diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 10f9645d7e..4479f1f96f 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ func Test_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 			path:          "EthTxManager.WaitTxToBeMined",
 			expectedValue: types.NewDuration(2 * time.Minute),
 		},
+		{
+			path:          "EthTxManager.WaitTxToBeMined",
+			expectedValue: types.NewDuration(2 * time.Minute),
+		},
+		{
+			path:          "EthTxManager.ForcedGas",
+			expectedValue: uint64(0),
+		},
 		{
 			path:          "PriceGetter.Type",
 			expectedValue: pricegetter.DefaultType,
diff --git a/config/default.go b/config/default.go
index 6eb76954b6..873a821d10 100644
--- a/config/default.go
+++ b/config/default.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ MultiGasProvider = true
 [EthTxManager]
 FrequencyToMonitorTxs = "1s"
 WaitTxToBeMined = "2m"
+ForcedGas = 0
 
 [RPC]
 Host = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/config/environments/local/local.node.config.toml b/config/environments/local/local.node.config.toml
index ee8444a879..89d714b36e 100644
--- a/config/environments/local/local.node.config.toml
+++ b/config/environments/local/local.node.config.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CleanupLockedProofsInterval = "2m"
 GeneratingProofCleanupThreshold = "10m"
 
 [EthTxManager]
+ForcedGas = 0
 PrivateKeys = [
 	{Path = "/pk/sequencer.keystore", Password = "testonly"},
 	{Path = "/pk/aggregator.keystore", Password = "testonly"}
diff --git a/etherman/etherman.go b/etherman/etherman.go
index 9b693f5dee..bb647832d4 100644
--- a/etherman/etherman.go
+++ b/etherman/etherman.go
@@ -464,12 +464,10 @@ func (etherMan *Client) BuildTrustedVerifyBatchesTxData(lastVerifiedBatch, newVe
 	var newStateRoot [32]byte
 	copy(newStateRoot[:], inputs.NewStateRoot)
 
-	log.Info("Proof before trim: ", inputs.FinalProof.Proof)
 	proof, err := encoding.DecodeBytes(&inputs.FinalProof.Proof)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode proof, err: %w", err)
 	}
-	log.Info("Proof after trim: %v", common.Bytes2Hex(proof))
 
 	const pendStateNum = 0 // TODO hardcoded for now until we implement the pending state feature
 
diff --git a/ethtxmanager/config.go b/ethtxmanager/config.go
index 8fd023236c..3bf486bc04 100644
--- a/ethtxmanager/config.go
+++ b/ethtxmanager/config.go
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// PrivateKeys defines all the key store files that are going
 	// to be read in order to provide the private keys to sign the L1 txs
 	PrivateKeys []types.KeystoreFileConfig `mapstructure:"PrivateKeys"`
+
+	// ForcedGas is the amount of gas to be forced in case of gas estimation error
+	ForcedGas uint64 `mapstructure:"ForcedGas"`
 }
diff --git a/ethtxmanager/ethtxmanager.go b/ethtxmanager/ethtxmanager.go
index acf3a65779..0abc5e4b15 100644
--- a/ethtxmanager/ethtxmanager.go
+++ b/ethtxmanager/ethtxmanager.go
@@ -70,11 +70,13 @@ func (c *Client) Add(ctx context.Context, owner, id string, from common.Address,
 	// get gas
 	gas, err := c.etherman.EstimateGas(ctx, from, to, value, data)
 	if err != nil {
-		cad := common.Bytes2Hex(data)
-		err := fmt.Errorf("failed to estimate gas: %w, data: %v", err, cad)
-		log.Errorf(err.Error())
-		gas = 1000000
-		// return err
+		err := fmt.Errorf("failed to estimate gas: %w, data: %v", err, common.Bytes2Hex(data))
+		log.Error(err.Error())
+		if c.cfg.ForcedGas > 0 {
+			gas = c.cfg.ForcedGas
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	// get gas price
 	gasPrice, err := c.etherman.SuggestedGasPrice(ctx)
diff --git a/test/config/debug.node.config.toml b/test/config/debug.node.config.toml
index 4534ed187e..bd408d01ea 100644
--- a/test/config/debug.node.config.toml
+++ b/test/config/debug.node.config.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CleanupLockedProofsInterval = "2m"
 GeneratingProofCleanupThreshold = "10m"
 
 [EthTxManager]
+ForcedGas = 0
 PrivateKeys = [
 	{Path = "../test/sequencer.keystore", Password = "testonly"},
 	{Path = "../test/aggregator.keystore", Password = "testonly"}
diff --git a/test/config/test.node.config.toml b/test/config/test.node.config.toml
index 2d24d31d5e..286cc783cd 100644
--- a/test/config/test.node.config.toml
+++ b/test/config/test.node.config.toml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ CleanupLockedProofsInterval = "2m"
 GeneratingProofCleanupThreshold = "10m"
 
 [EthTxManager]
+ForcedGas = 0
 PrivateKeys = [
 	{Path = "/pk/sequencer.keystore", Password = "testonly"},
 	{Path = "/pk/aggregator.keystore", Password = "testonly"}