diff --git a/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/blob_maker.go b/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/blob_maker.go
index b1a9ba944..96e6eaf1c 100644
--- a/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/blob_maker.go
+++ b/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/blob_maker.go
@@ -4,18 +4,16 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/consensys/compress/lzss"
+	fr381 "github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc/bls12-381/fr"
 	"github.com/consensys/linea-monorepo/prover/lib/compressor/blob/dictionary"
 	"github.com/consensys/linea-monorepo/prover/lib/compressor/blob/encode"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
-
-	fr381 "github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc/bls12-381/fr"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"github.com/consensys/compress/lzss"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ type BlobMaker struct {
 	dict       []byte           // dictionary used for compression
 	dictStore  dictionary.Store // dictionary store comprising only dict, used for decompression sanity checks
 
-	Header Header
+	header Header
 
 	// contains currentBlob data from latest **valid** call to Write
 	// that is the header (uncompressed) and the body (compressed)
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ func NewBlobMaker(dataLimit int, dictPath string) (*BlobMaker, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	copy(blobMaker.Header.DictChecksum[:], dictChecksum)
+	copy(blobMaker.header.DictChecksum[:], dictChecksum)
 
 	blobMaker.compressor, err = lzss.NewCompressor(dict)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -88,18 +86,18 @@ func NewBlobMaker(dataLimit int, dictPath string) (*BlobMaker, error) {
 
 // StartNewBatch starts a new batch of blocks.
 func (bm *BlobMaker) StartNewBatch() {
-	bm.Header.sealBatch()
+	bm.header.sealBatch()
 }
 
 // Reset resets the bm to its initial state.
 func (bm *BlobMaker) Reset() {
-	bm.Header.resetTable()
+	bm.header.resetTable()
 	bm.currentBlobLength = 0
 	bm.buf.Reset()
 	bm.packBuffer.Reset()
 	bm.compressor.Reset()
 
-	bm.StartNewBatch()
+	bm.header.sealBatch()
 }
 
 // Len returns the length of the compressed data, which includes the header.
@@ -120,14 +118,14 @@ func (bm *BlobMaker) Bytes() []byte {
 		if err != nil {
 			var sbb strings.Builder
 			fmt.Fprintf(&sbb, "invalid blob: %v\n", err)
-			fmt.Fprintf(&sbb, "header: %v\n", bm.Header)
+			fmt.Fprintf(&sbb, "header: %v\n", bm.header)
 			fmt.Fprintf(&sbb, "bm.currentBlobLength: %v\n", bm.currentBlobLength)
 			fmt.Fprintf(&sbb, "bm.currentBlob: %x\n", bm.currentBlob[:bm.currentBlobLength])
 
 			panic(sbb.String())
 		}
 		// compare the header
-		if !header.Equals(&bm.Header) {
+		if !header.Equals(&bm.header) {
 			panic("invalid blob: header mismatch")
 		}
 		if !bytes.Equal(rawBlocks, bm.compressor.WrittenBytes()) {
@@ -140,6 +138,7 @@ func (bm *BlobMaker) Bytes() []byte {
 // Write attempts to append the RLP block to the current batch.
 // if forceReset is set; this will NOT append the bytes but still returns true if the chunk could have been appended
 func (bm *BlobMaker) Write(rlpBlock []byte, forceReset bool) (ok bool, err error) {
+	prevLen := bm.compressor.Written()
 
 	// decode the RLP block.
 	var block types.Block
@@ -168,17 +167,16 @@ func (bm *BlobMaker) Write(rlpBlock []byte, forceReset bool) (ok bool, err error
 		if innerErr := bm.compressor.Revert(); innerErr != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("when reverting compressor because writing failed: %w\noriginal error: %w", innerErr, err)
 		}
-		bm.Header.removeLastBlock()
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("when writing block to compressor: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// increment length of the current batch
-	bm.Header.addBlock(blockLen)
+	bm.header.addBlock(blockLen)
 	// write the header to get its length.
 	bm.buf.Reset()
-	if _, err = bm.Header.WriteTo(&bm.buf); err != nil {
+	if _, err = bm.header.WriteTo(&bm.buf); err != nil {
 		// only possible error is an underlying writer error (shouldn't happen we use a simple in-memory buffer)
-		bm.Header.removeLastBlock()
+		bm.header.removeLastBlock()
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("when writing header to buffer: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -190,36 +188,68 @@ func (bm *BlobMaker) Write(rlpBlock []byte, forceReset bool) (ok bool, err error
 		if err := bm.compressor.Revert(); err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("when reverting compressor because uncompressed blob is > maxUncompressedSize: %w", err)
 		}
-		bm.Header.removeLastBlock()
+		bm.header.removeLastBlock()
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
+	fitsInBlob := func() bool {
+		return encode.PackAlignSize(bm.buf.Len()+bm.compressor.Len(), fr381.Bits-1) <= bm.Limit
+	}
+
+	payload := bm.compressor.WrittenBytes()
+	recompressionAttempted := false
+	revert := func() error { // from this point on, we may have recompressed the entire payload in one go
+		// that makes the compressor's own Revert method unusable.
+		bm.header.removeLastBlock()
+		if !recompressionAttempted { // fast path for most "CanWrite" calls
+			return bm.compressor.Revert()
+		}
+		// we can't use the compressor's own Revert method because we tried to compress in one go.
+		bm.compressor.Reset()
+		_, err := bm.compressor.Write(payload[:prevLen])
+		return wrapError(err, "reverting the compressor")
+	}
+
 	// check that the header + the compressed data fits in the blob
-	fitsInBlob := encode.PackAlignSize(bm.buf.Len()+bm.compressor.Len(), fr381.Bits-1) <= bm.Limit
-	if !fitsInBlob {
-		// first thing to check is if we bypass compression, would that fit?
+	if !fitsInBlob() {
+		recompressionAttempted = true
+
+		// first thing to check is whether we can fit the block if we recompress everything in one go, known to achieve a higher ratio.
+		bm.compressor.Reset()
+		if _, err = bm.compressor.Write(payload); err != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("when recompressing the blob: %w", err)
+
+			if innerErr := revert(); innerErr != nil {
+				err = fmt.Errorf("%w\n\tto recover from write failure: %w", innerErr, err)
+			}
+
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if fitsInBlob() {
+			goto bypass
+		}
+
+		// that didn't work. a "desperate" attempt is not to compress at all.
 		if bm.compressor.ConsiderBypassing() {
 			// we can bypass compression and get a better ratio.
 			// let's check if now we fit in the blob.
-			if encode.PackAlignSize(bm.buf.Len()+bm.compressor.Len(), fr381.Bits-1) <= bm.Limit {
+			if fitsInBlob() {
 				goto bypass
 			}
 		}
 
 		// discard.
-		if err = bm.compressor.Revert(); err != nil {
+		if err = revert(); err != nil {
 			return false, fmt.Errorf("when reverting compressor because blob is full: %w", err)
 		}
-		bm.Header.removeLastBlock()
 		return false, nil
 	}
 bypass:
 	if forceReset {
 		// we don't want to append the data, but we could have.
-		if err = bm.compressor.Revert(); err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("when reverting compressor (blob is not full but forceReset == true): %w", err)
+		if err = revert(); err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("%w\nreverting because forceReset == true even though the blob isn't full", err)
 		}
-		bm.Header.removeLastBlock()
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
@@ -227,8 +257,11 @@ bypass:
 	bm.packBuffer.Reset()
 	n2, err := encode.PackAlign(&bm.packBuffer, bm.buf.Bytes(), fr381.Bits-1, encode.WithAdditionalInput(bm.compressor.Bytes()))
 	if err != nil {
-		bm.compressor.Revert()
-		bm.Header.removeLastBlock()
+		err = fmt.Errorf("when packing blob: %w", err)
+		innerErr := revert()
+		if innerErr != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("%w\n\twhen attempting to recover from: %w", innerErr, err)
+		}
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("when packing blob: %w", err)
 	}
 	bm.currentBlobLength = int(n2)
@@ -240,9 +273,9 @@ bypass:
 // Clone returns a (almost) deep copy of the bm -- this is used for test purposes.
 func (bm *BlobMaker) Clone() *BlobMaker {
 	deepCopy := *bm
-	deepCopy.Header.BatchSizes = make([]int, len(bm.Header.BatchSizes))
+	deepCopy.header.BatchSizes = make([]int, len(bm.header.BatchSizes))
 
-	copy(deepCopy.Header.BatchSizes, bm.Header.BatchSizes)
+	copy(deepCopy.header.BatchSizes, bm.header.BatchSizes)
 
 	return &deepCopy
 }
@@ -258,10 +291,10 @@ func (bm *BlobMaker) Equals(other *BlobMaker) bool {
 	if !bytes.Equal(bm.currentBlob[:bm.currentBlobLength], other.currentBlob[:other.currentBlobLength]) {
 		return false
 	}
-	if len(bm.Header.BatchSizes) != len(other.Header.BatchSizes) {
+	if len(bm.header.BatchSizes) != len(other.header.BatchSizes) {
 		return false
 	}
-	if !slices.Equal(bm.Header.BatchSizes, other.Header.BatchSizes) {
+	if !slices.Equal(bm.header.BatchSizes, other.header.BatchSizes) {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
@@ -409,3 +442,10 @@ func (bm *BlobMaker) RawCompressedSize(data []byte) (int, error) {
 
 	return n, nil
 }
+
+func wrapError(err error, format string, args ...any) error {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf(format+": %w", append(args, err)...)
+}
diff --git a/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/test_utils/blob_maker_testing.go b/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/test_utils/blob_maker_testing.go
index 7c0025013..67c3c041a 100644
--- a/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/test_utils/blob_maker_testing.go
+++ b/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1/test_utils/blob_maker_testing.go
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/consensys/compress/lzss"
-	fr381 "github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc/bls12-381/fr"
 	"github.com/consensys/linea-monorepo/prover/backend/execution"
 	"github.com/consensys/linea-monorepo/prover/lib/compressor/blob"
-	"github.com/consensys/linea-monorepo/prover/lib/compressor/blob/encode"
 	v1 "github.com/consensys/linea-monorepo/prover/lib/compressor/blob/v1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -81,29 +78,6 @@ func RandIntn(n int) int { // TODO @Tabaie remove
 	return int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b[:]) % uint64(n))
 }
 
-func EmptyBlob(t require.TestingT) []byte {
-	var headerB bytes.Buffer
-
-	repoRoot, err := blob.GetRepoRootPath()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	// Init bm
-	bm, err := v1.NewBlobMaker(1000, filepath.Join(repoRoot, "prover/lib/compressor/compressor_dict.bin"))
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	if _, err = bm.Header.WriteTo(&headerB); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	compressor, err := lzss.NewCompressor(GetDict(t))
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	var bb bytes.Buffer
-	if _, err = encode.PackAlign(&bb, headerB.Bytes(), fr381.Bits-1, encode.WithAdditionalInput(compressor.Bytes())); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return bb.Bytes()
-}
-
 func SingleBlockBlob(t require.TestingT) []byte {
 	testBlocks, bm := TestBlocksAndBlobMaker(t)