diff --git a/contracts/.npmignore b/contracts/.npmignore
index 382ffca6e..ac1207574 100644
--- a/contracts/.npmignore
+++ b/contracts/.npmignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 # NOP, just force npm to disregard .gitignore
 # https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/using-npm/developers#keeping-files-out-of-your-package
+
+.env*
+.flaskenv*
+!.env.project
+!.env.vault
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contracts/package.json b/contracts/package.json
index 36dc89378..4b09fb6df 100644
--- a/contracts/package.json
+++ b/contracts/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "export:devnet": "yarn hardhat export --export deployments/arbitrumSepoliaDevnet.ts --network arbitrumSepoliaDevnet",
     "export:testnet": "yarn hardhat export --export deployments/arbitrumSepolia.ts --network arbitrumSepolia",
     "export:mainnet": "yarn hardhat export --export deployments/arbitrum.ts --network arbitrum",
-    "viem:test": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-fetch ts-node ./scripts/viem-test.ts",
+    "viem:test": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-fetch ts-node ./scripts/viemTest.ts",
     "bot:keeper": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-fetch hardhat run ./scripts/keeperBot.ts",
     "bot:relayer-from-chiado": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-fetch hardhat run ./scripts/disputeRelayerBotFromChiado.ts",
     "bot:relayer-from-sepolia": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-fetch hardhat run ./scripts/disputeRelayerBotFromSepolia.ts",
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.6",
     "@types/node": "^16.18.68",
     "@wagmi/cli": "^1.5.2",
+    "abitype": "^0.10.3",
     "chai": "^4.3.10",
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
     "ethereumjs-util": "^7.1.5",
diff --git a/contracts/scripts/viem-test.ts b/contracts/scripts/viem-test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b019d3ebb..000000000
--- a/contracts/scripts/viem-test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { createPublicClient, http, getContract } from "viem";
-import { arbitrumSepolia } from "viem/chains";
-import { disputeKitClassicConfig } from "../deployments/devnet.viem";
-
-const main = async () => {
-  const client = createPublicClient({
-    chain: arbitrumSepolia,
-    transport: http(),
-  });
-
-  const disputeKit = getContract({
-    address: disputeKitClassicConfig.address[arbitrumSepolia.id],
-    abi: disputeKitClassicConfig.abi,
-    publicClient: client,
-  });
-
-  await disputeKit.read.governor().then(console.log);
-};
-
-main()
-  .then(() => process.exit(0))
-  .catch((error) => {
-    console.error(error);
-    process.exit(1);
-  });
diff --git a/contracts/scripts/viemTest.ts b/contracts/scripts/viemTest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17c19d783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/scripts/viemTest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { createPublicClient, http, getContract } from "viem";
+import { arbitrumSepolia } from "viem/chains";
+import { disputeKitClassicConfig } from "../deployments/devnet.viem";
+import { AbiFunction, AbiParametersToPrimitiveTypes, ExtractAbiFunction, FormatAbiItem } from "abitype";
+
+const main = async () => {
+  const client = createPublicClient({
+    chain: arbitrumSepolia,
+    transport: http(),
+  });
+
+  const disputeKit = getContract({
+    address: disputeKitClassicConfig.address[arbitrumSepolia.id],
+    abi: disputeKitClassicConfig.abi,
+    publicClient: client,
+  });
+
+  await disputeKit.read.governor().then(console.log);
+
+  // --------------------------------------------------
+
+  // Working around the "unknown tuple types" issue
+  // https://viem.sh/docs/faq.html#why-are-contract-function-args-with-fully-named-inputs-represented-as-unnamed-tuple-types-instead-of-object-types
+
+  // Not human-readable
+  type DelayedStakesFunction = ExtractAbiFunction<typeof disputeKit.abi, "disputes">;
+  type Result = AbiParametersToPrimitiveTypes<DelayedStakesFunction["outputs"]>;
+  // -> readonly [bigint, boolean, `0x${string}`]
+  // Ideally we would get an object instead of a tuple
+
+  // Human-readable
+  type FormattedFunction = FormatAbiItem<DelayedStakesFunction>;
+  // -> "function disputes(uint256) view returns (uint256 numberOfChoices, bool jumped, bytes extraData)"
+
+  const getFunctionReturnParameterNames = (abi: AbiFunction[], name: string): string[] => {
+    const f = abi.filter((abi: AbiFunction) => abi.type === "function" && abi.name === name)[0]; // WARNING: overloaded functions confusion
+    return f.outputs.map((item) => item.name).filter(String) as string[];
+  };
+
+  const createObject = (keys: string[], values: any[]) => Object.fromEntries(keys.map((k, i) => [k, values[i]]));
+
+  const disputes = await disputeKit.read.disputes([BigInt(0)]);
+  const disputeParamNames = getFunctionReturnParameterNames(disputeKit.abi as unknown as AbiFunction[], "disputes"); // such type hack
+  const disputeObject = createObject(disputeParamNames, [...disputes]);
+  console.log("disputes: %O", disputeObject);
+};
+
+main()
+  .then(() => process.exit(0))
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 00e4603b0..2c64cea3b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5468,6 +5468,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/mocha": ^10.0.6
     "@types/node": ^16.18.68
     "@wagmi/cli": ^1.5.2
+    abitype: ^0.10.3
     chai: ^4.3.10
     dotenv: ^16.3.1
     ethereumjs-util: ^7.1.5
@@ -11336,6 +11337,21 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"abitype@npm:^0.10.3":
+  version: 0.10.3
+  resolution: "abitype@npm:0.10.3"
+  peerDependencies:
+    typescript: ">=5.0.4"
+    zod: ^3 >=3.22.0
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    typescript:
+      optional: true
+    zod:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 3dccd692c2cf26bfa29926ef8cf5e9649d496327f77e693f953647e86ff15d70ff9d26a7296c27313ef34ca208faeaafc8cd4054dfc1bd075089e78a2d124e7d
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "abort-controller@npm:^3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.0
   resolution: "abort-controller@npm:3.0.0"