diff --git a/src/app/pages/RewardPage/components/ClaimForms/FeesEarnedClaimRow/index.tsx b/src/app/pages/RewardPage/components/ClaimForms/FeesEarnedClaimRow/index.tsx
index 33e89a437..35106830b 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/RewardPage/components/ClaimForms/FeesEarnedClaimRow/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/RewardPage/components/ClaimForms/FeesEarnedClaimRow/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, {
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { IClaimFormProps } from '../BaseClaimForm/types';
 import { useAccount } from 'app/hooks/useAccount';
@@ -8,7 +14,7 @@ import { translations } from 'locales/i18n';
 import { AssetRenderer } from 'app/components/AssetRenderer';
 import { Asset } from 'types';
 import { useCacheCallWithValue } from 'app/hooks/useCacheCallWithValue';
-import { gasLimit } from 'utils/classifiers';
+import { currentChainId, gasLimit } from 'utils/classifiers';
 import { useMaintenance } from 'app/hooks/useMaintenance';
 import { weiToNumberFormat } from 'utils/display-text/format';
 import { ActionButton } from 'app/components/Form/ActionButton';
@@ -18,6 +24,11 @@ import { bignumber } from 'mathjs';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { LoadableValue } from 'app/components/LoadableValue';
 import { TransactionDialog } from 'app/components/TransactionDialog';
+import { simulateTx } from 'utils/simulator/simulateTx';
+import { TxTuple } from 'utils/simulator/types';
+import { getContract } from 'utils/blockchain/contract-helpers';
+import { Sovryn } from 'utils/sovryn';
+import { toastError } from 'utils/toaster';
 
 interface IFeesEarnedClaimRowProps extends IClaimFormProps {
   rbtcValue: number;
@@ -40,10 +51,12 @@ export const FeesEarnedClaimRow: React.FC<IFeesEarnedClaimRowProps> = ({
   const { checkMaintenance, States } = useMaintenance();
   const claimFeesEarnedLocked = checkMaintenance(States.CLAIM_FEES_EARNED);
 
+  const controllerRef = useRef<AbortController>();
+
   const { value: maxCheckpoints } = useCacheCallWithValue(
     'feeSharingProxy',
     'numTokenCheckpoints',
-    100,
+    -1,
     contractAddress,
   );
   const { send, ...tx } = useSendContractTx('feeSharingProxy', 'withdraw');
@@ -52,12 +65,15 @@ export const FeesEarnedClaimRow: React.FC<IFeesEarnedClaimRowProps> = ({
     'withdrawRBTC',
   );
 
+  const [isSimulating, setIsSimulating] = useState(false);
+
   const isClaimDisabled = useMemo(
     () =>
+      isSimulating ||
       claimFeesEarnedLocked ||
       !bignumber(amountToClaim).greaterThan(0) ||
       assetClaimLocked,
-    [claimFeesEarnedLocked, amountToClaim, assetClaimLocked],
+    [isSimulating, claimFeesEarnedLocked, amountToClaim, assetClaimLocked],
   );
 
   const onSubmit = useCallback(() => {
@@ -76,6 +92,64 @@ export const FeesEarnedClaimRow: React.FC<IFeesEarnedClaimRowProps> = ({
     }
   }, [address, asset, contractAddress, maxCheckpoints, send, withdrawRBTC]);
 
+  const handleCheckBeforeSubmit = useCallback(() => {
+    if (controllerRef.current) {
+      controllerRef.current.abort();
+    }
+    setIsSimulating(true);
+
+    controllerRef.current = new AbortController();
+
+    const args =
+      asset === Asset.RBTC
+        ? [0, address]
+        : [contractAddress, maxCheckpoints, address];
+
+    const method = asset === Asset.RBTC ? 'withdrawRBTC' : 'withdraw';
+
+    const tx: TxTuple = [
+      {
+        to: getContract('feeSharingProxy').address,
+        from: address,
+        value: '0',
+        input: Sovryn.contracts['feeSharingProxy'].methods[method](
+          ...args,
+        ).encodeABI(),
+        gas_price: '0',
+        gas: 6_800_000,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    simulateTx(currentChainId, tx, controllerRef.current.signal)
+      .then(([{ transaction }]) => {
+        console.log('simulation response', asset, transaction);
+        if (transaction.status) {
+          onSubmit();
+        } else {
+          toastError(
+            t(translations.rewardPage.claimForm.contractFailure, {
+              currency: asset,
+            }),
+          );
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        // error from the simulator itself
+        toastError(t(translations.rewardPage.claimForm.simulatorFailure));
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        setIsSimulating(false);
+      });
+  }, [address, asset, contractAddress, maxCheckpoints, onSubmit, t]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (controllerRef.current) {
+        controllerRef.current.abort();
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <tr
       className={classNames({
@@ -98,7 +172,7 @@ export const FeesEarnedClaimRow: React.FC<IFeesEarnedClaimRowProps> = ({
       <td>
         <ActionButton
           text={t(translations.rewardPage.claimForm.cta)}
-          onClick={onSubmit}
+          onClick={handleCheckBeforeSubmit}
           className={classNames(
             'tw-border-none tw-px-4 xl:tw-px-2 2xl:tw-px-4',
             {
diff --git a/src/locales/en/translation.json b/src/locales/en/translation.json
index 8e31fd01a..341887dbf 100644
--- a/src/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/src/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -1638,7 +1638,9 @@
       "cta": "CLAIM",
       "note": "Claiming will simultaneously claim both liquid and vested rewards, and automatically start a vesting period for the vested rewards of 40 weeks with a maximum 4-week cliff.",
       "learn": "Learn more",
-      "claimDisabled": "There is not enough SOV in the StakingRewardsProxy contract to facilitate a claim of rewards at this time. Therefore, to avoid a loss of gas fee by initiating a transaction that will inevitably fail, the CLAIM button has been disabled. Be assured that the team is aware and funds should be replenished shortly."
+      "claimDisabled": "There is not enough SOV in the StakingRewardsProxy contract to facilitate a claim of rewards at this time. Therefore, to avoid a loss of gas fee by initiating a transaction that will inevitably fail, the CLAIM button has been disabled. Be assured that the team is aware and funds should be replenished shortly.",
+      "contractFailure": "Due to a known issue, claiming {{currency}} transaction will fail. Work on a fix is in progress.",
+      "simulatorFailure": "Unknown error, please try again later."
     },
     "liquidClaimForm": {
       "note": "Claiming your rewards automatically adds them to your SOV portfolio balance.",