diff --git a/.changeset/tricky-horses-type.md b/.changeset/tricky-horses-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e2f962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tricky-horses-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@mangrovedao/mgv": patch
+---
+
+Fixed values for populate
diff --git a/biome.json b/biome.json
index 8bfeb9e..3f38d0a 100644
--- a/biome.json
+++ b/biome.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://biomejs.dev/schemas/1.5.3/schema.json",
+  "$schema": "https://biomejs.dev/schemas/1.7.2/schema.json",
   "files": {
     "ignore": [
       "_cjs",
diff --git a/src/actions/kandel/getKandelSteps.ts b/src/actions/kandel/getKandelSteps.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/actions/kandel/populate.test.ts b/src/actions/kandel/populate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0a792f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/kandel/populate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { parseEther, parseUnits } from 'viem'
+import { describe, expect, inject, it } from 'vitest'
+import { validateKandelParams } from '~mgv/index.js'
+import { getClient } from '~test/src/client.js'
+import { getBook } from '../book.js'
+import { simulateBind, simulateDeployRouter } from '../smart-router.js'
+import { simulatePopulate } from './populate.js'
+import { simulateSow } from './sow.js'
+
+const { smartKandelSeeder } = inject('kandel')
+const { wethUSDC } = inject('markets')
+const actionParams = inject('mangrove')
+const client = getClient()
+
+describe('populate', () => {
+  it('populates', async () => {
+    const { request: sowReq, result: kandel } = await simulateSow(
+      client,
+      wethUSDC,
+      smartKandelSeeder,
+      {
+        account: client.account.address,
+      },
+    )
+    const hash = await client.writeContract(sowReq)
+    await client.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash })
+
+    const book = await getBook(client, actionParams, wethUSDC)
+
+    const { params, isValid, minProvision } = validateKandelParams({
+      minPrice: 2500,
+      midPrice: 3000,
+      maxPrice: 3500,
+      pricePoints: 5n,
+      market: wethUSDC,
+      baseAmount: parseEther('1'),
+      quoteAmount: parseUnits('3000', 18),
+      stepSize: 1n,
+      gasreq: 350_000n,
+      factor: 3,
+      asksLocalConfig: book.asksConfig,
+      bidsLocalConfig: book.bidsConfig,
+      marketConfig: book.marketConfig,
+    })
+
+    expect(isValid).toBe(true)
+
+    const { request: deployRouterReq, router } = await simulateDeployRouter(
+      client,
+      actionParams,
+      {
+        user: client.account.address,
+      },
+    )
+    const routerTx = await client.writeContract(deployRouterReq)
+    await client.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash: routerTx })
+
+    const { request: bindReq } = await simulateBind(client, router, {
+      target: kandel,
+    })
+    const bindTx = await client.writeContract(bindReq)
+    await client.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash: bindTx })
+
+    const { request } = await simulatePopulate(client, kandel, {
+      ...params,
+      account: client.account.address,
+      value: minProvision,
+    })
+    const hash2 = await client.writeContract(request)
+    await client.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash: hash2 })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/actions/kandel/populate.ts b/src/actions/kandel/populate.ts
index 5df7951..3d8129c 100644
--- a/src/actions/kandel/populate.ts
+++ b/src/actions/kandel/populate.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   populateChunkFromOffsetParams,
   populateFromOffsetParams,
 } from '../../builder/kandel/populate.js'
-import type { BuiltArgsWithValue } from '../../index.js'
+import type { BuiltArgs } from '../../index.js'
 import type { SimulationParams } from '../../types/actions/simulation.js'
 import { getAction } from '../../utils/getAction.js'
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type SimulationPopulateParams = SimulationParams<
   'populateFromOffset'
 >
 export type PopulateArgs = PopulateFromOffsetParams &
-  Omit<SimulationPopulateParams, BuiltArgsWithValue>
+  Omit<SimulationPopulateParams, BuiltArgs>
 
 export type PopulateResult = SimulateContractReturnType<
   typeof populateABI,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type SimulationPopulateChunckParams = SimulationParams<
 >
 
 export type PopulateChunkArgs = PopulateChunkFromOffsetParams &
-  Omit<SimulationPopulateChunckParams, BuiltArgsWithValue>
+  Omit<SimulationPopulateChunckParams, BuiltArgs>
 
 export type PopulateChunkResult = SimulateContractReturnType<
   typeof populateABI,
diff --git a/src/actions/kandel/sow.test.ts b/src/actions/kandel/sow.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01e368c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/kandel/sow.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { isAddress } from 'viem'
+import { describe, expect, inject, it } from 'vitest'
+import { getClient } from '~test/src/client.js'
+import { simulateSow } from './sow.js'
+
+const { smartKandelSeeder } = inject('kandel')
+const { wethUSDC } = inject('markets')
+const client = getClient()
+
+describe('sow', () => {
+  it('sows', async () => {
+    const { request, result } = await simulateSow(
+      client,
+      wethUSDC,
+      smartKandelSeeder,
+      {},
+    )
+    expect(isAddress(result)).toBe(true)
+    const tx = await client.writeContract(request)
+    const receipt = await client.waitForTransactionReceipt({ hash: tx })
+    expect(receipt.status).toBe('success')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/kandel/params.ts b/src/lib/kandel/params.ts
index 4415ab4..a853e15 100644
--- a/src/lib/kandel/params.ts
+++ b/src/lib/kandel/params.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ export function countBidsAndAsks(distribution: Distribution) {
   let nAsks = 0n
   for (let i = 0; i < distribution.asks.length; i++) {
     if (distribution.asks[i]!.gives !== 0n) nAsks++
+  }
+  for (let i = 0; i < distribution.bids.length; i++) {
     if (distribution.bids[i]!.gives !== 0n) nBids++
   }
   return {
@@ -179,9 +181,12 @@ export function validateKandelParams(
 
   const minBaseAmount = minAsk * nAsks
   const minQuoteAmount = minBid * nBids
+
   const minProvision =
-    ((gasreq + asksLocalConfig.offer_gasbase) * nAsks +
-      (gasreq + bidsLocalConfig.offer_gasbase) * nBids) *
+    ((gasreq + asksLocalConfig.offer_gasbase) *
+      BigInt(distribution.asks.length) +
+      (gasreq + bidsLocalConfig.offer_gasbase) *
+        BigInt(distribution.bids.length)) *
     marketConfig.gasprice *
     BigInt(1e6)