diff --git a/elements/lisk-chain/src/chain.ts b/elements/lisk-chain/src/chain.ts
index 17a01fe2b2a..52b5c8b3785 100644
--- a/elements/lisk-chain/src/chain.ts
+++ b/elements/lisk-chain/src/chain.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export class Chain {
 	};
 
 	private _lastBlock: Block;
+	private readonly _genesisHeight: number;
 	private readonly _networkIdentifier: Buffer;
 	private readonly _blockRewardArgs: BlockRewardOptions;
 	private readonly _accountSchema: Schema;
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ export class Chain {
 			genesisBlockTimestamp: genesisBlock.header.timestamp,
 			interval: blockTime,
 		});
+		this._genesisHeight = genesisBlock.header.height;
 		this._blockRewardArgs = {
 			distance: rewardDistance,
 			rewardOffset,
@@ -187,6 +189,10 @@ export class Chain {
 		};
 	}
 
+	public get genesisHeight(): number {
+		return this._genesisHeight;
+	}
+
 	public get lastBlock(): Block {
 		return this._lastBlock;
 	}
diff --git a/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-forger-plugin/src/forger_plugin.ts b/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-forger-plugin/src/forger_plugin.ts
index 7e271a169b6..07968d607e1 100644
--- a/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-forger-plugin/src/forger_plugin.ts
+++ b/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-forger-plugin/src/forger_plugin.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ interface ForgerPayloadInfo {
 }
 
 interface NodeInfo {
+	genesisHeight: number;
 	genesisConfig: GenesisConfig;
 }
 
@@ -187,20 +188,22 @@ export class ForgerPlugin extends BasePlugin {
 			header: { height: lastBlockHeight },
 		} = this.codec.decodeBlock(await this._channel.invoke<string>('app:getLastBlock'));
 		const { syncUptoHeight } = await getForgerSyncInfo(this._forgerPluginDB);
+		const { genesisHeight } = await this._channel.invoke<NodeInfo>('app:getNodeInfo');
+		const forgerPluginSyncedHeight = syncUptoHeight === 0 ? genesisHeight : syncUptoHeight;
 
-		if (syncUptoHeight === lastBlockHeight) {
+		if (forgerPluginSyncedHeight === lastBlockHeight) {
 			// No need to sync
 			return;
 		}
 
 		let needleHeight: number;
 
-		if (syncUptoHeight > lastBlockHeight) {
+		if (forgerPluginSyncedHeight > lastBlockHeight) {
 			// Clear all forging information we have and sync again
 			await this._forgerPluginDB.clear();
-			needleHeight = 1;
+			needleHeight = genesisHeight + 1;
 		} else {
-			needleHeight = syncUptoHeight + 1;
+			needleHeight = forgerPluginSyncedHeight + 1;
 		}
 
 		// Sync in batch of 1000 blocks
diff --git a/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-http-api-plugin/test/functional/node.spec.ts b/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-http-api-plugin/test/functional/node.spec.ts
index 3fe3f135d8c..64e75efebc4 100644
--- a/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-http-api-plugin/test/functional/node.spec.ts
+++ b/framework-plugins/lisk-framework-http-api-plugin/test/functional/node.spec.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ describe('Node', () => {
 			const nodeStatusAndConstantFixture = {
 				version: appInstance._node._options.version,
 				networkVersion: appInstance._node._options.networkVersion,
+				genesisHeight: appInstance._node._chain.genesisHeight,
 				networkIdentifier: appInstance._node.networkIdentifier.toString('hex'),
 				lastBlockID: appInstance._node._chain.lastBlock.header.id.toString('hex'),
 				height: appInstance._node._chain.lastBlock.header.height,
diff --git a/framework/src/node/node.ts b/framework/src/node/node.ts
index 8a52bc20e14..085431e6eb5 100644
--- a/framework/src/node/node.ts
+++ b/framework/src/node/node.ts
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ export class Node {
 				networkIdentifier: this._networkIdentifier.toString('hex'),
 				lastBlockID: this._chain.lastBlock.header.id.toString('hex'),
 				height: this._chain.lastBlock.header.height,
+				genesisHeight: this._chain.genesisHeight,
 				finalizedHeight: this._bft.finalityManager.finalizedHeight,
 				syncing: this._synchronizer.isActive,
 				unconfirmedTransactions: this._transactionPool.getAll().length,