diff --git a/packages/dev-frontend/src/components/Stability/validation/validateStabilityDepositChange.tsx b/packages/dev-frontend/src/components/Stability/validation/validateStabilityDepositChange.tsx
index 3a7b9110d..59c8f7c49 100644
--- a/packages/dev-frontend/src/components/Stability/validation/validateStabilityDepositChange.tsx
+++ b/packages/dev-frontend/src/components/Stability/validation/validateStabilityDepositChange.tsx
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ export const validateStabilityDepositChange = (
       </ErrorDescription>
     ];
   }
-
-  if(change && !bammAllowance) {
+  if(change && change.depositLUSD?.gt(Decimal.fromBigNumberString(bammAllowance.toString()))) {
     return [
       undefined,
       <ErrorDescription>
diff --git a/packages/lib-ethers/etc/lib-ethers.api.md b/packages/lib-ethers/etc/lib-ethers.api.md
index ad395e68f..f8026e421 100644
--- a/packages/lib-ethers/etc/lib-ethers.api.md
+++ b/packages/lib-ethers/etc/lib-ethers.api.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class BlockPolledLiquityStore extends LiquityStore<BlockPolledLiquityStor
 // @public
 export interface BlockPolledLiquityStoreExtraState {
     // (undocumented)
-    bammAllowance: boolean;
+    bammAllowance: any;
     blockTag?: number;
     blockTimestamp: number;
     // @internal (undocumented)
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ export class ReadableEthersLiquity implements ReadableLiquity {
     // @internal (undocumented)
     _getActivePool(overrides?: EthersCallOverrides): Promise<Trove>;
     // (undocumented)
-    getBammAllowance(overrides?: EthersCallOverrides): Promise<boolean>;
+    getBammAllowance(overrides?: EthersCallOverrides): Promise<any>;
     // @internal (undocumented)
     _getBlockTimestamp(blockTag?: BlockTag): Promise<number>;
     // (undocumented)
diff --git a/packages/lib-ethers/src/BlockPolledLiquityStore.ts b/packages/lib-ethers/src/BlockPolledLiquityStore.ts
index 9344d7bf7..2e155c209 100644
--- a/packages/lib-ethers/src/BlockPolledLiquityStore.ts
+++ b/packages/lib-ethers/src/BlockPolledLiquityStore.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface BlockPolledLiquityStoreExtraState {
   /** @internal */
   _feesFactory: (blockTimestamp: number, recoveryMode: boolean) => Fees;
 
-  bammAllowance: boolean;
+  bammAllowance: any;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/lib-ethers/src/ReadableEthersLiquity.ts b/packages/lib-ethers/src/ReadableEthersLiquity.ts
index 3707fb6a4..003001f52 100644
--- a/packages/lib-ethers/src/ReadableEthersLiquity.ts
+++ b/packages/lib-ethers/src/ReadableEthersLiquity.ts
@@ -610,14 +610,14 @@ export class ReadableEthersLiquity implements ReadableLiquity {
       : { status: "unregistered" };
   }
 
-  async getBammAllowance(overrides?: EthersCallOverrides): Promise<boolean> {
+  async getBammAllowance(overrides?: EthersCallOverrides): Promise<any> {
     const { lusdToken, bamm } = _getContracts(this.connection);
     const address = _requireAddress(this.connection);
     const reallyLargeAllowance = BigNumber.from("0x8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888")
 
     const allowance = await lusdToken.allowance(address, bamm.address)
     console.log({allowance})
-    const bammAllowance = allowance.gt(reallyLargeAllowance)
+    const bammAllowance = allowance
     return bammAllowance;
   }
 }