diff --git a/packages/nextjs/components/stake/StakeContractInteraction.tsx b/packages/nextjs/components/stake/StakeContractInteraction.tsx
index 56c1d8f1..d3c39664 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/components/stake/StakeContractInteraction.tsx
+++ b/packages/nextjs/components/stake/StakeContractInteraction.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export const StakeContractInteraction = ({ address }: { address?: string }) => {
   const { sendAsync: withdrawETH } = useScaffoldWriteContract({
     contractName: "Staker",
     functionName: "withdraw",
-    args: []
   });
 
   const { sendAsync: stakeEth } = useScaffoldMultiWriteContract({
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts
index b9b9431c..fae3d663 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldReadContract.ts
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ export const useScaffoldReadContract = <
   }) as Omit<ReturnType<typeof useReadContract>, "data"> & {
     data: AbiFunctionOutputs<ContractAbi, TFunctionName> | undefined;
   };
-};
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+};
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts
index 61f41df7..7632c9e8 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/hooks/scaffold-stark/useScaffoldWriteContract.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
 import { useTargetNetwork } from "./useTargetNetwork";
 import {
   useDeployedContractInfo,
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ import {
   parseFunctionParams,
   UseScaffoldWriteConfig,
 } from "~~/utils/scaffold-stark/contract";
-import { useSendTransaction, useNetwork, Abi } from "@starknet-react/core";
+import {
+  useSendTransaction,
+  useNetwork,
+  Abi,
+  useContract,
+} from "@starknet-react/core";
 import { notification } from "~~/utils/scaffold-stark";
+import { Contract as StarknetJsContract } from "starknet";
 
 type UpdatedArgs = Parameters<
   ReturnType<typeof useSendTransaction>["sendAsync"]
@@ -45,93 +51,100 @@ export const useScaffoldWriteContract = <
     [deployedContractData?.abi, functionName],
   );
 
-  const parsedParams = useMemo(() => {
-    if (args && abiFunction && deployedContractData) {
-      const parsed = parseFunctionParams({
-        abiFunction,
-        abi: deployedContractData.abi,
-        inputs: args as any[],
-        isRead: false,
-        isReadArgsParsing: false,
-      }).flat(Infinity);
-      return parsed;
-    }
-    return [];
-  }, [args, abiFunction, deployedContractData]);
+  // TODO: see if we need this bit later
+  // const parsedParams = useMemo(() => {
+  //   if (args && abiFunction && deployedContractData) {
+  //     const parsed = parseFunctionParams({
+  //       abiFunction,
+  //       abi: deployedContractData.abi,
+  //       inputs: args as any[],
+  //       isRead: false,
+  //       isReadArgsParsing: true,
+  //     }).flat(Infinity);
+  //     return parsed;
+  //   }
+  //   return [];
+  // }, [args, abiFunction, deployedContractData]);
 
-  const sendTransactionInstance = useSendTransaction({
-    calls: deployedContractData
-      ? [
-          {
-            contractAddress: deployedContractData?.address,
-            entrypoint: functionName,
-            calldata: parsedParams,
-          },
-        ]
-      : [],
-  });
+  // leave blank for now since default args will be called by the trigger function anyway
+  const sendTransactionInstance = useSendTransaction({});
 
-  const sendContractWriteTx = async (params?: {
-    args?: UseScaffoldWriteConfig<TAbi, TContractName, TFunctionName>["args"];
-  }) => {
-    // if no args supplied, use the one supplied from hook
-    let newArgs = params?.args;
-    if (Object.keys(newArgs || {}).length <= 0) {
-      newArgs = args;
-    }
+  const sendContractWriteTx = useCallback(
+    async (params?: {
+      args?: UseScaffoldWriteConfig<TAbi, TContractName, TFunctionName>["args"];
+    }) => {
+      // if no args supplied, use the one supplied from hook
+      let newArgs = params?.args;
+      if (Object.keys(newArgs || {}).length <= 0) {
+        newArgs = args;
+      }
 
-    if (!deployedContractData) {
-      console.error(
-        "Target Contract is not deployed, did you forget to run `yarn deploy`?",
+      if (!deployedContractData) {
+        console.error(
+          "Target Contract is not deployed, did you forget to run `yarn deploy`?",
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!chain?.id) {
+        console.error("Please connect your wallet");
+        return;
+      }
+      if (chain?.id !== targetNetwork.id) {
+        console.error("You are on the wrong network");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // TODO: see if we need this back, keeping this here
+      // let newParsedParams =
+      //   newArgs && abiFunction && deployedContractData
+      //     ? parseFunctionParams({
+      //         abiFunction,
+      //         abi: deployedContractData.abi,
+      //         inputs: newArgs as any[],
+      //         isRead: false,
+      //         isReadArgsParsing: false,
+      //       })
+      //     : parsedParams;
+
+      // we convert to starknetjs contract instance here since deployed data may be undefined if contract is not deployed
+      const contractInstance = new StarknetJsContract(
+        deployedContractData.abi,
+        deployedContractData.address,
       );
-      return;
-    }
-    if (!chain?.id) {
-      console.error("Please connect your wallet");
-      return;
-    }
-    if (chain?.id !== targetNetwork.id) {
-      console.error("You are on the wrong network");
-      return;
-    }
 
-    let newParsedParams =
-      newArgs && abiFunction && deployedContractData
-        ? parseFunctionParams({
-            abiFunction,
-            abi: deployedContractData.abi,
-            inputs: newArgs as any[],
-            isRead: false,
-            isReadArgsParsing: false,
-          }).flat(Infinity)
-        : parsedParams;
-    const newCalls = [
-      {
-        contractAddress: deployedContractData.address,
-        entrypoint: functionName,
-        calldata: newParsedParams,
-      },
-    ];
+      const newCalls = deployedContractData
+        ? [contractInstance.populate(functionName, newArgs as any[])]
+        : [];
 
-    if (sendTransactionInstance.sendAsync) {
-      try {
-        // setIsMining(true);
-        return await sendTxnWrapper(() =>
-          sendTransactionInstance.sendAsync(newCalls as any[]),
-        );
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        throw e;
-      } finally {
-        // setIsMining(false);
+      if (sendTransactionInstance.sendAsync) {
+        try {
+          // setIsMining(true);
+          return await sendTxnWrapper(() =>
+            sendTransactionInstance.sendAsync(newCalls as any[]),
+          );
+        } catch (e: any) {
+          throw e;
+        } finally {
+          // setIsMining(false);
+        }
+      } else {
+        notification.error("Contract writer error. Try again.");
+        return;
       }
-    } else {
-      notification.error("Contract writer error. Try again.");
-      return;
-    }
-  };
+    },
+    [
+      args,
+      chain?.id,
+      deployedContractData,
+      functionName,
+      sendTransactionInstance,
+      sendTxnWrapper,
+      targetNetwork.id,
+    ],
+  );
 
   return {
     ...sendTransactionInstance,
     sendAsync: sendContractWriteTx,
   };
-};
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+};
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/utils/scaffold-stark/contract.ts b/packages/nextjs/utils/scaffold-stark/contract.ts
index 6a8fb479..759153d0 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/utils/scaffold-stark/contract.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/utils/scaffold-stark/contract.ts
@@ -458,10 +458,7 @@ const decodeParamsWithType = (paramType: string, param: any): unknown => {
         : `Err(${parseParamWithType(error, result.unwrap(), isRead)})`;
     }, param);
   } else if (isCairoContractAddress(paramType)) {
-    return tryParsingParamReturnObject(
-      getChecksumAddress,
-      `0x${param.toString(16)}`,
-    );
+    return tryParsingParamReturnObject(validateAndParseAddress, param);
   } else if (isCairoU256(paramType)) {
     return tryParsingParamReturnObject(uint256.uint256ToBN, param);
   } else if (isCairoByteArray(paramType)) {
@@ -783,13 +780,11 @@ export function parseFunctionParams({
     args: inputs,
   });
 
-  console.debug({ formattedInputs });
-
   formattedInputs.forEach((inputItem) => {
     const { type: inputType, value: inputValue } = inputItem;
 
     parsedInputs.push(
-      parseParamWithType(inputType, inputValue, isRead, !!isReadArgsParsing),
+      deepParseValues(inputValue, isRead, inputType, !!isReadArgsParsing),
     );
   });
 
@@ -841,7 +836,10 @@ function formatInputForParsing({
           _formatInput(structValue, argIndex, variants as AbiParameter[]),
         ];
       });
-      return { type: structName, value: { variant: Object.fromEntries } };
+      return {
+        type: structName,
+        value: { variant: Object.fromEntries(formattedEntries) },
+      };
     }
 
     const { members } = structDef as AbiStruct;
@@ -948,4 +946,4 @@ function encodeCustomEnumWithParsedVariants(
     return [numActiveVariant.toString(), ...parsedParameter];
   }
   return [numActiveVariant.toString(), parsedParameter];
-}
+}
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