diff --git a/packages/stateful/actions/core/nfts/TransferNft/index.tsx b/packages/stateful/actions/core/nfts/TransferNft/index.tsx
index 0668eb1267..fa44614da9 100644
--- a/packages/stateful/actions/core/nfts/TransferNft/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/stateful/actions/core/nfts/TransferNft/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { toBase64, toUtf8 } from '@cosmjs/encoding'
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form'
 import { constSelector, useRecoilValue } from 'recoil'
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import {
   combineLoadingDataWithErrors,
   decodePolytoneExecuteMsg,
+  encodeMessageAsBase64,
   makeWasmMessage,
   maybeMakePolytoneExecuteMessage,
   objectMatchesStructure,
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const useTransformToCosmos: UseTransformToCosmos<TransferNftData> = () => {
                 ? {
                     send_nft: {
                       contract: recipient,
-                      msg: toBase64(toUtf8(JSON.stringify(smartContractMsg))),
+                      msg: encodeMessageAsBase64(smartContractMsg),
                       token_id: tokenId,
                     },
                   }
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ const useDecodedCosmosMsg: UseDecodedCosmosMsg<TransferNftData> = (
           recipient: msg.wasm.execute.msg.send_nft.contract,
 
           executeSmartContract: true,
-          smartContractMsg: parseEncodedMessage(
-            msg.wasm.execute.msg.send_nft.msg
+          smartContractMsg: JSON.stringify(
+            parseEncodedMessage(msg.wasm.execute.msg.send_nft.msg),
+            null,
+            2
           ),
         },
       }
diff --git a/packages/utils/contracts.ts b/packages/utils/contracts.ts
index 28017b576c..4a3dc6214c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/contracts.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/contracts.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { SigningCosmWasmClient } from '@cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate'
-import { toBase64, toUtf8 } from '@cosmjs/encoding'
 import { Coin, SigningStargateClient } from '@cosmjs/stargate'
 import { findAttribute, parseRawLog } from '@cosmjs/stargate/build/logs'
 
 import { ContractVersion } from '@dao-dao/types'
 
 import { CHAIN_GAS_MULTIPLIER } from './constants'
-import { cwMsgToEncodeObject } from './messages'
+import { cwMsgToEncodeObject, encodeMessageAsBase64 } from './messages'
 
 const CONTRACT_VERSIONS = Object.values(ContractVersion)
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ export const instantiateSmartContract = async (
           wasm: {
             instantiate: {
               code_id: codeId,
-              msg: toBase64(toUtf8(JSON.stringify(msg))),
+              msg: encodeMessageAsBase64(msg),
               funds: funds || [],
               label,
               // Replace empty string with undefined.
diff --git a/packages/utils/messages/cw.ts b/packages/utils/messages/cw.ts
index c97bf33a66..ceb545d8bf 100644
--- a/packages/utils/messages/cw.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/messages/cw.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { getSupportedChainConfig } from '../chain'
 import { POLYTONE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS } from '../constants'
 import { objectMatchesStructure } from '../objectMatchesStructure'
-import { parseEncodedMessage } from './encoding'
+import { encodeMessageAsBase64, parseEncodedMessage } from './encoding'
 import { decodeStargateMessage } from './protobuf'
 
 type WasmMsgType =
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export const makeExecutableMintMessage = (
   wasm: {
     execute: {
       contract_addr: contractAddress,
-      msg: toBase64(toUtf8(JSON.stringify(msg))),
+      msg: encodeMessageAsBase64(msg),
       funds: [],
     },
   },