diff --git a/block/block.go b/block/block.go
index 4b4562794..a1d7b90e5 100644
--- a/block/block.go
+++ b/block/block.go
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ func (m *Manager) applyBlock(block *types.Block, commit *types.Commit, blockMeta
 
 	}
 
-	// save last block time used to calculate batch skew time
-	m.LastBlockTime.Store(block.Header.GetTimestamp().UTC().UnixNano())
 	// Update the store:
 	//  1. Save the proposer for the current height to the store.
 	//  2. Update the proposer in the state in case of rotation.
diff --git a/block/manager.go b/block/manager.go
index 61d74a6ab..00407c122 100644
--- a/block/manager.go
+++ b/block/manager.go
@@ -72,11 +72,8 @@ type Manager struct {
 	Cancel context.CancelFunc
 	Ctx    context.Context
 
-	// LastBlockTimeInSettlement is the time of last submitted block, used to measure batch skew time
-	LastBlockTimeInSettlement atomic.Int64
-
-	// LastBlockTime is the time of last produced block, used to measure batch skew time
-	LastBlockTime atomic.Int64
+	// LastSubmissionTime is the time of last batch submitted in SL
+	LastSubmissionTime atomic.Int64
 
 	// mutex used to avoid stopping node when fork is detected but proposer is creating/sending fork batch
 	forkMu sync.Mutex
@@ -310,13 +307,12 @@ func (m *Manager) updateFromLastSettlementState() error {
 		m.logger.Error("Cannot fetch sequencer set from the Hub", "error", err)
 	}
 
-	// update latest height from SL
-	latestHeight, err := m.SLClient.GetLatestHeight()
+	// get latest submitted batch from SL
+	latestBatch, err := m.SLClient.GetLatestBatch()
 	if errors.Is(err, gerrc.ErrNotFound) {
 		// The SL hasn't got any batches for this chain yet.
 		m.logger.Info("No batches for chain found in SL.")
 		m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(uint64(m.Genesis.InitialHeight - 1)) //nolint:gosec // height is non-negative and falls in int64
-		m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Store(m.Genesis.GenesisTime.UTC().UnixNano())
 		return nil
 	}
 	if err != nil {
@@ -324,21 +320,14 @@ func (m *Manager) updateFromLastSettlementState() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	m.P2PClient.UpdateLatestSeenHeight(latestHeight)
-	if latestHeight >= m.State.NextHeight() {
-		m.UpdateTargetHeight(latestHeight)
+	m.P2PClient.UpdateLatestSeenHeight(latestBatch.EndHeight)
+	if latestBatch.EndHeight >= m.State.NextHeight() {
+		m.UpdateTargetHeight(latestBatch.EndHeight)
 	}
 
-	m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(latestHeight)
-
-	// init last block in settlement time in dymint state to calculate batch submit skew time
-	m.SetLastBlockTimeInSettlementFromHeight(latestHeight)
+	m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(latestBatch.EndHeight)
+	m.LastSubmissionTime.Store(latestBatch.CreationTime.UTC().UnixNano())
 
-	// init last block time in dymint state to calculate batch submit skew time
-	block, err := m.Store.LoadBlock(m.State.Height())
-	if err == nil {
-		m.LastBlockTime.Store(block.Header.GetTimestamp().UTC().UnixNano())
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -420,13 +409,3 @@ func (m *Manager) freezeNode(err error) {
 	uevent.MustPublish(m.Ctx, m.Pubsub, &events.DataHealthStatus{Error: err}, events.HealthStatusList)
 	m.Cancel()
 }
-
-// SetLastBlockTimeInSettlementFromHeight is used to initialize LastBlockTimeInSettlement from rollapp height in settlement
-func (m *Manager) SetLastBlockTimeInSettlementFromHeight(lastSettlementHeight uint64) {
-	block, err := m.Store.LoadBlock(lastSettlementHeight)
-	if err != nil {
-		// if settlement height block is not found it will be updated after, when syncing
-		return
-	}
-	m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Store(block.Header.GetTimestamp().UTC().UnixNano())
-}
diff --git a/block/produce.go b/block/produce.go
index 9a67fe77b..a57f46674 100644
--- a/block/produce.go
+++ b/block/produce.go
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ func (m *Manager) ProduceBlockLoop(ctx context.Context, bytesProducedC chan int)
 				return nil
 			case bytesProducedC <- bytesProducedN:
 			default:
-				evt := &events.DataHealthStatus{Error: fmt.Errorf("Block production paused. Time between last block produced and last block submitted higher than max skew time: %s last block in settlement time: %s %w", m.Conf.MaxSkewTime, time.Unix(0, m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Load()), gerrc.ErrResourceExhausted)}
+				evt := &events.DataHealthStatus{Error: fmt.Errorf("Block production paused. Time between last block produced and last block submitted higher than max skew time: %s last block in settlement time: %s %w", m.Conf.MaxSkewTime, m.GetLastBlockTimeInSettlement(), gerrc.ErrResourceExhausted)}
 				uevent.MustPublish(ctx, m.Pubsub, evt, events.HealthStatusList)
-				m.logger.Error("Pausing block production until new batch is submitted.", "Batch skew time", m.GetBatchSkewTime(), "Max batch skew time", m.Conf.MaxSkewTime, "Last block in settlement time", time.Unix(0, m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Load()))
+				m.logger.Error("Pausing block production until new batch is submitted.", "Batch skew time", m.GetBatchSkewTime(), "Max batch skew time", m.Conf.MaxSkewTime, "Last block in settlement time", m.GetLastBlockTimeInSettlement())
 				select {
 				case <-ctx.Done():
 					return nil
diff --git a/block/pruning.go b/block/pruning.go
index 9a92451e9..7dbde61a4 100644
--- a/block/pruning.go
+++ b/block/pruning.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (m *Manager) PruningLoop(ctx context.Context) error {
 		case retainHeight := <-m.pruningC:
 			var pruningHeight uint64
 			if m.RunMode == RunModeProposer { // do not delete anything that we might submit in future
-				pruningHeight = min(m.NextHeightToSubmit(), uint64(retainHeight))
+				pruningHeight = min(m.LastSettlementHeight.Load(), uint64(retainHeight))
 			} else { // do not delete anything that is not validated yet
 				pruningHeight = min(m.SettlementValidator.NextValidationHeight(), uint64(retainHeight))
 			}
diff --git a/block/submit.go b/block/submit.go
index 3ee4e2dc4..c50dbc5a6 100644
--- a/block/submit.go
+++ b/block/submit.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func (m *Manager) SubmitLoop(ctx context.Context,
 		m.GetUnsubmittedBlocks,
 		m.GetUnsubmittedBytes,
 		m.GetBatchSkewTime,
+		m.isLastBatchRecent,
 		m.Conf.BatchSubmitTime,
 		m.Conf.BatchSubmitBytes,
 		m.CreateAndSubmitBatchGetSizeBlocksCommits,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func SubmitLoopInner(
 	unsubmittedBlocksNum func() uint64, // func that returns the amount of non-submitted blocks
 	unsubmittedBlocksBytes func() int, // func that returns bytes from non-submitted blocks
 	batchSkewTime func() time.Duration, // func that returns measured time between last submitted block and last produced block
+	isLastBatchRecent func(time.Duration) bool, // func that returns true if the last batch submission time is more recent than batch submission time
 	maxBatchSubmitTime time.Duration, // max time to allow between batches
 	maxBatchSubmitBytes uint64, // max size of serialised batch in bytes
 	createAndSubmitBatch func(maxSizeBytes uint64) (bytes uint64, err error),
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ func SubmitLoopInner(
 	})
 
 	eg.Go(func() error {
-		// 'submitter': this thread actually creates and submits batches. this thread is woken up every batch_submit_time (in addition to every block produced) to check if there is anything to submit even if no new blocks have been produced
-		ticker := time.NewTicker(maxBatchSubmitTime)
+		// 'submitter': this thread actually creates and submits batches. this thread is woken up every batch_submit_time/10 (we used /10 to avoid waiting too much if submission is not required for t-maxBatchSubmitTime, but it maybe required before t) to check if submission is required even if no new blocks have been produced
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(maxBatchSubmitTime / 10)
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ func SubmitLoopInner(
 				done := ctx.Err() != nil
 				nothingToSubmit := pending == 0
 
-				lastSubmissionIsRecent := batchSkewTime() < maxBatchSubmitTime
+				lastSubmissionIsRecent := isLastBatchRecent(maxBatchSubmitTime)
 				maxDataNotExceeded := pending <= maxBatchSubmitBytes
 
 				UpdateBatchSubmissionGauges(pending, unsubmittedBlocksNum(), batchSkewTime())
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ func (m *Manager) SubmitBatch(batch *types.Batch) error {
 	m.LastSettlementHeight.Store(batch.EndHeight())
 
 	// update last submitted block time with batch last block (used to calculate max skew time)
-	m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Store(batch.Blocks[len(batch.Blocks)-1].Header.GetTimestamp().UTC().UnixNano())
+	m.LastSubmissionTime.Store(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 
 	return err
 }
@@ -314,11 +316,58 @@ func (m *Manager) UpdateLastSubmittedHeight(event pubsub.Message) {
 	}
 }
 
+// GetLastBlockTime returns the time of the last produced block
+func (m *Manager) GetLastProducedBlockTime() time.Time {
+	lastProducedBlock, err := m.Store.LoadBlock(m.State.Height())
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	return lastProducedBlock.Header.GetTimestamp()
+}
+
+// GetLastBlockTimeInSettlement returns the time of the last submitted block to SL
+// If no height in settlement returns first block time
+// If no first block produced returns now
+// If different error returns empty time
+func (m *Manager) GetLastBlockTimeInSettlement() time.Time {
+	lastBlockInSettlement, err := m.Store.LoadBlock(m.LastSettlementHeight.Load())
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, gerrc.ErrNotFound) {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, gerrc.ErrNotFound) {
+		firstBlock, err := m.Store.LoadBlock(uint64(m.Genesis.InitialHeight)) //nolint:gosec // height is non-negative and falls in int64
+		if errors.Is(err, gerrc.ErrNotFound) {
+			return time.Now()
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return time.Time{}
+		}
+		return firstBlock.Header.GetTimestamp()
+
+	}
+	return lastBlockInSettlement.Header.GetTimestamp()
+}
+
 // GetBatchSkewTime returns the time between the last produced block and the last block submitted to SL
 func (m *Manager) GetBatchSkewTime() time.Duration {
-	lastProducedTime := time.Unix(0, m.LastBlockTime.Load())
-	lastSubmittedTime := time.Unix(0, m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Load())
-	return lastProducedTime.Sub(lastSubmittedTime)
+	return m.GetLastProducedBlockTime().Sub(m.GetLastBlockTimeInSettlement())
+}
+
+// isLastBatchRecent returns true if the last batch submitted is more recent than maxBatchSubmitTime
+// in case of no submission time the first block produced is used as a reference.
+func (m *Manager) isLastBatchRecent(maxBatchSubmitTime time.Duration) bool {
+	var lastSubmittedTime time.Time
+	if m.LastSubmissionTime.Load() == 0 {
+		firstBlock, err := m.Store.LoadBlock(uint64(m.Genesis.InitialHeight)) //nolint:gosec // height is non-negative and falls in int64
+		if err != nil {
+			return true
+		} else {
+			lastSubmittedTime = firstBlock.Header.GetTimestamp()
+		}
+	} else {
+		lastSubmittedTime = time.Unix(0, m.LastSubmissionTime.Load())
+	}
+	return time.Since(lastSubmittedTime) < maxBatchSubmitTime
 }
 
 func UpdateBatchSubmissionGauges(skewBytes uint64, skewBlocks uint64, skewTime time.Duration) {
diff --git a/block/submit_loop_test.go b/block/submit_loop_test.go
index d6ed9d56c..d49093842 100644
--- a/block/submit_loop_test.go
+++ b/block/submit_loop_test.go
@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ func testSubmitLoopInner(
 	pendingBytes := func() int {
 		return int(nProducedBytes.Load())
 	}
+	isLastBatchRecent := func(time.Duration) bool {
+		return true
+	}
 
-	block.SubmitLoopInner(ctx, log.NewNopLogger(), producedBytesC, args.batchSkew, accumulatedBlocks, pendingBytes, skewTime, args.maxTime, args.batchBytes, submitBatch)
+	block.SubmitLoopInner(ctx, log.NewNopLogger(), producedBytesC, args.batchSkew, accumulatedBlocks, pendingBytes, skewTime, isLastBatchRecent, args.maxTime, args.batchBytes, submitBatch)
 }
 
 // Make sure the producer does not get too far ahead
diff --git a/block/submit_test.go b/block/submit_test.go
index 59017b00f..48e4b7a5d 100644
--- a/block/submit_test.go
+++ b/block/submit_test.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func TestSubmissionByTime(t *testing.T) {
 	manager.DAClient = testutil.GetMockDALC(log.TestingLogger())
 	manager.Retriever = manager.DAClient.(da.BatchRetriever)
 
-	manager.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Store(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
+	manager.LastSubmissionTime.Store(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 	// Check initial height
 	initialHeight := uint64(0)
 	require.Equal(initialHeight, manager.State.Height())
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func TestSubmissionByBatchSize(t *testing.T) {
 		managerConfig.BatchSubmitBytes = c.blockBatchMaxSizeBytes
 		manager, err := testutil.GetManager(managerConfig, nil, 1, 1, 0, proxyApp, nil)
 		require.NoError(err)
-		manager.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Store(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
+		manager.LastSubmissionTime.Store(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 
 		manager.DAClient = testutil.GetMockDALC(log.TestingLogger())
 		manager.Retriever = manager.DAClient.(da.BatchRetriever)
diff --git a/block/sync.go b/block/sync.go
index 9c3605669..5b9f9aee2 100644
--- a/block/sync.go
+++ b/block/sync.go
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ func (m *Manager) SettlementSyncLoop(ctx context.Context) error {
 				}
 				m.logger.Info("Retrieved state update from SL.", "state_index", settlementBatch.StateIndex)
 
-				// we update LastBlockTimeInSettlement to be able to measure batch skew time with last block time in settlement
-				m.LastBlockTimeInSettlement.Store(settlementBatch.BlockDescriptors[len(settlementBatch.BlockDescriptors)-1].GetTimestamp().UTC().UnixNano())
+				// we update LastSubmissionTime to be able to measure batch submission time
+				m.LastSubmissionTime.Store(settlementBatch.Batch.CreationTime.UTC().UnixNano())
 
 				err = m.ApplyBatchFromSL(settlementBatch.Batch)
 
diff --git a/settlement/dymension/utils.go b/settlement/dymension/utils.go
index def62fb91..4396744eb 100644
--- a/settlement/dymension/utils.go
+++ b/settlement/dymension/utils.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func convertStateInfoToResultRetrieveBatch(stateInfo *rollapptypes.StateInfo) (*
 		BlockDescriptors: stateInfo.BDs.BD,
 		NumBlocks:        stateInfo.NumBlocks,
 		NextSequencer:    stateInfo.NextProposer,
+		CreationTime:     stateInfo.CreatedAt,
 	}
 
 	return &settlement.ResultRetrieveBatch{
diff --git a/settlement/local/local.go b/settlement/local/local.go
index 4d8a64664..871d114f0 100644
--- a/settlement/local/local.go
+++ b/settlement/local/local.go
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ func (c *Client) convertBatchToSettlementBatch(batch *types.Batch, daResult *da.
 			},
 		},
 		BlockDescriptors: bds,
+		CreationTime:     time.Now(),
 	}
 
 	return settlementBatch
diff --git a/settlement/settlement.go b/settlement/settlement.go
index 4b03327a2..eddd05a2d 100644
--- a/settlement/settlement.go
+++ b/settlement/settlement.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package settlement
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/pubsub"
 
 	"github.com/dymensionxyz/dymint/da"
@@ -42,8 +44,9 @@ type Batch struct {
 	NextSequencer    string
 
 	// MetaData about the batch in the DA layer
-	MetaData  *BatchMetaData
-	NumBlocks uint64 // FIXME: can be removed. not used and will be deprecated
+	MetaData     *BatchMetaData
+	NumBlocks    uint64 // FIXME: can be removed. not used and will be deprecated
+	CreationTime time.Time
 }
 
 type ResultRetrieveBatch struct {