diff --git a/continuous/tx.go b/continuous/tx.go
index 8dbcf20..bd2a610 100644
--- a/continuous/tx.go
+++ b/continuous/tx.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func SendShutterizedTX(blockNumber int64, lastTimestamp pgtype.Date, cfg *Config
 	log.Printf("SENDING NEW TX FOR %v from %v", blockNumber, account.Address.Hex())
 	gasLimit := uint64(21000)
 	var data []byte
-	gas, err := utils.GasCalculationFromClient(context.Background(), cfg.client, utils.Min1GweiGasPriceFn)
+	gas, err := utils.GasCalculationFromClient(context.Background(), cfg.client, utils.MinGasTipUpdateFn)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/template.env b/template.env
index 9aeec46..7ae482d 100644
--- a/template.env
+++ b/template.env
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## TEMPLATE ONLY
 PRIVATE_KEY="YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"
 MODE="chiado"
+MIN_GAS_TIP_CAP=900000
 
 #CHIADO TEST
 CHIADO_URL="https://erpc.chiado.staging.shutter.network"
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 2dbb0d8..3bc8ddb 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -146,14 +146,21 @@ func HighPriorityGasPriceFn(suggestedGasTipCap *big.Int, suggestedGasPrice *big.
 	return gasFeeCap, suggestedGasTipCap
 }
 
-func Min1GweiGasPriceFn(suggestedGasTipCap *big.Int, suggestedGasPrice *big.Int, _ int, _ int) (GasFeeCap, GasTipCap) {
-	gasFeeCap, gasTipCap := DefaultGasPriceFn(suggestedGasTipCap, suggestedGasPrice, 0, 1)
+func MinGasTipUpdateFn(suggestedGasTipCap *big.Int, suggestedGasPrice *big.Int, _ int, _ int) (GasFeeCap, GasTipCap) {
 
-	GweiGasTip := big.NewInt(1_000_000_000)
-	if gasTipCap.Cmp(GweiGasTip) < 0 {
-		return gasFeeCap, GweiGasTip
+	GweiGasTip := big.NewInt(1_000_000_000) // 1 Gwei
+	if minGasTipCap := os.Getenv("MIN_GAS_TIP_CAP"); minGasTipCap != "" {
+		minGasTip, err := strconv.Atoi(minGasTipCap)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("could not parse MIN_GAS_TIP_CAP, using default 1 Gwei")
+		} else {
+			GweiGasTip = big.NewInt(int64(minGasTip))
+		}
+	}
+	if suggestedGasTipCap.Cmp(GweiGasTip) < 0 {
+		return big.NewInt(0).Add(GweiGasTip, suggestedGasPrice), GweiGasTip
 	}
-	return gasFeeCap, gasTipCap
+	return suggestedGasPrice, suggestedGasTipCap
 }
 
 type ConstraintFn func(inclusions []*types.Receipt) error