, :url)
-    initial_state = Keyword.merge(opts, handler: client)
+    {name, opts} = Keyword.pop(opts, :name, client)
+    initial_state = Keyword.merge(opts, handler: client, notify_on_connect: self())
+
+    with {:ok, process_name} <- build_process_name(name),
+         {:ok, ws_pid} <- start_link(process_name, url, client, initial_state) do
+      # Blocks until the connection with the Ogmios server
+      # is established or until timeout is reached.
+      receive do
+        {:connected, _connection} -> {:ok, ws_pid}
+      after
+        _timeout = 5_000 ->
+          Logger.warning("Timeout connecting to Ogmios server")
+          send(ws_pid, :close)
+          {:error, :connection_timeout}
+      end
+    else
+      {:error, :invalid_process_name} = error ->
+        error
+
+      {:error, _} = error ->
+        Logger.warning("Error connecting with Ogmios server #{inspect(error)}")
+        error
+    end
+  end
 
-    :websocket_client.start_link({:local, client}, url, client, initial_state,
-      keepalive: @keepalive_in_ms
-    )
+  defp start_link(name, url, client, state) do
+    @client.start_link(name, url, client, state, keepalive: @keepalive_in_ms)
+  end
+
+  # Builds process name from valid argument or returns error
+  @spec build_process_name(term() | {:global, term()} | {:via, term(), term()}) ::
+          {:ok, any()} | {:error, term()}
+  defp build_process_name(name) do
+    case name do
+      name when is_atom(name) ->
+        {:ok, {:local, name}}
+
+      {:global, term} = tuple when is_atom(term) ->
+        {:ok, tuple}
+
+      {:via, registry, _term} = tuple when is_atom(registry) ->
+        {:ok, tuple}
+
+      _ ->
+        # Returns error if name does not comply with
+        # values accepted by the websocket client library
+        {:error, :invalid_process_name}
+    end
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  > #### Warning {: .warning}
+  >
+  > This is a highly experimental function and should not be relied on just yet.
+
+  Issues a synchronous message for reading the next block.
+  Potentially useful for building chain indexers with support for backpressure mechanism.
+  """
+  @spec read_next_block(pid()) :: {:ok, block :: map()} | :error
+  def read_next_block(pid) do
+    # hacky af but it does the job for now
+
+    state = :sys.get_state(pid)
+
+    {_c, %{ws_pid: ws_pid}} = state |> elem(1) |> elem(5)
+
+    caller = self()
+
+    :sys.replace_state(pid, fn current_state ->
+      {:connected, {:context, req, transport, empty_list, ws, {module, client_info}, _, _, _}} =
+        current_state
+
+      updated_client_info = Map.put(client_info, :caller, caller)
+
+      {:connected,
+       {:context, req, transport, empty_list, ws, {module, updated_client_info}, "", true, 0}}
+    end)
+
+    next_block_message = Xogmios.ChainSync.Messages.next_block()
+    :websocket_client.cast(ws_pid, {:text, next_block_message})
+
+    receive do
+      {:ok, next_block} -> {:ok, next_block}
+    after
+      5_000 -> :error
+    end
   end
 
   defmacro __using__(_opts) do
@@ -114,19 +201,25 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync do
             %{"method" => "nextBlock", "result" => %{"direction" => "forward"} = result},
             state
           ) do
-        case state.handler.handle_block(result["block"], state) do
-          {:ok, :next_block, new_state} ->
-            message = Messages.next_block()
-            {:reply, {:text, message}, new_state}
-
-          {:ok, new_state} ->
-            {:ok, new_state}
+        if caller = Map.get(state, :caller) do
+          # Returns to sync caller
+          send(caller, {:ok, result["block"]})
+          {:ok, state}
+        else
+          case state.handler.handle_block(result["block"], state) do
+            {:ok, :next_block, new_state} ->
+              message = Messages.next_block()
+              {:reply, {:text, message}, new_state}
+
+            {:ok, new_state} ->
+              {:ok, new_state}
 
-          {:close, new_state} ->
-            {:close, "finished", new_state}
+            {:close, new_state} ->
+              {:close, "finished", new_state}
 
-          response ->
-            Logger.warning("Invalid response #{inspect(response)}")
+            response ->
+              Logger.warning("Invalid response #{inspect(response)}")
+          end
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/xogmios/chain_sync/connection.ex b/lib/xogmios/chain_sync/connection.ex
index 23b2725..bd17170 100644
--- a/lib/xogmios/chain_sync/connection.ex
+++ b/lib/xogmios/chain_sync/connection.ex
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync.Connection do
 
   alias Xogmios.ChainSync.Messages
 
-  require Logger
-
   defmacro __using__(_opts) do
     quote do
       @behaviour :websocket_client
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync.Connection do
 
       def child_spec(opts) do
         %{
-          id: __MODULE__,
+          id: Keyword.get(opts, :id, __MODULE__),
           start: {__MODULE__, :start_link, [opts]},
           shutdown: 5_000,
           restart: Keyword.get(opts, :restart, :transient),
@@ -38,9 +36,12 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSync.Connection do
       end
 
       @impl true
-      def onconnect(_arg, state) do
+      def onconnect(connection, state) do
+        state = Map.put(state, :ws_pid, self())
+
         start_message = Messages.next_block_start()
         :websocket_client.cast(self(), {:text, start_message})
+        send(state.notify_on_connect, {:connected, connection})
 
         case state.handler.handle_connect(state) do
           {:ok, new_state} ->
diff --git a/test/chain_sync_test.exs b/test/chain_sync_test.exs
index 772b230..2191f81 100644
--- a/test/chain_sync_test.exs
+++ b/test/chain_sync_test.exs
@@ -40,4 +40,76 @@ defmodule Xogmios.ChainSyncTest do
     refute Process.alive?(pid)
     assert GenServer.whereis(DummyClient) == nil
   end
+
+  defmodule DummyClientWithName do
+    use Xogmios, :chain_sync
+
+    def start_link(opts) do
+      Xogmios.start_chain_sync_link(__MODULE__, opts)
+    end
+
+    @impl true
+    def handle_block(_block, state) do
+      send(state.test_handler, :handle_block)
+      {:ok, state}
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "allows multiple named processes" do
+    opts1 = [url: @ws_url, test_handler: self(), name: :apple, id: :apple]
+    pid1 = start_supervised!({DummyClientWithName, opts1})
+
+    assert is_pid(pid1)
+    assert Process.info(pid1)[:registered_name] == :apple
+
+    opts2 = [url: @ws_url, test_handler: self(), name: :banana, id: :banana]
+    pid2 = start_supervised!({DummyClientWithName, opts2})
+
+    assert is_pid(pid2)
+    assert pid1 != pid2
+    assert Process.info(pid2)[:registered_name] == :banana
+
+    # Duplicate process names raise error
+    assert_raise RuntimeError, fn ->
+      start_supervised!({DummyClientWithName, opts2})
+    end
+
+    # Process name must be atom
+    opts22 = [url: @ws_url, test_handler: self(), name: "banana", id: :banana_string]
+    {:error, {:invalid_process_name, _}} = start_supervised({DummyClientWithName, opts22})
+
+    # Named via Registry
+    opts3 = [
+      url: @ws_url,
+      test_handler: self(),
+      name: {:via, Registry, {DummyRegistry, :apple}},
+      id: :registry_apple
+    ]
+
+    _registry_pid = start_supervised!({Registry, keys: :unique, name: DummyRegistry})
+
+    pid3 = start_supervised!({DummyClientWithName, opts3})
+
+    assert is_pid(pid3)
+    assert Process.info(pid3)[:registered_name] == nil
+    assert [{^pid3, nil}] = Registry.lookup(DummyRegistry, :apple)
+
+    # Global
+    opts4 = [
+      url: @ws_url,
+      test_handler: self(),
+      name: {:global, :global_banana},
+      id: :global_banana
+    ]
+
+    pid4 = start_supervised!({DummyClientWithName, opts4})
+
+    assert is_pid(pid4)
+
+    global_pid4 = :global.whereis_name(:global_banana)
+
+    assert is_pid(global_pid4)
+
+    assert pid4 == global_pid4
+  end
 end