diff --git a/node/chainSimulator/components/coreComponents.go b/node/chainSimulator/components/coreComponents.go
index 6393dcec40..2e8aedca1f 100644
--- a/node/chainSimulator/components/coreComponents.go
+++ b/node/chainSimulator/components/coreComponents.go
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ func CreateCoreComponents(args ArgsCoreComponentsHolder) (*coreComponentsHolder,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	instance.genesisTime = time.Unix(instance.genesisNodesSetup.GetStartTime(), 0)
+
 	log.Debug("chain simulator start time",
 		"startTime", instance.genesisNodesSetup.GetStartTime(),
 		"nodesSetup start time", nodesSetup.StartTime,
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ func CreateCoreComponents(args ArgsCoreComponentsHolder) (*coreComponentsHolder,
 
 	argsManualRoundHandler := ArgManualRoundHandler{
 		EnableRoundsHandler:       instance.enableRoundsHandler,
-		GenesisTimeStamp:          startTime.UnixMilli(),
+		GenesisTimeStamp:          instance.genesisTime.UnixMilli(),
 		SupernovaGenesisTimeStamp: instance.supernovaGenesisTime.UnixMilli(),
 		RoundDuration:             roundDuration,
 		SupernovaRoundDuration:    time.Duration(chainParamsForSupernova.RoundDuration) * time.Millisecond,
@@ -287,7 +289,6 @@ func CreateCoreComponents(args ArgsCoreComponentsHolder) (*coreComponentsHolder,
 	}
 
 	instance.chanStopNodeProcess = args.ChanStopNodeProcess
-	instance.genesisTime = time.Unix(instance.genesisNodesSetup.GetStartTime(), 0)
 	instance.chainID = args.Config.GeneralSettings.ChainID
 	instance.minTransactionVersion = args.Config.GeneralSettings.MinTransactionVersion
 	instance.encodedAddressLen, err = computeEncodedAddressLen(instance.addressPubKeyConverter)