diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/dollar/core/ERC1155Ubiquity.sol b/packages/contracts/src/dollar/core/ERC1155Ubiquity.sol
index 6f82fe3c1..6c211deb5 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/dollar/core/ERC1155Ubiquity.sol
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/dollar/core/ERC1155Ubiquity.sol
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import "../../../src/dollar/utils/SafeAddArray.sol";
  * - TotalSupply per id
  * - Ubiquity Manager access control
  */
-contract ERC1155Ubiquity is
+abstract contract ERC1155Ubiquity is
     Initializable,
     ERC1155BurnableUpgradeable,
     ERC1155PausableUpgradeable,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ contract ERC1155Ubiquity is
     function __ERC1155Ubiquity_init(
         address _manager,
         string memory _uri
-    ) public initializer onlyInitializing {
+    ) internal onlyInitializing {
         // init base contracts
         __ERC1155_init(_uri);
         __ERC1155Burnable_init();
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ contract ERC1155Ubiquity is
     /// @param _manager Address of the manager of the contract
     function __ERC1155Ubiquity_init_unchained(
         address _manager
-    ) public initializer onlyInitializing {
+    ) internal onlyInitializing {
         accessControl = IAccessControl(_manager);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/dollar/libraries/LibBondingCurve.sol b/packages/contracts/src/dollar/libraries/LibBondingCurve.sol
index 65205c608..22544d998 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/dollar/libraries/LibBondingCurve.sol
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/dollar/libraries/LibBondingCurve.sol
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol";
 import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/utils/SafeERC20.sol";
 import "@openzeppelin/contracts/utils/math/SafeMath.sol";
 import {LibAppStorage} from "./LibAppStorage.sol";
+import {UbiquiStick} from "../../ubiquistick/UbiquiStick.sol";
 import "../../ubiquistick/interfaces/IUbiquiStick.sol";
 import "../interfaces/IERC1155Ubiquity.sol";
 import "./Constants.sol";
@@ -132,14 +133,13 @@ library LibBondingCurve {
         dollar.transferFrom(_recipient, address(this), _collateralDeposited);
 
         ss.poolBalance = ss.poolBalance + _collateralDeposited;
-        bytes memory tokReturned = toBytes(tokensReturned);
         ss.share[_recipient] += tokensReturned;
         ss.tokenIds += 1;
 
-        IERC1155Ubiquity bNFT = IERC1155Ubiquity(
+        UbiquiStick ubiquiStick = UbiquiStick(
             LibAppStorage.appStorage().ubiquiStickAddress
         );
-        bNFT.mint(_recipient, ss.tokenIds, tokensReturned, tokReturned);
+        ubiquiStick.batchSafeMint(_recipient, tokensReturned);
 
         emit Deposit(_recipient, _collateralDeposited);
     }
diff --git a/packages/contracts/test/diamond/facets/BondingCurveFacet.t.sol b/packages/contracts/test/diamond/facets/BondingCurveFacet.t.sol
index fa33ea2d4..9a6e64880 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/test/diamond/facets/BondingCurveFacet.t.sol
+++ b/packages/contracts/test/diamond/facets/BondingCurveFacet.t.sol
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ pragma solidity 0.8.19;
 import "../DiamondTestSetup.sol";
 import "../../../src/dollar/libraries/Constants.sol";
 import "@openzeppelin/contracts/utils/math/SafeMath.sol";
+import {ERC1967Proxy} from "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/ERC1967/ERC1967Proxy.sol";
 import {MockERC20} from "../../../src/dollar/mocks/MockERC20.sol";
+import {ERC1155Ubiquity} from "../../../src/dollar/core/ERC1155Ubiquity.sol";
+import {UbiquiStick} from "../../../src/ubiquistick/UbiquiStick.sol";
 import "forge-std/Test.sol";
 
 contract BondingCurveFacetTest is DiamondSetup {
@@ -28,11 +31,17 @@ contract BondingCurveFacetTest is DiamondSetup {
         super.setUp();
 
         vm.startPrank(admin);
+
         IAccessControl.grantRole(
             GOVERNANCE_TOKEN_MINTER_ROLE,
             address(diamond)
         );
 
+        // deploy UbiquiStick
+        UbiquiStick ubiquiStick = new UbiquiStick();
+        ubiquiStick.setMinter(address(diamond));
+        IManager.setUbiquistickAddress(address(ubiquiStick));
+
         vm.stopPrank();
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/contracts/test/helpers/UUPSTestHelper.sol b/packages/contracts/test/helpers/UUPSTestHelper.sol
index 696726e66..21769d096 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/test/helpers/UUPSTestHelper.sol
+++ b/packages/contracts/test/helpers/UUPSTestHelper.sol
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {UbiquityCreditToken} from "../../src/dollar/core/UbiquityCreditToken.sol
 import {StakingShare} from "../../src/dollar/core/StakingShare.sol";
 import {CreditNft} from "../../src/dollar/core/CreditNft.sol";
 import {ManagerFacet} from "../../src/dollar/facets/ManagerFacet.sol";
-import {ERC1155Ubiquity} from "../../src/dollar/core/ERC1155Ubiquity.sol";
 import "../../src/dollar/libraries/Constants.sol";
 import "forge-std/Test.sol";
 
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ contract UUPSTestHelper {
     UbiquityCreditToken creditToken;
     UbiquityDollarToken dollarToken;
     UbiquityGovernanceToken governanceToken;
-    ERC1155Ubiquity ubiquiStick;
 
     // proxies for core contracts
     ERC1967Proxy proxyCreditNft;
@@ -88,22 +86,8 @@ contract UUPSTestHelper {
             address(proxyGovernanceToken)
         );
 
-        // deploy UbiquiStick (not a core contract, not upgradeable)
-        // TODO: move from UUPSTestHelper to a more relevant place
-        initData = abi.encodeWithSignature(
-            "__ERC1155Ubiquity_init(address,string)",
-            diamond,
-            uri
-        );
-        proxyUbiquiStick = new ERC1967Proxy(
-            address(new ERC1155Ubiquity()),
-            initData
-        );
-        ubiquiStick = ERC1155Ubiquity(address(proxyUbiquiStick));
-
         // set addresses of the newly deployed contracts in the Diamond
         ManagerFacet managerFacet = ManagerFacet(diamond);
-        managerFacet.setUbiquistickAddress(address(ubiquiStick));
         managerFacet.setStakingShareAddress(address(stakingShare));
         managerFacet.setCreditTokenAddress(address(creditToken));
         managerFacet.setDollarTokenAddress(address(dollarToken));