diff --git a/core/src/main/java/samba/network/history/HistoryNetwork.java b/core/src/main/java/samba/network/history/HistoryNetwork.java
index c532e31f..bd437663 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/samba/network/history/HistoryNetwork.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/samba/network/history/HistoryNetwork.java
@@ -333,12 +333,12 @@ public SafeFuture<Optional<Bytes>> offer(
                       .map(Util::addUnsignedLeb128SizeToData)
                       .toList();
 
-              Optional.ofNullable(contentToOffer)
-                  .filter(list -> !list.isEmpty())
-                  .ifPresent(
-                      list ->
-                          utpManager.offerWrite(
-                              nodeRecord, accept.getConnectionId(), Bytes.concatenate(list)));
+              if (contentToOffer != null && !contentToOffer.isEmpty()) {
+                return utpManager
+                    .offerWrite(
+                        nodeRecord, accept.getConnectionId(), Bytes.concatenate(contentToOffer))
+                    .thenApply(__ -> Optional.of(accept.getContentKeys()));
+              }
 
               return SafeFuture.completedFuture(Optional.of(accept.getContentKeys()));
             })
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/samba/services/utp/UTPManager.java b/core/src/main/java/samba/services/utp/UTPManager.java
index caa5f500..8e0e159a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/samba/services/utp/UTPManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/samba/services/utp/UTPManager.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
@@ -68,19 +69,19 @@ public int acceptRead(NodeRecord nodeRecord, Consumer<Bytes> onContentReceived)
     return connectionId;
   }
 
-  public void offerWrite(final NodeRecord nodeRecord, final int connectionId, Bytes content) {
-    this.runAsyncUTP(
+  public SafeFuture<Void> offerWrite(NodeRecord nodeRecord, int connectionId, Bytes content) {
+    return runAsyncUTPWithFuture(
         () -> {
-          UTPClient utpClient = this.registerClient(nodeRecord, connectionId);
+          UTPClient utpClient = registerClient(nodeRecord, connectionId);
           utpClient
               .connect(connectionId, new UTPAddress(nodeRecord))
-              .thenCompose(__ -> utpClient.write(content, this.utpExecutor))
-              .get();
+              .thenCompose(__ -> utpClient.write(content, utpExecutor))
+              .join();
         },
         "offerWrite",
         nodeRecord,
         connectionId,
-        this.utpExecutor);
+        utpExecutor);
   }
 
   public int foundContentWrite(NodeRecord nodeRecord, Bytes content) {
@@ -195,6 +196,21 @@ private void runAsyncUTP(
         .exceptionally(defaultUTPErrorLog(operationName, nodeRecord, connectionId));
   }
 
+  private SafeFuture<Void> runAsyncUTPWithFuture(
+      RunnableUTP task,
+      String operationName,
+      NodeRecord nodeRecord,
+      int connectionId,
+      Executor executor) {
+
+    CompletableFuture<Void> future =
+        SafeFuture.runAsync(
+                () -> executeWithHandling(task, operationName, nodeRecord, connectionId), executor)
+            .exceptionally(defaultUTPErrorLog(operationName, nodeRecord, connectionId));
+
+    return SafeFuture.of(future);
+  }
+
   private void executeWithHandling(
       RunnableUTP task, String operationName, NodeRecord nodeRecord, int connectionId) {
     try {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/samba/network/history/OfferMessageTests.java b/core/src/test/java/samba/network/history/OfferMessageTests.java
index 1491b3ce..abd8c19d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/samba/network/history/OfferMessageTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/samba/network/history/OfferMessageTests.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockStatic;
@@ -251,7 +252,8 @@ public void sendOkOfferMessageWithEmptyContentAndGetAcceptedMessageAndAnOkRespon
     when(discv5Client.sendDiscv5Message(any(NodeRecord.class), any(Bytes.class), any(Bytes.class)))
         .thenReturn(createAcceptResponse(555, Bytes.of(1), 0));
     when(historyDB.get(any(ContentKey.class))).thenReturn(Optional.of(Bytes.of(0)));
-
+    when(utpManager.offerWrite(any(NodeRecord.class), anyInt(), any(Bytes.class)))
+        .thenReturn(SafeFuture.completedFuture(null));
     Offer offer = new Offer(List.of(DefaultContent.key3));
 
     Optional<Bytes> contentKeysBitList =
@@ -277,7 +279,8 @@ public void sendOkOfferMessageWithEmptyContentAndGetAcceptedMessageAndAnOkRespon
               any(NodeRecord.class), any(Bytes.class), any(Bytes.class)))
           .thenReturn(createAcceptResponse(777, Bytes.of(0), 1));
       when(historyDB.get(any(ContentKey.class))).thenReturn(Optional.of(Bytes.of(0)));
-
+      when(utpManager.offerWrite(any(NodeRecord.class), anyInt(), any(Bytes.class)))
+          .thenReturn(SafeFuture.completedFuture(null));
       Offer offer = new Offer(List.of(DefaultContent.key3));
       Optional<Bytes> contentKeysByteList =
           this.historyNetwork.offer(nodeRecord, List.of(DefaultContent.value3), offer).get();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/samba/util/DefaultContent.java b/core/src/test/java/samba/util/DefaultContent.java
index 2a4b1698..6e3785ce 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/samba/util/DefaultContent.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/samba/util/DefaultContent.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public final class DefaultContent {
 
     key3 =
         Bytes.fromHexString("0x0288e96d4537bea4d9c05d12549907b32561d3bf31f45aae734cdc119f13406cb6");
-    value3 = Bytes.fromHexString("0x00");
+    value3 = Bytes.fromHexString("0x");
 
     preMergeBlockHeader =
         new ContentBlockHeader(