diff --git a/nimbus/common/chain_config.nim b/nimbus/common/chain_config.nim
index d618b73c4..efc3156d3 100644
--- a/nimbus/common/chain_config.nim
+++ b/nimbus/common/chain_config.nim
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func genesisBlockForNetwork*(id: NetworkId): Genesis
       difficulty: 0x01.u256,
       gasLimit: 0x17D7840,
       nonce: uint64(0x1234).to(Bytes8),
-      timestamp: EthTime(1_695_902_100),
+      timestamp: EthTime(0x65156994),
       alloc: decodePrealloc(holeskyAllocData)
     )
   else:
diff --git a/nimbus/common/common.nim b/nimbus/common/common.nim
index 04b698eb8..90f5f631b 100644
--- a/nimbus/common/common.nim
+++ b/nimbus/common/common.nim
@@ -125,7 +125,13 @@ proc initializeDb(com: CommonRef) =
   proc contains(kvt: CoreDbKvtRef; key: openArray[byte]): bool =
     kvt.hasKeyRc(key).expect "valid bool"
   if canonicalHeadHashKey().toOpenArray notin kvt:
-    info "Writing genesis to DB"
+    info "Writing genesis to DB",
+      blockHash = com.genesisHeader.rlpHash,
+      stateRoot = com.genesisHeader.stateRoot,
+      difficulty = com.genesisHeader.difficulty,
+      gasLimit = com.genesisHeader.gasLimit,
+      timestamp = com.genesisHeader.timestamp,
+      nonce = com.genesisHeader.nonce
     doAssert(com.genesisHeader.number == 0.BlockNumber,
       "can't commit genesis block with number > 0")
     doAssert(com.db.persistHeader(com.genesisHeader,