diff --git a/apps/docs/docs/getting-started/query.md b/apps/docs/docs/getting-started/query.md
index 6448ad75..a646fe28 100644
--- a/apps/docs/docs/getting-started/query.md
+++ b/apps/docs/docs/getting-started/query.md
@@ -89,3 +89,30 @@ const Query = () => {
   );
 };
 ```
+
+## Refreshing queries
+
+Certain query, like runtime API calls & reading of storage entries doesn't create any subscriptions. In order to get the latest data, they must be manually refreshed with the [`useQueryWithRefresh`](/api/react/function/useQueryWithRefresh) hook.
+
+```tsx
+import { useTransition } from "react";
+
+const QueryWithRefresh = () => {
+  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
+  const [pendingRewards, refreshPendingRewards] = useQueryWithRefresh(
+    (builder) => builder.callApi("NominationPoolsApi", "pending_rewards", []),
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <p>{pendingRewards.toLocaleString()}</p>
+      <button
+        onClick={() => startTransition(() => refreshPendingRewards())}
+        disabled={isPending}
+      >
+        Refresh
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+```
diff --git a/apps/example/src/App.tsx b/apps/example/src/App.tsx
index a3ffad50..df831df8 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,51 @@ import {
   useConnectedWallets,
   useMutation,
   useQuery,
+  useQueryWithRefresh,
   useWallets,
 } from "@reactive-dot/react";
 import { formatDistance } from "date-fns";
 import { Binary } from "polkadot-api";
-import { Suspense, useState } from "react";
+import { Suspense, useState, useTransition } from "react";
+
+const PendingPoolRewards = () => {
+  const accounts = useAccounts();
+
+  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
+  const [pendingRewards, refreshPendingRewards] = useQueryWithRefresh(
+    (builder) =>
+      builder.callApis(
+        "NominationPoolsApi",
+        "pending_rewards",
+        accounts.map((account) => [account.address] as const),
+      ),
+  );
+
+  if (accounts.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <article>
+        <h4>Pending rewards</h4>
+        <p>Please connect accounts to see pending rewards</p>
+      </article>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <article>
+      <h4>Pending rewards</h4>
+      <button onClick={() => startTransition(() => refreshPendingRewards())}>
+        {isPending ? "Refreshing..." : "Refresh"}
+      </button>
+      <ul>
+        {pendingRewards.map((rewards, index) => (
+          <li key={index}>
+            {accounts.at(index)?.address}: {rewards.toLocaleString()} planck
+          </li>
+        ))}
+      </ul>
+    </article>
+  );
+};
 
 const Query = () => {
   const block = useBlock();
@@ -69,7 +109,7 @@ const Query = () => {
       </article>
       <article>
         <h4>Total issuance</h4>
-        <p>{totalIssuance.toString()} planck</p>
+        <p>{totalIssuance.toLocaleString()} planck</p>
       </article>
       <article>
         <h4>Bonding duration</h4>
@@ -77,11 +117,11 @@ const Query = () => {
       </article>
       <article>
         <h4>Total value staked</h4>
-        <p>{totalStaked?.toString()} planck</p>
+        <p>{totalStaked?.toLocaleString()} planck</p>
       </article>
       <article>
         <h4>Total value locked in nomination Pools</h4>
-        <p>{totalValueLocked.toString()} planck</p>
+        <p>{totalValueLocked.toLocaleString()} planck</p>
       </article>
       <article>
         <h4>First 4 pools</h4>
@@ -89,6 +129,7 @@ const Query = () => {
           <p key={index}>{x.asText()}</p>
         ))}
       </article>
+      <PendingPoolRewards />
     </section>
   );
 };
diff --git a/apps/example/src/index.css b/apps/example/src/index.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..928218de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/example/src/index.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+:root {
+  font-family:
+    system-ui,
+    -apple-system,
+    BlinkMacSystemFont,
+    "Segoe UI",
+    Roboto,
+    Oxygen,
+    Ubuntu,
+    Cantarell,
+    "Open Sans",
+    "Helvetica Neue",
+    sans-serif;
+}
diff --git a/apps/example/src/index.tsx b/apps/example/src/index.tsx
index e4ba30a4..f69e4358 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/example/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import App from "./App.js";
+import "./index.css";
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useQuery.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useQuery.ts
index 2536e762..d3ee560e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useQuery.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { ChainIdContext } from "../context.js";
-import { queryPayloadAtomFamily } from "../stores/query.js";
+import {
+  getQueryInstructionPayloadAtoms,
+  queryPayloadAtomFamily,
+} from "../stores/query.js";
 import type { Falsy, FalsyGuard, FlatHead } from "../types.js";
 import { flatHead, stringify } from "../utils.js";
 import type { ChainHookOptions } from "./types.js";
@@ -11,16 +14,17 @@ import {
 } from "@reactive-dot/core";
 import type { ChainId, Chains, ReDotDescriptor } from "@reactive-dot/types";
 import { atom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
-import { useContext, useMemo } from "react";
+import { useAtomCallback } from "jotai/utils";
+import { useCallback, useContext, useMemo } from "react";
 
 /**
- * Hook for querying data from chain, and returning the response.
+ * Hook for querying data from chain, returning the response & a refresher function.
  *
  * @param builder - The function to create the query
  * @param options - Additional options
- * @returns The data response
+ * @returns The data response & a function to refresh it
  */
-export const useQuery = <
+export const useQueryWithRefresh = <
   TQuery extends
     | ((
         builder: Query<[], TDescriptor>,
@@ -33,14 +37,17 @@ export const useQuery = <
 >(
   builder: TQuery,
   options?: ChainHookOptions,
-): TQuery extends false
-  ? undefined
-  : FalsyGuard<
-      ReturnType<Exclude<TQuery, Falsy>>,
-      FlatHead<
-        InferQueryPayload<Exclude<ReturnType<Exclude<TQuery, Falsy>>, Falsy>>
-      >
-    > => {
+): [
+  data: TQuery extends false
+    ? undefined
+    : FalsyGuard<
+        ReturnType<Exclude<TQuery, Falsy>>,
+        FlatHead<
+          InferQueryPayload<Exclude<ReturnType<Exclude<TQuery, Falsy>>, Falsy>>
+        >
+      >,
+  refresh: () => void,
+] => {
   const contextChainId = useContext(ChainIdContext);
   const chainId = options?.chainId ?? contextChainId;
 
@@ -58,8 +65,7 @@ export const useQuery = <
     [query],
   );
 
-  // @ts-expect-error complex type
-  return flatHead(
+  const data = flatHead(
     useAtomValue(
       useMemo(
         () =>
@@ -74,4 +80,62 @@ export const useQuery = <
       ),
     ),
   );
+
+  const refresh = useAtomCallback(
+    useCallback(
+      (_, set) => {
+        if (!query) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const atoms = getQueryInstructionPayloadAtoms(chainId, query).flat();
+
+        for (const atom of atoms) {
+          if ("write" in atom) {
+            set(atom);
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      [chainId, query],
+    ),
+  );
+
+  return [
+    // @ts-expect-error complex type
+    data,
+    refresh,
+  ];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Hook for querying data from chain, and returning the response.
+ *
+ * @param builder - The function to create the query
+ * @param options - Additional options
+ * @returns The data response
+ */
+export const useQuery = <
+  TQuery extends
+    | ((
+        builder: Query<[], TDescriptor>,
+      ) => Query<QueryInstruction<TDescriptor>[], TDescriptor> | Falsy)
+    | Falsy,
+  TDescriptor extends TChainId extends void
+    ? ReDotDescriptor
+    : Chains[Exclude<TChainId, void>],
+  TChainId extends ChainId | void = void,
+>(
+  builder: TQuery,
+  options?: ChainHookOptions,
+): TQuery extends false
+  ? undefined
+  : FalsyGuard<
+      ReturnType<Exclude<TQuery, Falsy>>,
+      FlatHead<
+        InferQueryPayload<Exclude<ReturnType<Exclude<TQuery, Falsy>>, Falsy>>
+      >
+    > => {
+  const [data] = useQueryWithRefresh(builder, options);
+
+  return data;
 };
diff --git a/packages/react/src/index.ts b/packages/react/src/index.ts
index 36beb60b..791296fa 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ export { useAccounts } from "./hooks/useAccounts.js";
 export { useBlock } from "./hooks/useBlock.js";
 export { useClient } from "./hooks/useClient.js";
 export { useMutation } from "./hooks/useMutation.js";
-export { useQuery } from "./hooks/useQuery.js";
+export { useQuery, useQueryWithRefresh } from "./hooks/useQuery.js";
 export { useTypedApi } from "./hooks/useTypedApi.js";
 export { useConnectedWallets, useWallets } from "./hooks/useWallets.js";
diff --git a/packages/react/src/stores/query.ts b/packages/react/src/stores/query.ts
index 3b24f29e..1ebe7c84 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/stores/query.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/stores/query.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import { stringify } from "../utils.js";
 import { typedApiAtomFamily } from "./client.js";
 import {
-  type MultiInstruction,
-  type Query,
-  QueryError,
   QueryInstruction,
   preflight,
   query,
+  type MultiInstruction,
+  type Query,
 } from "@reactive-dot/core";
 import type { ChainId } from "@reactive-dot/types";
-import { atom } from "jotai";
-import { atomFamily, atomWithObservable } from "jotai/utils";
+import { type Atom, type WritableAtom, atom } from "jotai";
+import { atomFamily, atomWithObservable, atomWithRefresh } from "jotai/utils";
 import { from, switchMap, type Observable } from "rxjs";
 
 const instructionPayloadAtomFamily = atomFamily(
@@ -22,13 +21,13 @@ const instructionPayloadAtomFamily = atomFamily(
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
       {}>
     >;
-  }) => {
+  }): Atom<unknown> | WritableAtom<Promise<unknown>, [], void> => {
     switch (preflight(param.instruction)) {
       case "promise":
-        return atom(async (get, { signal }) => {
+        return atomWithRefresh(async (get, { signal }) => {
           const api = await get(typedApiAtomFamily(param.chainId));
 
-          return query(api, param.instruction, { signal }) as Promise<unknown>;
+          return query(api, param.instruction, { signal });
         });
       case "observable":
         return atomWithObservable((get) =>
@@ -43,41 +42,61 @@ const instructionPayloadAtomFamily = atomFamily(
   (a, b) => stringify(a) === stringify(b),
 );
 
+export const getQueryInstructionPayloadAtoms = (
+  chainId: ChainId,
+  query: Query,
+) =>
+  query.instructions.map((instruction) => {
+    if (!("multi" in instruction)) {
+      return instructionPayloadAtomFamily({
+        chainId: chainId,
+        instruction,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return (instruction.args as unknown[]).map((args) => {
+      const { multi, ...rest } = instruction;
+
+      return instructionPayloadAtomFamily({
+        chainId: chainId,
+        instruction: { ...rest, args },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+atomFamily((param: { chainId: ChainId; query: Query }) =>
+  atom((get) => {
+    const atoms = getQueryInstructionPayloadAtoms(param.chainId, param.query);
+
+    return Promise.all(
+      atoms.map((atomOrAtoms) => {
+        if (Array.isArray(atomOrAtoms)) {
+          return Promise.all(atomOrAtoms.map(get));
+        }
+
+        return get(atomOrAtoms);
+      }),
+    );
+  }),
+);
+
 // TODO: should be memoized within render function instead
 // https://github.com/pmndrs/jotai/discussions/1553
 export const queryPayloadAtomFamily = atomFamily(
   (param: { chainId: ChainId; query: Query }) =>
-    atom((get) =>
-      Promise.all(
-        param.query.instructions.map((instruction) => {
-          if (param.chainId === undefined) {
-            throw new QueryError("No chain Id provided");
-          }
+    atom((get) => {
+      const atoms = getQueryInstructionPayloadAtoms(param.chainId, param.query);
 
-          if (!("multi" in instruction)) {
-            return get(
-              instructionPayloadAtomFamily({
-                chainId: param.chainId,
-                instruction,
-              }),
-            );
+      return Promise.all(
+        atoms.map((atomOrAtoms) => {
+          if (Array.isArray(atomOrAtoms)) {
+            return Promise.all(atomOrAtoms.map(get));
           }
 
-          const { multi: _, ...query } = instruction;
-
-          return Promise.all(
-            instruction.args.map((args: unknown[]) =>
-              get(
-                instructionPayloadAtomFamily({
-                  chainId: param.chainId,
-                  instruction: { ...query, args },
-                }),
-              ),
-            ),
-          );
+          return get(atomOrAtoms);
         }),
-      ),
-    ),
+      );
+    }),
   (a, b) =>
     a.chainId === b.chainId &&
     stringify(a.query.instructions) === stringify(b.query.instructions),