diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.spec.ts
index 4742790f..32f9ea5e 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.spec.ts
@@ -222,50 +222,23 @@ describe("CosmWasmClient", () => {
     beforeAll(async () => {
       if (cosmosEnabled()) {
         const pen = await Secp256k1Pen.fromMnemonic(faucet.mnemonic);
-        const client = CosmWasmClient.makeReadOnly(httpUrl);
+        const client = CosmWasmClient.makeWritable(httpUrl, faucet.address, signBytes => pen.sign(signBytes));
 
         const memo = "My first contract on chain";
-        const sendMsg: MsgSend = {
-          type: "cosmos-sdk/MsgSend",
-          value: {
-            from_address: faucet.address,
-            to_address: makeRandomAddress(),
-            amount: [
-              {
-                denom: "ucosm",
-                amount: "1234567",
-              },
-            ],
+        const recipient = makeRandomAddress();
+        const transferAmount = [
+          {
+            denom: "ucosm",
+            amount: "1234567",
           },
-        };
+        ];
+        const result = await client.sendToken(recipient, transferAmount, memo);
 
-        const fee: StdFee = {
-          amount: [
-            {
-              amount: "5000",
-              denom: "ucosm",
-            },
-          ],
-          gas: "890000",
-        };
-
-        const chainId = await client.chainId();
-        const { accountNumber, sequence } = await client.getNonce(faucet.address);
-        const signBytes = makeSignBytes([sendMsg], fee, chainId, memo, accountNumber, sequence);
-        const signature = await pen.sign(signBytes);
-        const signedTx = {
-          msg: [sendMsg],
-          fee: fee,
-          memo: memo,
-          signatures: [signature],
-        };
-
-        const result = await client.postTx(marshalTx(signedTx));
         await sleep(50); // wait until tx is indexed
         const txDetails = await new RestClient(httpUrl).txsById(result.transactionHash);
         posted = {
-          sender: sendMsg.value.from_address,
-          recipient: sendMsg.value.to_address,
+          sender: faucet.address,
+          recipient: recipient,
           hash: result.transactionHash,
           height: Number.parseInt(txDetails.height, 10),
           tx: txDetails.tx,
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.ts b/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
index b7dd7c0f..b74be3f0 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/cosmwasmclient.ts
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export class CosmWasmClient {
     recipientAddress: string,
     transferAmount: readonly Coin[],
     memo = "",
-  ): Promise<ExecuteResult> {
+  ): Promise<PostTxResult> {
     const sendMsg: MsgSend = {
       type: "cosmos-sdk/MsgSend",
       value: {
@@ -357,10 +357,7 @@ export class CosmWasmClient {
       signatures: [signature],
     };
 
-    const result = await this.postTx(marshalTx(signedTx));
-    return {
-      logs: result.logs,
-    };
+    return this.postTx(marshalTx(signedTx));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/cosmwasmclient.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/cosmwasmclient.d.ts
index f3fba702..43a72f4b 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/cosmwasmclient.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/cosmwasmclient.d.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export declare class CosmWasmClient {
     memo?: string,
     transferAmount?: readonly Coin[],
   ): Promise<ExecuteResult>;
-  sendToken(recipientAddress: string, transferAmount: readonly Coin[], memo?: string): Promise<ExecuteResult>;
+  sendToken(recipientAddress: string, transferAmount: readonly Coin[], memo?: string): Promise<PostTxResult>;
   /**
    * Returns the data at the key if present (raw contract dependent storage data)
    * or null if no data at this key.