diff --git a/Node/src/node/l2_block_id.rs b/Node/src/node/l2_block_id.rs
index 9e8dd5b..5b4937a 100644
--- a/Node/src/node/l2_block_id.rs
+++ b/Node/src/node/l2_block_id.rs
@@ -19,28 +19,21 @@ impl L2BlockId {
     // Returns the next block ID
     // The next block ID is computed as the maximum value between current_block_id + 1 and new_block_id + 1
     pub fn next(&self, block_id: u64) -> u64 {
-        // Get the current value of current_block_id
-        let mut current_block_id = self.block_id.load(Ordering::Acquire);
-        // Initialize new_block_id
-        let mut new_block_id = block_id + 1;
-    
+        // Get the current value of self.block_id
+        let mut current = self.block_id.load(Ordering::Acquire);
         loop {
-            // Get next block ID 
+            // Get next block ID
             // It is the maximum value between current_block_id + 1 and new_block_id + 1
-            new_block_id = new_block_id.max(current_block_id + 1);
-
+            let next = current.max(block_id) + 1;
             // Attempt to update the block ID using a compare-exchange operation
             match self.block_id.compare_exchange(
-                current_block_id,
-                new_block_id,
+                current,
+                next,
                 Ordering::Release,
                 Ordering::Acquire,
             ) {
-                Ok(_) => return new_block_id, // Return immediately on success
-                Err(previous) => {
-                    current_block_id = previous;
-                    // new_block_id gets recalculated at the start of the loop
-                }
+                Ok(_) => return next,                // Return immediately on success
+                Err(previous) => current = previous, // next gets recalculated at the start of the loop
             }
         }
     }
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_next() {
         let l2_block_id = L2BlockId::new();
-        
+
         assert_eq!(l2_block_id.next(1), 2);
         assert_eq!(l2_block_id.next(0), 3);
         assert_eq!(l2_block_id.next(1), 4);
@@ -65,7 +58,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_update() {
         let l2_block_id = L2BlockId::new();
-        
+
         l2_block_id.update(1);
         assert_eq!(l2_block_id.block_id.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
         l2_block_id.update(10);
@@ -77,7 +70,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_update_next() {
         let l2_block_id = L2BlockId::new();
-        
+
         l2_block_id.update(1);
         assert_eq!(l2_block_id.block_id.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
         l2_block_id.update(10);
@@ -87,5 +80,4 @@ mod tests {
         l2_block_id.update(5);
         assert_eq!(l2_block_id.block_id.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 13);
     }
-
 }