diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index 9d73c9198806e..f1497f937c334 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ const api = {
             data: {
                 query,
                 client_query_id: queryId,
-                refresh: 'force_blocking',
+                refresh,
                 filters_override: filtersOverride,
                 variables_override: variablesOverride,
             },
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/error-tracking/errorTrackingDataNodeLogic.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/error-tracking/errorTrackingDataNodeLogic.tsx
index 627d417ff1b9b..fa332faee581c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/error-tracking/errorTrackingDataNodeLogic.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/error-tracking/errorTrackingDataNodeLogic.tsx
@@ -48,13 +48,8 @@ export const errorTrackingDataNodeLogic = kea<errorTrackingDataNodeLogicType>([
                             mergedIssue.id === issue.id ? mergedIssue : issue
                         ),
                 })
-                try {
-                    await api.errorTracking.mergeInto(primaryIssue.id, mergingIds)
-                } catch (e) {
-                    // TODO: ideally we should always call this after merging but right now we're
-                    // getting cached results back. Need to figure out how to bust the cache
-                    actions.loadData(true)
-                }
+                await api.errorTracking.mergeInto(primaryIssue.id, mergingIds)
+                actions.loadData(true)
             }
         },
         assignIssue: async ({ id, assigneeId }) => {