diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 3fb65370..00cec43c 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   rootDir: '.',
   setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/test/setup.ts'],
-  testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-node',
+  // testEnvironment: 'jest-environment-node', // TODO: this is required for the ARC0200Contract tests, otherwise the algosdk fails
+  testEnvironment: 'jsdom',
   transform: {
     '^.+\\.tsx?$': [
       'ts-jest',
diff --git a/src/extension/contracts/BaseContract/BaseContract.ts b/src/extension/contracts/BaseContract/BaseContract.ts
index 8c32bae7..3aa48bec 100644
--- a/src/extension/contracts/BaseContract/BaseContract.ts
+++ b/src/extension/contracts/BaseContract/BaseContract.ts
@@ -252,30 +252,26 @@ export default class BaseContract {
     );
     let request: algosdk.modelsv2.SimulateRequest;
 
-    try {
-      assignGroupID(transactions);
-
-      request = new algosdk.modelsv2.SimulateRequest({
-        allowUnnamedResources: true,
-        allowEmptySignatures: true,
-        txnGroups: [
-          new algosdk.modelsv2.SimulateRequestTransactionGroup({
-            txns: transactions.map(
-              (value) =>
-                decodeObj(
-                  encodeUnsignedSimulateTransaction(value)
-                ) as EncodedSignedTransaction
-            ),
-          }),
-        ],
-      });
-      return await this.algodClient
-        .simulateTransactions(request)
-        .setIntDecoding(IntDecoding.BIGINT)
-        .do();
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw error;
-    }
+    assignGroupID(transactions);
+
+    request = new algosdk.modelsv2.SimulateRequest({
+      allowUnnamedResources: true,
+      allowEmptySignatures: true,
+      txnGroups: [
+        new algosdk.modelsv2.SimulateRequestTransactionGroup({
+          txns: transactions.map(
+            (value) =>
+              decodeObj(
+                encodeUnsignedSimulateTransaction(value)
+              ) as EncodedSignedTransaction
+          ),
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+    return await this.algodClient
+      .simulateTransactions(request)
+      .setIntDecoding(IntDecoding.BIGINT)
+      .do();
   }
 
   /**