diff --git a/block/manager.go b/block/manager.go
index 3744dc8eb..a61276ec8 100644
--- a/block/manager.go
+++ b/block/manager.go
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@ func (m *Manager) updateFromLastSettlementState() error {
 		m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(uint64(m.Genesis.InitialHeight - 1))
 		return nil
 	}
-
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO: separate between fresh rollapp and non-registered rollapp
 		return err
 	}
 
 	m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(latestHeight)
+	m.State.LastSubmittedBlockTime = res.BlockDescriptors[len(res.BlockDescriptors)-1].Timestamp
 
 	if latestHeight >= m.State.NextHeight() {
 		m.UpdateTargetHeight(latestHeight)
diff --git a/block/state.go b/block/state.go
index e1e850825..8b463f80e 100644
--- a/block/state.go
+++ b/block/state.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func NewStateFromGenesis(genDoc *tmtypes.GenesisDoc) (*types.State, error) {
 		ConsensusParams: *genDoc.ConsensusParams,
 	}
 	s.SetHeight(0)
+	s.LastBlockTime = time.Now()
 	copy(s.AppHash[:], genDoc.AppHash)
 
 	err = s.SetRollappParamsFromGenesis(genDoc.AppState)
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ func (e *Executor) UpdateStateAfterCommit(s *types.State, resp *tmstate.ABCIResp
 	copy(s.LastHeaderHash[:], lastHeaderHash[:])
 
 	s.SetHeight(height)
-
+	s.LastBlockTime = time.Now()
 	if resp.EndBlock.ConsensusParamUpdates != nil {
 		s.ConsensusParams.Block.MaxGas = resp.EndBlock.ConsensusParamUpdates.Block.MaxGas
 		s.ConsensusParams.Block.MaxBytes = resp.EndBlock.ConsensusParamUpdates.Block.MaxBytes
diff --git a/block/submit.go b/block/submit.go
index d99b9b2fd..96a1f6316 100644
--- a/block/submit.go
+++ b/block/submit.go
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ func (m *Manager) SubmitBatch(batch *types.Batch) error {
 
 	types.RollappHubHeightGauge.Set(float64(batch.EndHeight()))
 	m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(batch.EndHeight())
+	m.State.LastSubmittedBlockTime = time.Now()
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f6f6652a9..50da40f0a 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type BlockManagerConfig struct {
 	// BatchSubmitMaxTime is how long should block manager wait for before submitting batch
 	BatchSubmitTime time.Duration `mapstructure:"batch_submit_time"`
 	// BatchSkew is the number of batches waiting to be submitted. Block production will be paused if this limit is reached.
-	BatchSkew time.Duration `mapstructure:"max_batch_skew"`
+	BatchSkew time.Duration `mapstructure:"max_skew_time"`
 	// The size of the batch of blocks and commits in Bytes. We'll write every batch to the DA and the settlement layer.
 	BatchSubmitBytes uint64 `mapstructure:"batch_submit_bytes"`
 }
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ func (c BlockManagerConfig) Validate() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("batch_submit_bytes must be positive")
 	}
 
-	if c.BatchSkew < c.BatchSubmitTime {
+	/*if c.BatchSkew < c.BatchSubmitTime {
 		return fmt.Errorf("max_batch_skew cannot be less than batch_submit_time %s", c.BatchSubmitTime)
-	}
+	}*/
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index ff9ffd7a6..f2eea6fd2 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func fullNodeConfig() config.NodeConfig {
 			MaxIdleTime:      20 * time.Second,
 			MaxProofTime:     20 * time.Second,
 			BatchSubmitTime:  20 * time.Second,
-			BatchSkew:        24 * time.Hour,
+			BatchSkew:        10,
 			BatchSubmitBytes: 10000,
 		},
 		DAConfig:        "da-config",
diff --git a/config/defaults.go b/config/defaults.go
index c90956f3a..dd8a90dd5 100644
--- a/config/defaults.go
+++ b/config/defaults.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(home string) *NodeConfig {
 			MaxIdleTime:      3600 * time.Second,
 			MaxProofTime:     100 * time.Second,
 			BatchSubmitTime:  3600 * time.Second,
-			BatchSkew:        1 * time.Hour,
+			BatchSkew:        200 * time.Millisecond,
 			BatchSubmitBytes: 500000,
 		},
 		SettlementLayer: "mock",
diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index 14e2ee800..a5d88bfe5 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ block_time = "{{ .BlockManagerConfig.BlockTime }}"
 # block production interval in case of no transactions ("0s" produces empty blocks)
 max_idle_time = "{{ .BlockManagerConfig.MaxIdleTime }}"
 max_proof_time = "{{ .BlockManagerConfig.MaxProofTime }}"
-max_batch_skew = {{ .BlockManagerConfig.BatchSkew }}
+max_skew_time = {{ .BlockManagerConfig.BatchSkew }}
 
 
 # triggers to submit batch to DA and settlement (both required)
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index ce1103ae5..57aecf762 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestMempoolDirectly(t *testing.T) {
 			BlockTime:        1 * time.Second,
 			BatchSubmitTime:  60 * time.Second,
 			BatchSubmitBytes: 100000,
-			BatchSkew:        24 * time.Hour,
+			BatchSkew:        10,
 		},
 		DAConfig:         "",
 		SettlementLayer:  "mock",
diff --git a/types/serialization.go b/types/serialization.go
index e90fc5785..aae805a1b 100644
--- a/types/serialization.go
+++ b/types/serialization.go
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ func (s *State) ToProto() (*pb.State, error) {
 		ChainId:         s.ChainID,
 		InitialHeight:   int64(s.InitialHeight),
 		LastBlockHeight: int64(s.Height()),
+		LastBlockTime:   s.LastBlockTime,
 		ConsensusParams: s.ConsensusParams,
 		LastResultsHash: s.LastResultsHash[:],
 		LastHeaderHash:  s.LastHeaderHash[:],
@@ -296,6 +297,8 @@ func (s *State) FromProto(other *pb.State) error {
 	copy(s.LastResultsHash[:], other.LastResultsHash)
 	copy(s.AppHash[:], other.AppHash)
 	s.RollappParams = other.RollappParams
+	s.LastBlockTime = other.LastBlockTime
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/types/state.go b/types/state.go
index 529cccaa0..ed66b008c 100644
--- a/types/state.go
+++ b/types/state.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	// TODO(tzdybal): copy to local project?
 
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ type State struct {
 
 	// LastHeaderHash is the hash of the last block header.
 	LastHeaderHash [32]byte
+
+	// Last block time
+	LastBlockTime time.Time
+
+	// Last submitted block time
+	LastSubmittedBlockTime time.Time
 }
 
 func (s *State) GetProposer() *Sequencer {
@@ -98,6 +105,10 @@ func (s *State) NextHeight() uint64 {
 	return s.Height() + 1
 }
 
+func (s *State) GetSkewTime() time.Duration {
+	return s.LastBlockTime.Sub(s.LastSubmittedBlockTime)
+}
+
 // SetRollappParamsFromGenesis sets the rollapp consensus params from genesis
 func (s *State) SetRollappParamsFromGenesis(appState json.RawMessage) error {
 	var objmap map[string]json.RawMessage