diff --git a/packages/nextjs/app/token-vendor/page.tsx b/packages/nextjs/app/token-vendor/page.tsx
index 61f46c9e..c5de52b5 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/app/token-vendor/page.tsx
+++ b/packages/nextjs/app/token-vendor/page.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ const TokenVendor: NextPage = () => {
   const { data: tokensPerEth } = useScaffoldReadContract({
     contractName: "Vendor",
     functionName: "tokens_per_eth",
-    args: [],
   });
 
   const { sendAsync: transferTokens } = useScaffoldWriteContract({
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts
index 511b2c94..fae3d663 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const useScaffoldReadContract = <
     address: deployedContract?.address,
     abi: deployedContract?.abi,
     watch: true,
-    args,
+    args: args || [],
     enabled:
       args && (!Array.isArray(args) || !args.some((arg) => arg === undefined)),
     blockIdentifier: "pending" as BlockNumber,
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts
index 1c082912..9fce2ee5 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export const useScaffoldWriteContract = <
   }) => {
     // if no args supplied, use the one supplied from hook
     let newArgs = params?.args;
-    if (!newArgs) {
+    if (Object.keys(newArgs || {}).length <= 0) {
       newArgs = args;
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export const useScaffoldWriteContract = <
         ? parseFunctionParams({
             abiFunction,
             abi: deployedContractData.abi,
-            inputs: args as any[],
+            inputs: newArgs as any[],
             isRead: false,
             isReadArgsParsing: false,
           }).flat(Infinity)