diff --git a/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go b/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go
index f8123704..b8cf1455 100644
--- a/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go
+++ b/waku/v2/api/filter/filter.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ func (fc FilterConfig) String() string {
 	return string(jsonStr)
 }
 
+const filterSubLoopInterval = 5 * time.Second
+
 type Sub struct {
 	ContentFilter         protocol.ContentFilter
 	DataCh                chan *protocol.Envelope
@@ -69,13 +71,7 @@ func defaultOptions() []SubscribeOptions {
 }
 
 // Subscribe
-func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, wf *filter.WakuFilterLightNode, contentFilter protocol.ContentFilter, config FilterConfig, log *zap.Logger, opts ...SubscribeOptions) (*Sub, error) {
-	optList := append(defaultOptions(), opts...)
-	params := new(subscribeParameters)
-	for _, opt := range optList {
-		opt(params)
-	}
-
+func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, wf *filter.WakuFilterLightNode, contentFilter protocol.ContentFilter, config FilterConfig, log *zap.Logger, params *subscribeParameters) (*Sub, error) {
 	sub := new(Sub)
 	sub.id = uuid.NewString()
 	sub.wf = wf
@@ -95,8 +91,9 @@ func Subscribe(ctx context.Context, wf *filter.WakuFilterLightNode, contentFilte
 			sub.multiplex(subs)
 		}
 	}
-
-	go sub.subscriptionLoop(params.batchInterval)
+	// filter subscription loop is to check if target subscriptions for a filter are active and if not
+	// trigger resubscribe.
+	go sub.subscriptionLoop(filterSubLoopInterval)
 	return sub, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go b/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go
index e4b6e524..84261882 100644
--- a/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go
+++ b/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_manager.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type appFilterMap map[string]filterConfig
 type FilterManager struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	ctx                    context.Context
-	opts                   []SubscribeOptions
+	params                 *subscribeParameters
 	minPeersPerFilter      int
 	onlineChecker          *onlinechecker.DefaultOnlineChecker
 	filterSubscriptions    map[string]SubDetails // map of aggregated filters to apiSub details
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ func NewFilterManager(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, minPeersPerFilter
 	// This fn is being mocked in test
 	mgr := new(FilterManager)
 	mgr.ctx = ctx
-	mgr.opts = opts
 	mgr.logger = logger
 	mgr.minPeersPerFilter = minPeersPerFilter
 	mgr.envProcessor = envProcessor
@@ -72,10 +71,17 @@ func NewFilterManager(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger, minPeersPerFilter
 	mgr.node = node
 	mgr.onlineChecker = onlinechecker.NewDefaultOnlineChecker(false).(*onlinechecker.DefaultOnlineChecker)
 	mgr.node.SetOnlineChecker(mgr.onlineChecker)
-	mgr.filterSubBatchDuration = 5 * time.Second
 	mgr.incompleteFilterBatch = make(map[string]filterConfig)
 	mgr.filterConfigs = make(appFilterMap)
 	mgr.waitingToSubQueue = make(chan filterConfig, 100)
+
+	//parsing the subscribe params only to read the batchInterval passed.
+	mgr.params = new(subscribeParameters)
+	opts = append(defaultOptions(), opts...)
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(mgr.params)
+	}
+	mgr.filterSubBatchDuration = mgr.params.batchInterval
 	go mgr.startFilterSubLoop()
 	return mgr
 }
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ func (mgr *FilterManager) SubscribeFilter(filterID string, cf protocol.ContentFi
 func (mgr *FilterManager) subscribeAndRunLoop(f filterConfig) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(mgr.ctx)
 	config := FilterConfig{MaxPeers: mgr.minPeersPerFilter}
-	sub, err := Subscribe(ctx, mgr.node, f.contentFilter, config, mgr.logger, mgr.opts...)
+	sub, err := Subscribe(ctx, mgr.node, f.contentFilter, config, mgr.logger, mgr.params)
 	mgr.Lock()
 	mgr.filterSubscriptions[f.ID] = SubDetails{cancel, sub}
 	mgr.Unlock()
diff --git a/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_test.go b/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_test.go
index 140dedc6..8a5f2d40 100644
--- a/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_test.go
+++ b/waku/v2/api/filter/filter_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ func (s *FilterApiTestSuite) TestSubscribe() {
 	s.Require().Equal(contentFilter.PubsubTopic, s.TestTopic)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	s.Log.Info("About to perform API Subscribe()")
-	apiSub, err := Subscribe(ctx, s.LightNode, contentFilter, apiConfig, s.Log)
+	params := subscribeParameters{300 * time.Second, 1024}
+	apiSub, err := Subscribe(ctx, s.LightNode, contentFilter, apiConfig, s.Log, &params)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	s.Require().Equal(apiSub.ContentFilter, contentFilter)
 	s.Log.Info("Subscribed")