diff --git a/lib/kakarot b/lib/kakarot
index 76a16ca10..ab68ac11f 160000
--- a/lib/kakarot
+++ b/lib/kakarot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 76a16ca10f43aafec65f1e85b8dbab8859d641a9
+Subproject commit ab68ac11f68d9aaf3105258b0b4d3effe17ef377
diff --git a/src/eth_provider/provider.rs b/src/eth_provider/provider.rs
index 6f04d82e4..55dc9d77d 100644
--- a/src/eth_provider/provider.rs
+++ b/src/eth_provider/provider.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use super::database::types::{
     transaction::StoredTransactionHash,
 };
 use super::database::Database;
+use super::starknet::kakarot_core;
 use super::starknet::kakarot_core::core::{KakarotCoreReader, Uint256};
 use super::starknet::kakarot_core::to_starknet_transaction;
 use super::starknet::kakarot_core::{
@@ -484,8 +485,12 @@ where
         let starknet_block_id: StarknetBlockId = eth_block_id.try_into()?;
 
         // unwrap option
-        let to = call.to.unwrap_or_default();
-        let to = into_via_wrapper!(to);
+        let to: kakarot_core::core::Option = {
+            match call.to {
+                Some(to) => kakarot_core::core::Option { is_some: FieldElement::ONE, value: into_via_wrapper!(to) },
+                None => kakarot_core::core::Option { is_some: FieldElement::ZERO, value: FieldElement::ZERO },
+            }
+        };
 
         // Here we check if CallRequest.origin is None, if so, we insert origin = address(0)
         let from = into_via_wrapper!(call.from.unwrap_or_default());