diff --git a/evm/sdk/ts/src/platforms/evm/src/admin.ts b/evm/sdk/ts/src/platforms/evm/src/admin.ts
index 5e9f664..ff4b2ce 100644
--- a/evm/sdk/ts/src/platforms/evm/src/admin.ts
+++ b/evm/sdk/ts/src/platforms/evm/src/admin.ts
@@ -9,20 +9,8 @@ import {
 export async function claimAdmin(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
-  withExecutor: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  let contract: WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor;
-  if (withExecutor) {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  } else {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  }
+  let contract = await getContract(contractAddress, signer);
   const tx = await contract.claimAdmin();
   await tx.wait();
 }
@@ -30,20 +18,8 @@ export async function claimAdmin(
 export async function discardAdmin(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
-  withExecutor: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  let contract: WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor;
-  if (withExecutor) {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  } else {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  }
+  let contract = await getContract(contractAddress, signer);
   const tx = await contract.discardAdmin();
   await tx.wait();
 }
@@ -51,42 +27,17 @@ export async function discardAdmin(
 export async function pendingAdmin(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
-  withExecutor: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<string> {
-  let contract: WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor;
-  if (withExecutor) {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  } else {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  }
-  const result: string = await contract.pendingAdmin();
-  return result;
+  let contract = await getContract(contractAddress, signer);
+  return await contract.pendingAdmin();
 }
 
 export async function transferAdmin(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
   newAdmin: string,
-  withExecutor: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  let contract: WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor;
-  if (withExecutor) {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  } else {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  }
+  let contract = await getContract(contractAddress, signer);
   const tx = await contract.transferAdmin(newAdmin);
   await tx.wait();
 }
@@ -95,20 +46,8 @@ export async function updateAdmin(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
   newAdmin: string,
-  withExecutor: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  let contract: WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor;
-  if (withExecutor) {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  } else {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  }
+  let contract = await getContract(contractAddress, signer);
   const tx = await contract.updateAdmin(newAdmin);
   await tx.wait();
 }
@@ -116,32 +55,45 @@ export async function updateAdmin(
 export async function getAdapterType(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
-  withExecutor: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<string> {
-  let contract: WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor;
-  if (withExecutor) {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  } else {
-    contract = WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(
-      contractAddress,
-      signer,
-    );
-  }
-  const result: string = await contract.getAdapterType();
-  return result;
+  let contract = await getContract(contractAddress, signer);
+  return await contract.getAdapterType();
 }
 
 export async function amIExecutor(
   contractAddress: string,
   signer: ethers.Signer,
 ): Promise<boolean> {
-  const type: string = await getAdapterType(contractAddress, signer);
-  // TODO:  See if this version string is somewhere in a const
-  if (type === "WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor-0.0.1") {
-    return true;
+  try {
+    const type: string = await getAdapterType(contractAddress, signer);
+    // TODO:  See if this version string is somewhere in a const
+    if (type === "WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor-0.0.1") {
+      return true;
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log("Error getting adapter type", e);
   }
   return false;
 }
+
+async function getContract(
+  contractAddress: string,
+  signer: ethers.Signer,
+): Promise<WormholeGuardiansAdapter | WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor> {
+  try {
+    return WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor__factory.connect(
+      contractAddress,
+      signer,
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log("Error connecting to contract with executor", e);
+  }
+  try {
+    return WormholeGuardiansAdapter__factory.connect(contractAddress, signer);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log("Error connecting to contract without executor", e);
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    `Contract address ${contractAddress} is not a WormholeGuardiansAdapter or WormholeGuardiansAdapterWithExecutor contract`,
+  );
+}