diff --git a/chains/txmgr/broadcaster.go b/chains/txmgr/broadcaster.go
index 305cccf..3152c90 100644
--- a/chains/txmgr/broadcaster.go
+++ b/chains/txmgr/broadcaster.go
@@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ func (eb *Broadcaster[CID, HEAD, ADDR, THASH, BHASH, SEQ, FEE]) handleUnstartedT
 		return fmt.Errorf("invariant violation: expected transaction %v to be unstarted, it was %s", etx.ID, etx.State), false
 	}
 
+	eb.lggr.Infow("DEBUG handleUnstartedTx loaded from DB",
+		"txID", etx.ID,
+		"maxGasPrice", etx.MaxGasPrice,
+		"maxGasPriceIsNil", etx.MaxGasPrice == nil)
+
 	attempt, _, _, retryable, err := eb.NewTxAttempt(ctx, *etx, eb.lggr)
 	// Mark transaction as fatal if provided gas limit is set too low
 	if errors.Is(err, fees.ErrFeeLimitTooLow) {
diff --git a/chains/txmgr/txmgr.go b/chains/txmgr/txmgr.go
index 4a398cd..73e83cb 100644
--- a/chains/txmgr/txmgr.go
+++ b/chains/txmgr/txmgr.go
@@ -538,6 +538,11 @@ func (b *Txm[CID, HEAD, ADDR, THASH, BHASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) Trigger(addr ADDR) {
 
 // CreateTransaction inserts a new transaction
 func (b *Txm[CID, HEAD, ADDR, THASH, BHASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) CreateTransaction(ctx context.Context, txRequest txmgrtypes.TxRequest[ADDR, THASH]) (tx txmgrtypes.Tx[CID, ADDR, THASH, BHASH, SEQ, FEE], err error) {
+	b.logger.Infow("DEBUG CreateTransaction entry",
+		"txRequest.MaxGasPrice", txRequest.MaxGasPrice,
+		"maxGasPriceIsNil", txRequest.MaxGasPrice == nil,
+		"idempotencyKey", txRequest.IdempotencyKey)
+
 	// Check for existing Tx with IdempotencyKey. If found, return the Tx and do nothing
 	// Skipping CreateTransaction to avoid double send
 	if b.txmv2wrapper != nil && txRequest.Meta != nil && txRequest.Meta.DualBroadcast != nil && *txRequest.Meta.DualBroadcast {
@@ -903,10 +908,20 @@ func (b *Txm[CID, HEAD, ADDR, THASH, BHASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) pruneQueueAndCreateTxn
 		)
 	}
 
+	b.logger.Infow("DEBUG pruneQueueAndCreateTxn BEFORE CreateTransaction",
+		"txRequest.MaxGasPrice", txRequest.MaxGasPrice,
+		"maxGasPriceIsNil", txRequest.MaxGasPrice == nil)
+
 	tx, err = b.txStore.CreateTransaction(ctx, txRequest, chainID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return tx, err
 	}
+
+	b.logger.Infow("DEBUG pruneQueueAndCreateTxn AFTER CreateTransaction",
+		"tx.ID", tx.ID,
+		"tx.MaxGasPrice", tx.MaxGasPrice,
+		"maxGasPriceIsNil", tx.MaxGasPrice == nil)
+
 	b.logger.Debugw("Created transaction",
 		"fromAddress", txRequest.FromAddress,
 		"toAddress", txRequest.ToAddress,
diff --git a/chains/txmgr/types/tx.go b/chains/txmgr/types/tx.go
index 98e39e8..d8e24b3 100644
--- a/chains/txmgr/types/tx.go
+++ b/chains/txmgr/types/tx.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ type TxRequest[ADDR chains.Hashable, TX_HASH chains.Hashable] struct {
 	EncodedPayload   []byte
 	Value            big.Int
 	FeeLimit         uint64
+	MaxGasPrice      *big.Int
 	Meta             *TxMeta[ADDR, TX_HASH]
 	ForwarderAddress ADDR
 
@@ -208,8 +209,9 @@ type Tx[
 	Value          big.Int
 	// FeeLimit on the Tx is always the conceptual gas limit, which is not
 	// necessarily the same as the on-chain encoded value (i.e. Optimism)
-	FeeLimit uint64
-	Error    null.String
+	FeeLimit    uint64
+	MaxGasPrice *big.Int
+	Error       null.String
 	// BroadcastAt is updated every time an attempt for this tx is re-sent
 	// In almost all cases it will be within a second or so of the actual send time.
 	BroadcastAt *time.Time