diff --git a/node/src/chain/consensus.rs b/node/src/chain/consensus.rs
index 488f5c866b..369eb3cba1 100644
--- a/node/src/chain/consensus.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain/consensus.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tracing::{error, info, trace, warn};
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Consensus Service Task is responsible for running the consensus layer.
 ///
@@ -86,10 +87,13 @@ impl Task {
             Arc::new(Mutex::new(CandidateDB::new(db.clone(), network.clone()))),
         );
 
+        let round_base_timeout = self.adjust_round_base_timeout(db);
+
         let ru = RoundUpdate::new(
             self.keys.1.clone(),
             self.keys.0,
             most_recent_block,
+            round_base_timeout,
         );
 
         self.task_id += 1;
@@ -142,6 +146,14 @@ impl Task {
             };
         }
     }
+
+    /// TBD
+    fn adjust_round_base_timeout<D: database::DB>(
+        &mut self,
+        _db: &Arc<RwLock<D>>,
+    ) -> Duration {
+        dusk_consensus::config::ROUND_BASE_TIMEOUT
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
diff --git a/node/testbed.sh b/node/testbed.sh
index 8dc5da859b..dd3041745d 100755
--- a/node/testbed.sh
+++ b/node/testbed.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ do
   #delay=$(($i))
   #sleep 20
 
-  run_node "$BOOTSTRAP_ADDR" "127.0.0.1:$PORT" "info" "$DUSK_WALLET_DIR" "$i" "$TEMPD" "127.0.0.1:$WS_PORT" &
+  run_node "$BOOTSTRAP_ADDR" "127.0.0.1:$PORT" "debug" "$DUSK_WALLET_DIR" "$i" "$TEMPD" "127.0.0.1:$WS_PORT" &
 
   # wait for bootstrappers 
   # TODO