diff --git a/centrifuge-app/src/components/InvestRedeem/InvestRedeemLiquidityPoolsProvider.tsx b/centrifuge-app/src/components/InvestRedeem/InvestRedeemLiquidityPoolsProvider.tsx
index 411c5c070d..746e8a3e1d 100644
--- a/centrifuge-app/src/components/InvestRedeem/InvestRedeemLiquidityPoolsProvider.tsx
+++ b/centrifuge-app/src/components/InvestRedeem/InvestRedeemLiquidityPoolsProvider.tsx
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ export function InvestRedeemLiquidityPoolsProvider({ poolId, trancheId, children
     isLoading: isInvestmentLoading,
   } = useLiquidityPoolInvestment(poolId, trancheId, lpIndex)
   const provider = useEvmProvider()
+  const { evm } = useWallet()
+  const chainId = evm.chainId || 1
 
   const isAllowedToInvest = lpInvest?.isAllowedToInvest
   const tranche = pool.tranches.find((t) => t.id === trancheId)
   const { data: metadata, isLoading: isMetadataLoading } = usePoolMetadata(pool)
   const trancheMeta = metadata?.tranches?.[trancheId]
-  const chainId = Number(provider?._network.chainId)
 
   if (!tranche) throw new Error(`Token not found. Pool id: ${poolId}, token id: ${trancheId}`)
 
diff --git a/centrifuge-app/src/components/OnboardingAuthProvider.tsx b/centrifuge-app/src/components/OnboardingAuthProvider.tsx
index 4c15f1bb01..91b7769afe 100644
--- a/centrifuge-app/src/components/OnboardingAuthProvider.tsx
+++ b/centrifuge-app/src/components/OnboardingAuthProvider.tsx
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ export function OnboardingAuthProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode
 
   const { mutate: login, isLoading: isLoggingIn } = useMutation(async () => {
     try {
+      const signer = await provider?.getSigner()
       if (selectedAccount?.address && selectedWallet?.signer) {
         await loginWithSubstrate(selectedAccount?.address, selectedWallet.signer as Signer, cent, proxy)
-      } else if (isEvmOnSubstrate && selectedAddress && provider?.getSigner()) {
-        await loginWithEvm(selectedAddress, provider.getSigner(), evmChainId, isEvmOnSubstrate)
-      } else if (selectedAddress && provider?.getSigner()) {
-        await loginWithEvm(selectedAddress, provider.getSigner(), evm.chainId)
+      } else if (isEvmOnSubstrate && selectedAddress && signer) {
+        await loginWithEvm(selectedAddress, signer, evmChainId, isEvmOnSubstrate)
+      } else if (selectedAddress && signer) {
+        await loginWithEvm(selectedAddress, signer, evm.chainId)
       }
       throw new Error('network not supported')
     } catch {
diff --git a/centrifuge-js/src/utils/signERC2612Permit.ts b/centrifuge-js/src/utils/signERC2612Permit.ts
index 0a3d70badf..4d9258d45d 100644
--- a/centrifuge-js/src/utils/signERC2612Permit.ts
+++ b/centrifuge-js/src/utils/signERC2612Permit.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ethers } from 'ethers'
+import { Contract, Signature } from 'ethers'
 
 export async function signERC2612Permit(
   provider: any,
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function signERC2612Permit(
   deadline: number
 ) {
   const tokenAddress = typeof token === 'string' ? token : token.verifyingContract
-  const tokenContract = new ethers.Contract(
+  const tokenContract = new Contract(
     tokenAddress,
     ['function name() view returns (string)', 'function nonces(address) view returns (uint256)'],
     provider
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ export async function signERC2612Permit(
     deadline,
   }
 
-  const signer = await provider.getSigner(owner)
-  const signature = await signer.signTypedData(domain, types, values)
-  const { v, r, s } = ethers.Signature.from(signature)
+  const signature = await provider.signTypedData(domain, types, values)
+  const { v, r, s } = Signature.from(signature)
 
   return {
     owner,