diff --git a/devcon-api/src/controllers/account.ts b/devcon-api/src/controllers/account.ts
index 079225258..94d17dcde 100644
--- a/devcon-api/src/controllers/account.ts
+++ b/devcon-api/src/controllers/account.ts
@@ -497,15 +497,15 @@ async function LoginWeb3(req: Request, res: Response) {
     return res.status(400).send({ code: 400, message: 'No session token.' })
   }
 
-  const address = req.body.address as string
+  const address = req.body.address as `0x${string}`
   const nonce = Number(req.body.nonce)
   const msg = req.body.msg as string
-  const signed = req.body.signed as string
+  const signed = req.body.signed as `0x${string}`
   if (!address || !msg || !signed || !nonce || isNaN(nonce)) {
     return res.status(400).send({ code: 400, message: 'Invalid input.' })
   }
 
-  const validSignature = isValidSignature(address, msg, signed)
+  const validSignature = await isValidSignature(address, msg, signed)
   if (!validSignature) {
     return res.status(400).send({ code: 400, message: 'Invalid signature.' })
   }
diff --git a/devcon-api/src/utils/web3.ts b/devcon-api/src/utils/web3.ts
index 986cb1fd9..860198bac 100644
--- a/devcon-api/src/utils/web3.ts
+++ b/devcon-api/src/utils/web3.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { ethers, verifyMessage } from 'ethers'
 import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
 import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
 
@@ -7,14 +6,9 @@ export const publicClient = createPublicClient({
   transport: http(`https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/${process.env.INFURA_API_KEY}`),
 })
 
-export const isValidSignature = (address: string, message: string, signature: string): boolean => {
+export const isValidSignature = async (address: `0x${string}`, message: string, signature: `0x${string}`): Promise<boolean> => {
   try {
-    const recovered = verifyMessage(message, signature)
-    if (!recovered || ethers.getAddress(recovered) !== ethers.getAddress(address)) {
-      return false
-    }
-
-    return true
+    return await publicClient.verifyMessage({ address, message, signature })
   } catch (e) {
     return false
   }