diff --git a/go/host/enclave/guardian.go b/go/host/enclave/guardian.go
index 4c5840bbc9..7c472e2d94 100644
--- a/go/host/enclave/guardian.go
+++ b/go/host/enclave/guardian.go
@@ -629,15 +629,13 @@ func (g *Guardian) periodicRollupProduction() {
 func (g *Guardian) periodicBundleSubmission() {
 	defer g.logger.Info("Stopping bundle submission")
 
-	// check rollup every l1 block time
-
-	interval := g.rollupInterval
-	if interval == 0 {
-		interval = g.blockTime
-	}
+	interval := g.crossChainInterval
+	g.logger.Info("Starting cross chain bundle submission", "interval", interval)
 
 	bundleSubmissionTicker := time.NewTicker(interval)
 
+	fromSequenceNumber := uint64(0)
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-bundleSubmissionTicker.C:
@@ -646,14 +644,20 @@ func (g *Guardian) periodicBundleSubmission() {
 				g.logger.Error("Unable to get bundle range from management contract", log.ErrKey, err)
 				continue
 			}
-			bundle, err := g.enclaveClient.ExportCrossChainData(context.Background(), from.Uint64(), to.Uint64())
+
+			if from.Uint64() > fromSequenceNumber {
+				fromSequenceNumber = from.Uint64()
+			}
+
+			bundle, err := g.enclaveClient.ExportCrossChainData(context.Background(), fromSequenceNumber, to.Uint64())
 			if err != nil {
 				g.logger.Error("Unable to export cross chain bundle from enclave", log.ErrKey, err)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			if len(bundle.CrossChainRootHashes) == 0 {
-				g.logger.Debug("No cross chain data to submit. Skipping.")
+				g.logger.Debug("No cross chain data to submit")
+				fromSequenceNumber = to.Uint64() + 1
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/go/host/l1/publisher.go b/go/host/l1/publisher.go
index 4c56d6761f..94d0ea8220 100644
--- a/go/host/l1/publisher.go
+++ b/go/host/l1/publisher.go
@@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishCrossChainBundle(bundle *common.ExtCrossChainBundle)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if len(bundle.CrossChainRootHashes) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("nothing to publish in cross chain bundle")
-	}
-
 	managementCtr, err := ManagementContract.NewManagementContract(*p.mgmtContractLib.GetContractAddr(), p.ethClient.EthClient())
 	if err != nil {
 		p.logger.Error("Unable to instantiate management contract client")
diff --git a/integration/simulation/devnetwork/node.go b/integration/simulation/devnetwork/node.go
index 9258f50f21..2d6d1669d5 100644
--- a/integration/simulation/devnetwork/node.go
+++ b/integration/simulation/devnetwork/node.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func (n *InMemNodeOperator) createHostContainer() *hostcontainer.HostContainer {
 		BatchInterval:         n.config.BatchInterval,
 		RollupInterval:        n.config.RollupInterval,
 		L1BlockTime:           n.config.L1BlockTime,
+		CrossChainInterval:    n.config.CrossChainInterval,
 		MaxRollupSize:         1024 * 64,
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration/simulation/network/network_utils.go b/integration/simulation/network/network_utils.go
index 57ca8d2fd1..b760bb4176 100644
--- a/integration/simulation/network/network_utils.go
+++ b/integration/simulation/network/network_utils.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func createInMemObscuroNode(
 		ManagementContractAddress: *mgtContractAddress,
 		MessageBusAddress:         l1BusAddress,
 		BatchInterval:             batchInterval,
+		CrossChainInterval:        config.DefaultHostParsedConfig().CrossChainInterval,
 		IsInboundP2PDisabled:      incomingP2PDisabled,
 		L1BlockTime:               l1BlockTime,
 		UseInMemoryDB:             true,