diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 471c1bf3..4ce0f6a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "warp-contracts",
-  "version": "1.4.34",
+  "version": "1.4.34-beta.1",
   "description": "An implementation of the SmartWeave smart contract protocol.",
   "types": "./lib/types/index.d.ts",
   "main": "./lib/cjs/index.js",
diff --git a/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts b/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
index e6aa064f..ed2c2947 100644
--- a/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
+++ b/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
@@ -646,13 +646,11 @@ export class HandlerBasedContract<State> implements Contract<State> {
 
     const benchmark = Benchmark.measure();
     if (!this.isRoot()) {
-      cachedState =
-        state ||
-        (this.interactionState().getLessOrEqual(this.txId(), upToSortKey) as SortKeyCacheResult<
-          EvalStateResult<State>
-        >);
+      cachedState = this.interactionState().getLessOrEqual(this.txId(), upToSortKey) as SortKeyCacheResult<
+        EvalStateResult<State>
+      >;
     }
-    cachedState = cachedState || (await stateEvaluator.latestAvailableState<State>(contractTxId, upToSortKey));
+    cachedState = state || cachedState || (await stateEvaluator.latestAvailableState<State>(contractTxId, upToSortKey));
     if (upToSortKey && this.evaluationOptions().strictSortKey && cachedState?.sortKey != upToSortKey) {
       throw new Error(`State not cached at the exact required ${upToSortKey} sortKey`);
     }