diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go b/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go
index 2c08757c1a2b6539992a51bd1eb22c6043b1ea04..772174fe10117394b79e49ac0b98c98d08fd07ff 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	tendermint_events "github.com/tendermint/go-events"
 	wire "github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
@@ -165,7 +166,15 @@ func (app *ErisMint) Commit() (res tmsp.Result) {
 	// flush events to listeners (XXX: note issue with blocking)
 	app.evc.Flush()
 
-	return tmsp.NewResultOK(app.state.Hash(), "Success")
+	// MARMOT:
+	// set internal time as two seconds per block
+	app.state.LastBlockTime = app.state.LastBlockTime.Add(time.Duration(2) * time.Second)
+	fmt.Printf("\n\nMARMOT TIME: %s\n\n", app.state.LastBlockTime)
+	// MARMOT:
+	appHash := app.state.Hash()
+	fmt.Printf("\n\nMARMOT COMMIT: %X\n\n", appHash)
+	// return tmsp.NewResultOK(app.state.Hash(), "Success")
+	return tmsp.NewResultOK(appHash, "Success")
 }
 
 func (app *ErisMint) Query(query []byte) (res tmsp.Result) {
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/state/state.go b/manager/eris-mint/state/state.go
index a36bc8ec2f607eaa505fcf8b1b7ad66c04a44033..6a3945ae3ed9fb075aef188a23b0d59d056f8e1c 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/state/state.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/state/state.go
@@ -413,7 +413,10 @@ func MakeGenesisState(db dbm.DB, genDoc *GenesisDoc) *State {
 	}
 
 	if genDoc.GenesisTime.IsZero() {
-		genDoc.GenesisTime = time.Now()
+		// MARMOT: really?
+		// set time to 11/18/2016 @ 4:09am (UTC)
+		genDoc.GenesisTime = time.Unix(1479442162, 0)
+		// genDoc.GenesisTime = time.Now()
 	}
 
 	// Make accounts state tree