diff --git a/main/constants.zkasm b/main/constants.zkasm
index 544eeb9e..ff9ab7b4 100644
--- a/main/constants.zkasm
+++ b/main/constants.zkasm
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ CONST %MAX_CNT_MEM_ALIGN = %MAX_CNT_STEPS / 32
 CONST %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F = (%MAX_CNT_STEPS / 158418) * 9
 CONST %MAX_CNT_PADDING_PG = (%MAX_CNT_STEPS / 56)
 CONST %MAX_CNT_POSEIDON_G = (%MAX_CNT_STEPS / 30)
-CONST %MIN_CNT_KECCAK_BATCH = 2 ; minimum necessary keccaks to compute global hash
+CONST %MIN_CNT_KECCAK_BATCH = 1 ; minimum necessary keccaks to compute global hash
 ; ETHEREUM CONSTANTS
 CONSTL %MAX_NONCE = 0xffffffffffffffffn
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/main.zkasm b/main/main.zkasm
index c0e1a441..a3b785ab 100644
--- a/main/main.zkasm
+++ b/main/main.zkasm
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ skipSetGlobalExitRoot:
 
         ; Compute necessary keccak counters to finish batch
         $ => A          :MLOAD(batchL2DataLength)
-        ; batchHashData: batchL2DataLength + 32 (globalExitRoot) + 20 (sequencerAddress)
-        A + 52  => A
         ; Divide the total data length by 136 to obtain the keccak counter increment.
         ; 136 is the value used by the prover to increment keccak counters
         A                                       :MSTORE(arithA)
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ skipSetGlobalExitRoot:
                                                 :CALL(divARITH)
         $ => B                                  :MLOAD(arithRes1)
         ; Compute minimum necessary keccaks to finish the batch
-        B + %MIN_CNT_KECCAK_BATCH               :MSTORE(cntKeccakPreProcess)
+        B + 1 + %MIN_CNT_KECCAK_BATCH               :MSTORE(cntKeccakPreProcess)
         %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F => A
         $                                       :LT, JMPC(outOfCountersKeccak)
 
diff --git a/main/opcodes/block.zkasm b/main/opcodes/block.zkasm
index 79fa6185..73bf945a 100644
--- a/main/opcodes/block.zkasm
+++ b/main/opcodes/block.zkasm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ opBLOCKHASH:
 
     %MAX_CNT_POSEIDON_G - CNT_POSEIDON_G - 255 :JMPN(outOfCountersPoseidon)
     $ => A                                     :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
-    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 2   :JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
+    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1   :JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
     %MAX_CNT_STEPS - STEP - 200 :JMPN(outOfCountersStep)
 
     SP - 1 => SP     :JMPN(stackUnderflow)
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ opBLOCKHASH:
     A                                   :HASHK(E)
     %STATE_ROOT_STORAGE_POS             :HASHK(E)
     HASHPOS                             :HASHKLEN(E)
-    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - %MIN_CNT_KECCAK_BATCH - 2:JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
+    $ => A                              :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
+    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1:JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
     $ => C                              :HASHKDIGEST(E)
     %ADDRESS_SYSTEM => A
     %SMT_KEY_SC_STORAGE => B
diff --git a/main/opcodes/crypto.zkasm b/main/opcodes/crypto.zkasm
index e93eb59f..b0a9cb4c 100644
--- a/main/opcodes/crypto.zkasm
+++ b/main/opcodes/crypto.zkasm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ opSHA3:
     %MAX_CNT_BINARY - CNT_BINARY - 193 :JMPN(outOfCountersBinary)
     %MAX_CNT_MEM_ALIGN - CNT_MEM_ALIGN - 2 :JMPN(outOfCountersMemalign)
     $ => A           :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
-    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 2 :JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
+    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1 :JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
     %MAX_CNT_POSEIDON_G - CNT_POSEIDON_G - 10 :JMPN(outOfCountersPoseidon)
     %MAX_CNT_STEPS - STEP - 200 :JMPN(outOfCountersStep)
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ opSHA3End:
     $ => B          :MLOAD(arithRes1)
     $ => A          :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
     ; checks keccak counters
-    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A => A
+    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1 => A
     $               :LT, JMPC(outOfCountersKeccak)
     ; compute hash
     $ => A          :HASHKDIGEST(E)
diff --git a/main/process-tx.zkasm b/main/process-tx.zkasm
index 503555cb..cd53eca1 100644
--- a/main/process-tx.zkasm
+++ b/main/process-tx.zkasm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ processTx:
                                          :CALL(divARITH)
         $ => B                           :MLOAD(arithRes1)
         $ => A                           :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
-        %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A => A
+        %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1 => A
         $                                :LT, JMPC(outOfCountersKeccak)
 
         ; Get hash address previously stored in RLP parsing
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ create2end:
                                         :CALL(divARITH)
         $ => B                          :MLOAD(arithRes1)
         $ => A                          :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
-        %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A => A
+        %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A  - 1 => A
         $                               :LT, JMPC(outOfCountersKeccak)
         $ => C                          :HASHKDIGEST(E)
         ; new hash with position 0 is started
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ endContractAddress:
                                         :CALL(divARITH)
         $ => B                          :MLOAD(arithRes1)
         $ => A                          :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
-        %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A => A
+        %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1 => A
         $                               :LT, JMPC(outOfCountersKeccak)
 
         $ => A                          :HASHKDIGEST(E)
diff --git a/main/utils.zkasm b/main/utils.zkasm
index b73b71e3..57679776 100644
--- a/main/utils.zkasm
+++ b/main/utils.zkasm
@@ -1062,7 +1062,8 @@ updateSystemData:
     A                                   :HASHK(E)
     %STATE_ROOT_STORAGE_POS             :HASHK(E)
     HASHPOS                             :HASHKLEN(E)
-    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - %MIN_CNT_KECCAK_BATCH - 2:JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
+    $ => A                              :MLOAD(cntKeccakPreProcess)
+    %MAX_CNT_KECCAK_F - CNT_KECCAK_F - A - 1:JMPN(outOfCountersKeccak)
     $ => C                              :HASHKDIGEST(E)
     %ADDRESS_SYSTEM => A
     SR => D