diff --git a/examples/smart_contract.ts b/examples/smart_contract.ts
index b5cf39f56..5c3d64ef9 100644
--- a/examples/smart_contract.ts
+++ b/examples/smart_contract.ts
@@ -39,16 +39,14 @@ const tx = C.contracts.instantiate(client)({
   salt,
   sender: T.alice.address,
 }).signed(T.alice.sign)
-const finalizedIn = tx.watch(({ end }) =>
-  (status) => {
-    if (typeof status !== "string" && (status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)) {
-      return end(status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)
-    } else if (C.rpc.known.TransactionStatus.isTerminal(status)) {
-      return end(new Error())
-    }
-    return
+const finalizedIn = tx.watch(({ end }) => (status) => {
+  if (typeof status !== "string" && (status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)) {
+    return end(status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)
+  } else if (C.rpc.known.TransactionStatus.isTerminal(status)) {
+    return end(new Error())
   }
-)
+  return
+})
 const contractAddress = U.throwIfError(
   await C
     .events(tx, finalizedIn)
diff --git a/fluent/Contract.ts b/fluent/Contract.ts
index 5e4d681cd..a581a32cd 100644
--- a/fluent/Contract.ts
+++ b/fluent/Contract.ts
@@ -53,16 +53,14 @@ export class Contract<Client extends Z.Effect<rpc.Client>> {
       ...this.#basePayload(props.sender, props.messageLabel, props.args),
       value: props.value,
     }).signed(props.sign)
-    const finalizedIn = tx.watch(({ end }) =>
-      (status) => {
-        if (typeof status !== "string" && (status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)) {
-          return end(status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)
-        } else if (rpc.known.TransactionStatus.isTerminal(status)) {
-          return end(new Error())
-        }
-        return
+    const finalizedIn = tx.watch(({ end }) => (status) => {
+      if (typeof status !== "string" && (status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)) {
+        return end(status.inBlock ?? status.finalized)
+      } else if (rpc.known.TransactionStatus.isTerminal(status)) {
+        return end(new Error())
       }
-    )
+      return
+    })
     const events_ = events(tx, finalizedIn)
     const contractEvents = contracts.events(this.contractMetadata, events_)
     return Z.ls(finalizedIn, events_, contractEvents)