diff --git a/block/manager.go b/block/manager.go
index 0c6461a39..d80752080 100644
--- a/block/manager.go
+++ b/block/manager.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 
 // Manager is responsible for aggregating transactions into blocks.
 type Manager struct {
+	logger types.Logger
+
 	// Configuration
 	Conf        config.BlockManagerConfig
 	Genesis     *tmtypes.GenesisDoc
@@ -49,26 +51,27 @@ type Manager struct {
 	DAClient  da.DataAvailabilityLayerClient
 	SLClient  settlement.LayerI
 
-	// Data retrieval
-	Retriever       da.BatchRetriever
-	SyncTargetDiode diodes.Diode
-
-	// Block production
-	producedSizeCh chan uint64 // channel for the producer to report the size of the block it produced
+	/*
+		Production
+	*/
+	producedSizeCh chan uint64 // for the producer to report the size of the block it produced
 
-	// Submitter
+	/*
+		Submission
+	*/
 	AccumulatedBatchSize atomic.Uint64
 	// The last height which was submitted to both sublayers
 	lastSubmittedHeight uint64
 
 	/*
-		Protect against processing two blocks at once when there are two routines handling incoming gossiped blocks,
-		and incoming DA blocks, respectively.
+		Retrieval
 	*/
+	Retriever da.BatchRetriever
+	// get the next target height to sync local state to
+	targetSyncHeight diodes.Diode
+	// Protect against processing two blocks at once when there are two routines handling incoming gossiped blocks,
+	// and incoming DA blocks, respectively.
 	retrieverMutex sync.Mutex
-
-	logger types.Logger
-
 	// Cached blocks and commits for applying at future heights. The blocks may not be valid, because
 	// we can only do full validation in sequential order.
 	blockCache map[uint64]CachedBlock
@@ -104,21 +107,21 @@ func NewManager(
 	}
 
 	agg := &Manager{
-		Pubsub:          pubsub,
-		p2pClient:       p2pClient,
-		ProposerKey:     proposerKey,
-		Conf:            conf,
-		Genesis:         genesis,
-		LastState:       s,
-		Store:           store,
-		Executor:        exec,
-		DAClient:        dalc,
-		SLClient:        settlementClient,
-		Retriever:       dalc.(da.BatchRetriever),
-		SyncTargetDiode: diodes.NewOneToOne(1, nil),
-		producedSizeCh:  make(chan uint64),
-		logger:          logger,
-		blockCache:      make(map[uint64]CachedBlock),
+		Pubsub:           pubsub,
+		p2pClient:        p2pClient,
+		ProposerKey:      proposerKey,
+		Conf:             conf,
+		Genesis:          genesis,
+		LastState:        s,
+		Store:            store,
+		Executor:         exec,
+		DAClient:         dalc,
+		SLClient:         settlementClient,
+		Retriever:        dalc.(da.BatchRetriever),
+		targetSyncHeight: diodes.NewOneToOne(1, nil),
+		producedSizeCh:   make(chan uint64),
+		logger:           logger,
+		blockCache:       make(map[uint64]CachedBlock),
 	}
 
 	return agg, nil
diff --git a/block/retriever.go b/block/retriever.go
index 6eebe41e4..e885e7255 100644
--- a/block/retriever.go
+++ b/block/retriever.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 // from the DA.
 func (m *Manager) RetrieveLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 	m.logger.Info("started retrieve loop")
-	syncTargetPoller := diodes.NewPoller(m.SyncTargetDiode, diodes.WithPollingContext(ctx))
+	targetSyncHeightPoller := diodes.NewPoller(m.targetSyncHeight, diodes.WithPollingContext(ctx))
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (m *Manager) RetrieveLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 			return
 		default:
 			// Get only the latest sync target
-			targetHeight := syncTargetPoller.Next()
+			targetHeight := targetSyncHeightPoller.Next()
 			err := m.syncToTargetHeight(*(*uint64)(targetHeight))
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("sync until target: %w", err))
diff --git a/block/synctarget.go b/block/synctarget.go
index 229bd4682..2a174b3a1 100644
--- a/block/synctarget.go
+++ b/block/synctarget.go
@@ -26,20 +26,21 @@ func (m *Manager) SyncTargetLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 			return
 		case event := <-subscription.Out():
 			eventData := event.Data().(*settlement.EventDataNewBatchAccepted)
+			h := eventData.EndHeight
 
-			if eventData.EndHeight <= m.Store.Height() {
+			if h <= m.Store.Height() {
 				m.logger.Debug(
 					"syncTargetLoop: received new settlement batch accepted with batch end height <= current store height, skipping.",
-					"height",
-					eventData.EndHeight,
-					"currentHeight",
+					"target sync height (batch end height)",
+					h,
+					"current store height",
 					m.Store.Height(),
 				)
 				continue
 			}
-			m.SyncTargetDiode.Set(diodes.GenericDataType(&eventData.EndHeight))
-			m.logger.Info("Received new sync target height", "height", eventData.EndHeight)
-			types.RollappHubHeightGauge.Set(float64(eventData.EndHeight)) // TODO(danwt): needed?
+			m.targetSyncHeight.Set(diodes.GenericDataType(&h))
+			m.logger.Info("Set new target sync height", "height", h)
+			types.RollappHubHeightGauge.Set(float64(h)) // TODO(danwt): needed?
 		case <-subscription.Cancelled():
 			m.logger.Info("syncTargetLoop subscription canceled")
 			return