diff --git a/geth-poa/genesis.json b/geth-poa/genesis.json
index 3cc9959ad0..6808476e91 100644
--- a/geth-poa/genesis.json
+++ b/geth-poa/genesis.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       "arrowGlacierBlock": 0,
       "grayGlacierBlock": 0,
       "clique": {
-        "period": 100,
+        "period": 200,
         "epoch": 30000
       }
     },
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index be9e6ba873..be581d1e5b 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -805,12 +805,14 @@ func (w *worker) applyTransaction(env *environment, tx *types.Transaction) (*typ
 
 func (w *worker) commitTransactions(env *environment, txs *transactionsByPriceAndNonce, interrupt *atomic.Int32, minTip *big.Int) error {
 	var c int
+	var gas uint64
 	for _, ttxs := range txs.txs {
-		for range ttxs {
+		for _, tx := range ttxs {
 			c++
+			gas += tx.Gas
 		}
 	}
-	log.Info("committing transactions", "count", c)
+	log.Info("committing transactions", "count", c, "gas", gas)
 
 	gasLimit := env.header.GasLimit
 	if env.gasPool == nil {