diff --git a/components/forms/FindMultisigForm.tsx b/components/forms/FindMultisigForm.tsx
index 9c17152..42a6e5a 100644
--- a/components/forms/FindMultisigForm.tsx
+++ b/components/forms/FindMultisigForm.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import { StargateClient } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import { NextRouter, withRouter } from "next/router";
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useAppContext } from "../../context/AppContext";
 import { exampleAddress } from "../../lib/displayHelpers";
+import { getMultisigAccount } from "../../lib/multisigHelpers";
 import Button from "../inputs/Button";
 import Input from "../inputs/Input";
 import StackableContainer from "../layout/StackableContainer";
@@ -14,11 +16,36 @@ interface Props {
 const FindMultisigForm = (props: Props) => {
   const { state } = useAppContext();
   const [address, setAddress] = useState("");
+  const [multisigError, setMultisigError] = useState("");
 
   const handleSearch = () => {
     props.router.push(`/multi/${address}`);
   };
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    (async function () {
+      if (!address) {
+        setMultisigError("");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        assert(state.chain.nodeAddress, "Node address missing");
+        const client = await StargateClient.connect(state.chain.nodeAddress);
+        assert(state.chain.addressPrefix, "addressPrefix missing");
+        await getMultisigAccount(address, state.chain.addressPrefix, client);
+        setMultisigError("");
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof Error) {
+          setMultisigError(error.message);
+        } else {
+          setMultisigError("Multisig error");
+        }
+        console.error("Multisig error:", error);
+      }
+    })();
+  }, [address, state.chain.addressPrefix, state.chain.nodeAddress]);
+
   assert(state.chain.addressPrefix, "addressPrefix missing");
 
   return (
@@ -36,8 +63,14 @@ const FindMultisigForm = (props: Props) => {
           label="Multisig Address"
           name="address"
           placeholder={`E.g. ${exampleAddress(0, state.chain.addressPrefix)}`}
+          error={multisigError}
+        />
+        <Button
+          label="Use this Multisig"
+          onClick={handleSearch}
+          primary
+          disabled={!address || !!multisigError}
         />
-        <Button label="Use this Multisig" onClick={handleSearch} primary />
       </StackableContainer>
       <StackableContainer lessPadding>
         <p className="create-help">Don't have a multisig?</p>
diff --git a/lib/multisigHelpers.ts b/lib/multisigHelpers.ts
index 3fb5ee0..4edb9a8 100644
--- a/lib/multisigHelpers.ts
+++ b/lib/multisigHelpers.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import axios from "axios";
 import {
   createMultisigThresholdPubkey,
   isMultisigThresholdPubkey,
   MultisigThresholdPubkey,
   pubkeyToAddress,
 } from "@cosmjs/amino";
-import { Account } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
-import { StargateClient } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
+import { Account, StargateClient } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
+import axios from "axios";
+import { checkAddress } from "./displayHelpers";
 
 /**
  * Turns array of compressed Secp256k1 pubkeys
@@ -56,12 +56,18 @@ const createMultisigFromCompressedSecp256k1Pubkeys = async (
  */
 const getMultisigAccount = async (
   address: string,
+  addressPrefix: string,
   client: StargateClient,
 ): Promise<[MultisigThresholdPubkey, Account | null]> => {
   // we need the multisig pubkeys to create transactions, if the multisig
   // is new, and has never submitted a transaction its pubkeys will not be
   // available from a node. If the multisig was created with this instance
   // of this tool its pubkey will be available in the fauna datastore
+  const addressError = checkAddress(address, addressPrefix);
+  if (addressError) {
+    throw new Error(addressError);
+  }
+
   const accountOnChain = await client.getAccount(address);
   const chainId = await client.getChainId();
 
diff --git a/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx b/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx
index 6e4484c..6fb70a9 100644
--- a/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx
@@ -49,16 +49,21 @@ const Multipage = () => {
         assert(state.chain.denom, "denom missing");
         const tempHoldings = await client.getAllBalances(address);
         setHoldings(tempHoldings);
-        const result = await getMultisigAccount(address, client);
-        setPubkey(result[0]);
-        setAccountOnChain(result[1]);
+        assert(state.chain.addressPrefix, "addressPrefix missing");
+        const [newPubkey, newAccountOnChain] = await getMultisigAccount(
+          address,
+          state.chain.addressPrefix,
+          client,
+        );
+        setPubkey(newPubkey);
+        setAccountOnChain(newAccountOnChain);
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
       } catch (error: any) {
         setAccountError(error.message);
         console.log("Account error:", error);
       }
     },
-    [state.chain.denom, state.chain.nodeAddress],
+    [state.chain.addressPrefix, state.chain.denom, state.chain.nodeAddress],
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx b/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx
index 3d9cbab..d67c41e 100644
--- a/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx
+++ b/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ const TransactionPage = ({
       try {
         assert(state.chain.nodeAddress, "Node address missing");
         const client = await StargateClient.connect(state.chain.nodeAddress);
-        const result = await getMultisigAccount(address, client);
+        assert(state.chain.addressPrefix, "addressPrefix missing");
+        const result = await getMultisigAccount(address, state.chain.addressPrefix, client);
         setPubkey(result[0]);
         setAccountOnChain(result[1]);
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ const TransactionPage = ({
         console.log("Account error:", error);
       }
     },
-    [state.chain.nodeAddress],
+    [state.chain.addressPrefix, state.chain.nodeAddress],
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {