diff --git a/applications/tari_validator_node/src/grpc/services/wallet_client.rs b/applications/tari_validator_node/src/grpc/services/wallet_client.rs
index 4dd1c45710..8c8d6feb68 100644
--- a/applications/tari_validator_node/src/grpc/services/wallet_client.rs
+++ b/applications/tari_validator_node/src/grpc/services/wallet_client.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use log::*;
 use tari_app_grpc::{
     tari_rpc as grpc,
     tari_rpc::{
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ use tari_crypto::tari_utilities::ByteArray;
 use tari_dan_core::{services::WalletClient, DigitalAssetError};
 use tari_dan_engine::state::models::StateRoot;
 
-const LOG_TARGET: &str = "tari::dan::wallet_grpc";
+const _LOG_TARGET: &str = "tari::dan::wallet_grpc";
 
 type Inner = grpc::wallet_client::WalletClient<tonic::transport::Channel>;
 
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ impl WalletClient for GrpcWalletClient {
             signatures: checkpoint_signatures.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
         };
 
-        info!(target: LOG_TARGET, "✅ Creating checkpoint #{}", checkpoint_number);
-
         if checkpoint_number == 0 {
             let request = CreateInitialAssetCheckpointRequest {
                 contract_id: contract_id.to_vec(),
diff --git a/dan_layer/core/src/services/checkpoint_manager.rs b/dan_layer/core/src/services/checkpoint_manager.rs
index d60a025d14..e4f1c308ae 100644
--- a/dan_layer/core/src/services/checkpoint_manager.rs
+++ b/dan_layer/core/src/services/checkpoint_manager.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const LOG_TARGET: &str = "tari::dan::checkpoint_manager";
 pub trait CheckpointManager {
     async fn create_checkpoint(
         &mut self,
+        checkpoint_number: u64,
         state_root: StateRoot,
         signature: Vec<SignerSignature>,
     ) -> Result<(), DigitalAssetError>;
@@ -42,8 +43,6 @@ pub trait CheckpointManager {
 pub struct ConcreteCheckpointManager<TWallet: WalletClient> {
     asset_definition: AssetDefinition,
     wallet: TWallet,
-    num_calls: u32,
-    checkpoint_interval: u32,
 }
 
 impl<TWallet: WalletClient> ConcreteCheckpointManager<TWallet> {
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ impl<TWallet: WalletClient> ConcreteCheckpointManager<TWallet> {
         Self {
             asset_definition,
             wallet,
-            num_calls: 0,
-            checkpoint_interval: 100,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -61,26 +58,23 @@ impl<TWallet: WalletClient> ConcreteCheckpointManager<TWallet> {
 impl<TWallet: WalletClient + Sync + Send> CheckpointManager for ConcreteCheckpointManager<TWallet> {
     async fn create_checkpoint(
         &mut self,
+        checkpoint_number: u64,
         state_root: StateRoot,
         signatures: Vec<SignerSignature>,
     ) -> Result<(), DigitalAssetError> {
-        if self.num_calls == 0 || self.num_calls >= self.checkpoint_interval {
-            // TODO: fetch and increment checkpoint number
-            let checkpoint_number = u64::from(self.num_calls / self.checkpoint_interval);
-            info!(
-                target: LOG_TARGET,
-                "Creating checkpoint for contract {}", self.asset_definition.contract_id
-            );
-            self.wallet
-                .create_new_checkpoint(
-                    &self.asset_definition.contract_id,
-                    &state_root,
-                    checkpoint_number,
-                    signatures,
-                )
-                .await?;
-        }
-        self.num_calls += 1;
+        info!(
+            target: LOG_TARGET,
+            "✅ Creating checkpoint #{} for contract {}", checkpoint_number, self.asset_definition.contract_id
+        );
+
+        self.wallet
+            .create_new_checkpoint(
+                &self.asset_definition.contract_id,
+                &state_root,
+                checkpoint_number,
+                signatures,
+            )
+            .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/dan_layer/core/src/services/service_specification.rs b/dan_layer/core/src/services/service_specification.rs
index 5c073ebbc8..7b6586769e 100644
--- a/dan_layer/core/src/services/service_specification.rs
+++ b/dan_layer/core/src/services/service_specification.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ use crate::{
         SigningService,
         ValidatorNodeClientFactory,
     },
-    storage::{chain::ChainDbBackendAdapter, global::GlobalDbBackendAdapter, ChainStorageService, DbFactory},
+    storage::{
+        chain::{ChainDbBackendAdapter, ChainDbMetadataKey},
+        global::GlobalDbBackendAdapter,
+        ChainStorageService,
+        DbFactory,
+        MetadataBackendAdapter,
+    },
 };
 
 /// A trait to describe a specific configuration of services. This type allows other services to
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ pub trait ServiceSpecification: Default + Clone {
     type AssetProcessor: AssetProcessor + Clone;
     type AssetProxy: AssetProxy + Clone;
     type BaseNodeClient: BaseNodeClient + Clone;
-    type ChainDbBackendAdapter: ChainDbBackendAdapter;
+    type ChainDbBackendAdapter: ChainDbBackendAdapter + MetadataBackendAdapter<ChainDbMetadataKey>;
     type ChainStorageService: ChainStorageService<Self::Payload>;
     type CheckpointManager: CheckpointManager;
     type CommitteeManager: CommitteeManager<Self::Addr>;
diff --git a/dan_layer/core/src/workers/consensus_worker.rs b/dan_layer/core/src/workers/consensus_worker.rs
index 61b25de7c6..da23388a3c 100644
--- a/dan_layer/core/src/workers/consensus_worker.rs
+++ b/dan_layer/core/src/workers/consensus_worker.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ impl<'a, T: ServiceSpecification<Addr = PublicKey>> ConsensusWorkerProcessor<'a,
     }
 
     async fn commit(&mut self) -> Result<ConsensusWorkerStateEvent, DigitalAssetError> {
+        let current_checkpoint_num = self.chain_db.get_current_checkpoint_number()?;
         let mut unit_of_work = self.chain_db.new_unit_of_work();
         let mut state = states::CommitState::<T>::new(
             self.worker.node_address.clone(),
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ impl<'a, T: ServiceSpecification<Addr = PublicKey>> ConsensusWorkerProcessor<'a,
                 &mut self.worker.outbound_service,
                 &self.worker.signing_service,
                 unit_of_work.clone(),
+                current_checkpoint_num,
             )
             .await?;
         unit_of_work.commit()?;
@@ -313,10 +315,15 @@ impl<'a, T: ServiceSpecification<Addr = PublicKey>> ConsensusWorkerProcessor<'a,
         if let Some(mut state_tx) = self.worker.state_db_unit_of_work.take() {
             state_tx.commit()?;
             let signatures = state.collected_checkpoint_signatures();
-            self.worker
-                .checkpoint_manager
-                .create_checkpoint(state_tx.calculate_root()?, signatures)
-                .await?;
+            // TODO: Read checkpoint interval from constitution
+            if self.worker.current_view_id.as_u64() % 50 == 0 {
+                let checkpoint_number = self.chain_db.get_current_checkpoint_number()?;
+                self.worker
+                    .checkpoint_manager
+                    .create_checkpoint(checkpoint_number, state_tx.calculate_root()?, signatures)
+                    .await?;
+                self.chain_db.increment_checkpoint_number()?;
+            }
             Ok(res)
         } else {
             // technically impossible