diff --git a/broadcast/client.go b/broadcast/client.go
index e24c72248f6a7105b9bd6675b79a39a6c74134fd..678c7e9dccf7ef0322aea6369a92d6dcfde032ca 100644
--- a/broadcast/client.go
+++ b/broadcast/client.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/cmix/message"
 	crypto "gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/broadcast"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/fastRNG"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // broadcastClient implements the [broadcast.Channel] interface for sending/
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func NewBroadcastChannel(channel *crypto.Channel, net Client,
 
 	// Add channel's identity
 	net.AddIdentityWithHistory(channel.ReceptionID, identity.Forever,
-		time.Now().Add(-500*time.Second), true)
+		channel.Created, true)
 
 	jww.INFO.Printf("New broadcast channel client created for channel %q (%s)",
 		channel.Name, channel.ReceptionID)
diff --git a/channels/joinedChannel_test.go b/channels/joinedChannel_test.go
index e2af5aaa6a4b808300777498e406eb43041ef924..e26807719b113a4b9e9637c83be428b293a41d16 100644
--- a/channels/joinedChannel_test.go
+++ b/channels/joinedChannel_test.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func newTestChannel(name, description string, rng csprng.Source,
 	level cryptoBroadcast.PrivacyLevel) (
 	*cryptoBroadcast.Channel, rsa.PrivateKey, error) {
 	c, pk, err := cryptoBroadcast.NewChannelVariableKeyUnsafe(
-		name, description, level, 1000, 512, rng)
+		name, description, level, time.Now(), 1000, 512, rng)
 	return c, pk, err
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 86c8bb0e613356f1acab4c51d235bd4a8e450ac4..ff2b199186dfd6f5aa81b91170d59f903d06be25 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20221025020711-eba3adc4eb06
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025020525-985806badd65
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025180839-3d8948607447
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20221025020430-f5d2eb330fbc
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20221025020408-9b62d4c2e700
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9ad9976a69f119bc27c6ec2cfc6d4c1ed2ce000c..2597a5c1231516e046c341ee927ae87b85c59f53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:ZNgBOblhYToR4m8tj4cMvJ9UsJAUKq+p0gCp07WQmhA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025020525-985806badd65 h1:CWBU/BFw0II7q4ZKkLUVMSCzn2sRVCbbEiN4EJJ/vu0=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025020525-985806badd65/go.mod h1:NImDa7951+jSolkYN/BBUm6qG6f+k0hsFZOCIxBlLhE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025180839-3d8948607447 h1:hFOOOGiVB9XtzSM//aClSJ+5nf4JSmmCkoWcc635W8I=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20221025180839-3d8948607447/go.mod h1:NImDa7951+jSolkYN/BBUm6qG6f+k0hsFZOCIxBlLhE=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1 h1:dtwbt6KmAXG2Tik5d60iDz2fLhoFBgWwST03p7T+9Is=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.2.1/go.mod h1:USLD7xeDnuZEavygdrgzNEwZXeLQJK/w1a+htpN+JEU=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200731184040-494269b53b4d/go.mod h1:OQgUZq7SjnE0b+8+iIAT2eqQF+2IFHn73tOo+aV11mg=