diff --git a/api/src/controllers/index.js b/api/src/controllers/index.js
index 96f15b89..da1263d3 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/index.js
+++ b/api/src/controllers/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getAddress } from "@ethersproject/address";
 import axios from "axios";
 import RedisClient from '../clients/redis.js';
-import { getOwner, getPKPSession, getRolesFromSession, mintPKP, transferOwnership, writeAuthMethods } from "../libs/lit/index.js";
+import {  getPKPSession, getRolesFromSession, mintPKP, transferOwnership, writeAuthMethods } from "../libs/lit/index.js";
 import { getAuthSigFromDIDSession } from "../utils/helpers.js";
 import { DIDService } from "../services/did.js";
 import { IndexService } from "../services/index.js";
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ export const transferIndex = async (req, res, next) => {
           userAuthSig: userAuthSig,
           signerPublicKey: index?.signerPublicKey,
           signerFunction: index.signerFunction,
-          previousOwner: previousOwner,
-          newOwner: newOwnerWallet,
+          previousOwner: previousOwner.toLowerCase(),
+          newOwner: newOwnerWallet.toLowerCase(),
         });
 
         if(vals){
diff --git a/api/src/libs/lit/index.js b/api/src/libs/lit/index.js
index 4a2cfd79..8122e211 100644
--- a/api/src/libs/lit/index.js
+++ b/api/src/libs/lit/index.js
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ export const transferOwnership = async ({
         [previousOwner]
       );
 
-    const res = await transaction.wait(3)
+    const res = await transaction.wait(1)
 
     console.log("broadcast txn result:", JSON.stringify(transaction));
     if(res){
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export const mintPKP = async (ownerAddress, actionCID) => {
     await litContracts.pkpHelperContract.write.mintNextAndAddAuthMethods(
       2,
       [AuthMethodType.EthWallet, AuthMethodType.LitAction],
-      [ownerAddress, acid],
+      [ownerAddress.toLowerCase(), acid],
       ["0x", "0x"],
       [[BigInt(1)], [BigInt(1)]],
       true,