diff --git a/components/dataViews/MultisigMembers.tsx b/components/dataViews/MultisigMembers.tsx
index 5ff09f2..9f6a00e 100644
--- a/components/dataViews/MultisigMembers.tsx
+++ b/components/dataViews/MultisigMembers.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import StackableContainer from "../layout/StackableContainer";
 interface Props {
   /** Addresses of the multisig members */
   members: string[];
-  threshold: number;
+  threshold: string;
 }
 
 const MultisigMembers = (props: Props) => (
diff --git a/components/dataViews/ThresholdInfo.tsx b/components/dataViews/ThresholdInfo.tsx
index fce431d..676e167 100644
--- a/components/dataViews/ThresholdInfo.tsx
+++ b/components/dataViews/ThresholdInfo.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import React from "react";
+import { MultisigThresholdPubkey } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+
 import { DbSignature } from "../../types";
 import StackableContainer from "../layout/StackableContainer";
-import { AccountWithPubkey } from "../../lib/multisigHelpers";
 
 interface Props {
   signatures: DbSignature[];
-  account: AccountWithPubkey;
+  pubkey: MultisigThresholdPubkey;
 }
 
-const ThresholdInfo = ({ signatures, account }: Props) => (
+const ThresholdInfo = ({ signatures, pubkey }: Props) => (
   <StackableContainer lessPadding lessMargin>
     <h2>Signatures</h2>
     <StackableContainer lessPadding lessMargin lessRadius>
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ const ThresholdInfo = ({ signatures, account }: Props) => (
       <div className="threshold">
         <div className="current">{signatures.length}</div>
         <div className="label divider">of</div>
-        <div className="required">{account.pubkey.value.threshold}</div>
+        <div className="required">{pubkey.value.threshold}</div>
         <div className="label">signatures complete</div>
       </div>
     </StackableContainer>
diff --git a/components/forms/TransactionForm.tsx b/components/forms/TransactionForm.tsx
index 21a4b6b..ee28927 100644
--- a/components/forms/TransactionForm.tsx
+++ b/components/forms/TransactionForm.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import axios from "axios";
-import { calculateFee } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
+import { Account, calculateFee } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { Decimal } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import React, { useState } from "react";
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ import Button from "../inputs/Button";
 import Input from "../inputs/Input";
 import StackableContainer from "../layout/StackableContainer";
 import { checkAddress, exampleAddress } from "../../lib/displayHelpers";
-import { AccountWithPubkey } from "../../lib/multisigHelpers";
 
 interface Props {
   address: string | null;
-  accountOnChain: AccountWithPubkey | null;
+  accountOnChain: Account | null;
   router: NextRouter;
   closeForm: () => void;
 }
diff --git a/lib/multisigHelpers.ts b/lib/multisigHelpers.ts
index 9cd3143..3fb5ee0 100644
--- a/lib/multisigHelpers.ts
+++ b/lib/multisigHelpers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import axios from "axios";
-import { createMultisigThresholdPubkey, Pubkey, pubkeyToAddress } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import {
+  createMultisigThresholdPubkey,
+  isMultisigThresholdPubkey,
+  MultisigThresholdPubkey,
+  pubkeyToAddress,
+} from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { Account } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { StargateClient } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
+import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
 /**
  * Turns array of compressed Secp256k1 pubkeys
@@ -40,31 +46,31 @@ const createMultisigFromCompressedSecp256k1Pubkeys = async (
   return res.data.address;
 };
 
-/** Like Account but with non-optional pubkey */
-export type AccountWithPubkey = Account & { readonly pubkey: Pubkey };
-
 /**
  * This gets a multisigs account (pubkey, sequence, account number, etc) from
- * a node and/or the api if the multisig was made on this app
+ * a node and/or the api if the multisig was made on this app.
  *
- * @param {string} address The multisig address
- * @param client A connected stargate cosmoshub client
- * @return {object} The multisig account.
+ * The public key should always be available, either on chain or in the app's database.
+ * The account is only available when the there was any on-chain activity such as
+ * receipt of tokens.
  */
 const getMultisigAccount = async (
   address: string,
   client: StargateClient,
-): Promise<AccountWithPubkey | null> => {
+): 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 accountOnChain = await client.getAccount(address);
   const chainId = await client.getChainId();
-  if (!accountOnChain) return null;
 
-  let pubkey: Pubkey;
-  if (accountOnChain.pubkey) {
+  let pubkey: MultisigThresholdPubkey;
+  if (accountOnChain?.pubkey) {
+    assert(
+      isMultisigThresholdPubkey(accountOnChain.pubkey),
+      "Pubkey on chain is not of type MultisigThreshold",
+    );
     pubkey = accountOnChain.pubkey;
   } else {
     console.log("No pubkey on chain for: ", address);
@@ -76,10 +82,7 @@ const getMultisigAccount = async (
     pubkey = JSON.parse(res.data.pubkeyJSON);
   }
 
-  return {
-    ...accountOnChain,
-    pubkey: pubkey,
-  };
+  return [pubkey, accountOnChain];
 };
 
 export { createMultisigFromCompressedSecp256k1Pubkeys, getMultisigAccount };
diff --git a/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx b/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx
index 5cb226f..16db4c5 100644
--- a/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/multi/[address]/index.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
-import { pubkeyToAddress, Pubkey } from "@cosmjs/amino";
-import { StargateClient } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
+import { pubkeyToAddress, Pubkey, MultisigThresholdPubkey } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { Account, StargateClient } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import { Coin } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/base/v1beta1/coin";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 
 import { useAppContext } from "../../../context/AppContext";
 import Button from "../../../components/inputs/Button";
-import { AccountWithPubkey, getMultisigAccount } from "../../../lib/multisigHelpers";
+import { getMultisigAccount } from "../../../lib/multisigHelpers";
 import HashView from "../../../components/dataViews/HashView";
 import MultisigHoldings from "../../../components/dataViews/MultisigHoldings";
 import MultisigMembers from "../../../components/dataViews/MultisigMembers";
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ const multipage = () => {
   const [showTxForm, setShowTxForm] = useState(false);
   const [holdings, setHoldings] = useState<Coin | null>(null);
   const [multisigAddress, setMultisigAddress] = useState("");
-  const [accountOnChain, setAccountOnChain] = useState<AccountWithPubkey | null>(null);
+  const [accountOnChain, setAccountOnChain] = useState<Account | null>(null);
+  const [pubkey, setPubkey] = useState<MultisigThresholdPubkey>();
   const [accountError, setAccountError] = useState(null);
   const router = useRouter();
 
@@ -49,9 +50,10 @@ const multipage = () => {
       const client = await StargateClient.connect(state.chain.nodeAddress);
       assert(state.chain.denom, "denom missing");
       const tempHoldings = await client.getBalance(address, state.chain.denom);
-      const tempAccountOnChain = await getMultisigAccount(address, client);
       setHoldings(tempHoldings);
-      setAccountOnChain(tempAccountOnChain);
+      const result = await getMultisigAccount(address, client);
+      setPubkey(result[0]);
+      setAccountOnChain(result[1]);
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     } catch (error: any) {
       setAccountError(error.message);
@@ -74,13 +76,10 @@ const multipage = () => {
             )}
           </h1>
         </StackableContainer>
-        {accountOnChain && (
+        {pubkey && (
           <MultisigMembers
-            members={participantAddressesFromMultisig(
-              accountOnChain.pubkey,
-              state.chain.addressPrefix,
-            )}
-            threshold={accountOnChain.pubkey.value.threshold}
+            members={participantAddressesFromMultisig(pubkey, state.chain.addressPrefix)}
+            threshold={pubkey.value.threshold}
           />
         )}
         {accountError && (
diff --git a/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx b/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx
index 52ededc..bf95a98 100644
--- a/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx
+++ b/pages/multi/[address]/transaction/[transactionID].tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 import React from "react";
 import { GetServerSideProps } from "next";
-import { StargateClient, makeMultisignedTx } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
+import { StargateClient, makeMultisignedTx, Account } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
 import { TxRaw } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/tx/v1beta1/tx";
 import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { DbSignature, DbTransaction } from "../../../../types";
 import { useAppContext } from "../../../../context/AppContext";
 import Button from "../../../../components/inputs/Button";
 import { findTransactionByID } from "../../../../lib/graphqlHelpers";
-import { AccountWithPubkey, getMultisigAccount } from "../../../../lib/multisigHelpers";
+import { getMultisigAccount } from "../../../../lib/multisigHelpers";
 import Page from "../../../../components/layout/Page";
 import StackableContainer from "../../../../components/layout/StackableContainer";
 import ThresholdInfo from "../../../../components/dataViews/ThresholdInfo";
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ const transactionPage = ({
   const [broadcastError, setBroadcastError] = useState("");
   const [isBroadcasting, setIsBroadcasting] = useState(false);
   const [transactionHash, setTransactionHash] = useState(txHash);
-  const [accountOnChain, setAccountOnChain] = useState<AccountWithPubkey | null>(null);
+  const [accountOnChain, setAccountOnChain] = useState<Account | null>(null);
+  const [pubkey, setPubkey] = useState<MultisigThresholdPubkey>();
   const [accountError, setAccountError] = useState(null);
   const txInfo: DbTransaction = (transactionJSON && JSON.parse(transactionJSON)) || null;
   const router = useRouter();
@@ -95,8 +96,9 @@ const transactionPage = ({
     try {
       assert(state.chain.nodeAddress, "Node address missing");
       const client = await StargateClient.connect(state.chain.nodeAddress);
-      const tempAccountOnChain = await getMultisigAccount(address, client);
-      setAccountOnChain(tempAccountOnChain);
+      const result = await getMultisigAccount(address, client);
+      setPubkey(result[0]);
+      setAccountOnChain(result[1]);
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     } catch (error: any) {
       setAccountError(error.toString());
@@ -150,11 +152,11 @@ const transactionPage = ({
         )}
         {transactionHash && <CompletedTransaction transactionHash={transactionHash} />}
         <TransactionInfo tx={txInfo} />
-        {!transactionHash && accountOnChain && (
-          <ThresholdInfo signatures={currentSignatures} account={accountOnChain} />
+        {!transactionHash && pubkey && (
+          <ThresholdInfo signatures={currentSignatures} pubkey={pubkey} />
         )}
-        {accountOnChain &&
-          currentSignatures.length >= parseInt(accountOnChain.pubkey.value.threshold, 10) &&
+        {pubkey &&
+          currentSignatures.length >= parseInt(pubkey.value.threshold, 10) &&
           !transactionHash && (
             <>
               <Button