diff --git a/src/atomPayments.ts b/src/atomPayments.ts
index 90cc395..c6dd356 100644
--- a/src/atomPayments.ts
+++ b/src/atomPayments.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export async function verifyAtomPayment(
 ): Promise<{ 
   valid: boolean, 
   reason?: string,
-  amount?: number,
+  amount?: string,
   sender?: string,
   alreadyUsed?: boolean
 }> {
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export async function verifyAtomPayment(
     // Return cached verification result
     return {
       valid: true,
-      amount: txData.amount,
+      amount: `${txData.amount}uatom`,
       sender: txData.sender,
       alreadyUsed: txData.used
     };
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export async function verifyAtomPayment(
     // Extract the payment details
     const tx = response.data.tx;
     let foundValidPayment = false;
-    let paymentAmount = 0;
+    let paymentAmountUAtom = '';
     let sender = '';
     
     // Get the sender address from the first signer
@@ -116,9 +116,14 @@ export async function verifyAtomPayment(
       if (msg['@type'] === '/cosmos.bank.v1beta1.MsgSend') {
         if (msg.to_address === Config.ATOM_PAYMENT_ADDRESS) {
           for (const coin of msg.amount) {
-            if (coin.denom === 'uatom') { // uatom is the micro ATOM denomination (1 ATOM = 1,000,000 uatom)
-              paymentAmount = parseInt(coin.amount) / 1000000; // Convert from uatom to ATOM
-              if (paymentAmount >= requiredAmount) {
+            if (coin.denom === 'uatom') { 
+              // Get the amount in uatom
+              paymentAmountUAtom = coin.amount;
+              
+              // Extract the required amount as an integer from the format like "10uatom"
+              const requiredAmountUAtom = parseInt(requiredAmount.replace(/[^0-9]/g, ''));
+              
+              if (parseInt(paymentAmountUAtom) >= requiredAmountUAtom) {
                 foundValidPayment = true;
               }
               break;
@@ -131,21 +136,21 @@ export async function verifyAtomPayment(
     if (!foundValidPayment) {
       return { 
         valid: false, 
-        reason: `Payment amount (${paymentAmount} ATOM) is less than required (${requiredAmount} ATOM) or not sent to the correct address`
+        reason: `Payment amount (${paymentAmountUAtom || '0'}uatom) is less than required (${requiredAmount}) or not sent to the correct address`
       };
     }
     
     // Cache the verification result
     verifiedTransactions.set(txHash, {
       timestamp: Date.now(),
-      amount: paymentAmount,
+      amount: parseInt(paymentAmountUAtom),
       sender,
       used: markAsUsed
     });
 
     return {
       valid: true,
-      amount: paymentAmount,
+      amount: `${paymentAmountUAtom}uatom`,
       sender,
       alreadyUsed: markAsUsed
     };
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 419d22a..8edbed8 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const Config = {
   OPENPGP_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE: process.env.OPENPGP_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE,
   // Cosmos ATOM payment configuration
   ATOM_PAYMENT_ADDRESS: process.env.ATOM_PAYMENT_ADDRESS || '',
-  MIN_ATOM_PAYMENT: parseInt(process.env.MIN_ATOM_PAYMENT || '1'),
+  MIN_ATOM_PAYMENT: process.env.MIN_ATOM_PAYMENT || '1000000uatom',
   COSMOS_RPC_ENDPOINT: process.env.COSMOS_RPC_ENDPOINT || '',
 };
 
diff --git a/src/deployments.ts b/src/deployments.ts
index 531abf1..0437e6a 100644
--- a/src/deployments.ts
+++ b/src/deployments.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class RegHelper {
       const verification = await verifyAtomPayment(request.attributes.payment, minAtomPayment);
       
       if (verification.valid) {
-        console.log(`ATOM payment verified for request ${request.id} - Amount: ${verification.amount} ATOM`);
+        console.log(`ATOM payment verified for request ${request.id} - Amount: ${verification.amount}`);
         return true;
       } else {
         console.log(`ATOM payment verification failed for request ${request.id}: ${verification.reason}`);