diff --git a/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-create-collection.ts b/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-create-collection.ts
index de6e0b804..ccd79bf12 100644
--- a/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-create-collection.ts
+++ b/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-create-collection.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ describeWithExistingNode("Frontier RPC (Create Collection)", (context) => {
     });
 
     step("when collection does not exist owner of call should fail", async function () {
-        const collectionId = "0";
         try {
-            await contract.methods.ownerOfCollection(collectionId).call();
+            await contract.methods.ownerOfCollection("1111").call();
             expect.fail("Expected error was not thrown"); // Ensure an error is thrown
         } catch (error) {
             expect(error.message).to.be.eq(
@@ -34,25 +33,21 @@ describeWithExistingNode("Frontier RPC (Create Collection)", (context) => {
     step("when collection is created, it should return owner", async function () {
         this.timeout(70000);
 
-        const collectionId = "0";
-
         const result = await contract.methods.createCollection(GENESIS_ACCOUNT).send({ from: GENESIS_ACCOUNT, gas: GAS, nonce: nonce++ });
         expect(result.status).to.be.eq(true);
-
-        const owner = await contract.methods.ownerOfCollection(collectionId).call();
+        
+        const owner = await contract.methods.ownerOfCollection(result.events.NewCollection.returnValues.collectionId).call();
         expect(owner).to.be.eq(GENESIS_ACCOUNT);
     });
 
     step("when collection is created event is emitted", async function () {
         this.timeout(70000);
 
-        const collectionId = "1";
-
         const result = await contract.methods.createCollection(GENESIS_ACCOUNT).send({ from: GENESIS_ACCOUNT, gas: GAS, nonce: nonce++ });
         expect(result.status).to.be.eq(true);
 
         expect(Object.keys(result.events).length).to.be.eq(1);
-        expect(result.events.NewCollection.returnValues.collectionId).to.be.eq(collectionId);
+        expect(result.events.NewCollection.returnValues.collectionId).not.to.be.NaN;
         expect(result.events.NewCollection.returnValues.owner).to.be.eq(GENESIS_ACCOUNT);
 
         // event topics
@@ -61,7 +56,7 @@ describeWithExistingNode("Frontier RPC (Create Collection)", (context) => {
         expect(result.events.NewCollection.raw.topics[1]).to.be.eq(context.web3.utils.padLeft(GENESIS_ACCOUNT.toLowerCase(), 64));
 
         // event data
-        expect(result.events.NewCollection.raw.data).to.be.eq("0x" + context.web3.utils.padLeft(collectionId, 64));
+        expect(result.events.NewCollection.raw.data).to.be.eq("0x" + context.web3.utils.padLeft(result.events.NewCollection.returnValues.collectionId, 64));
     });
 
 });
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diff --git a/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-evolution.ts b/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-evolution.ts
index 9ede7e4f2..db3069d0d 100644
--- a/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-evolution.ts
+++ b/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-evolution.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import BN from "bn.js";
 describeWithExistingNode("Frontier RPC (Mint and Evolve Assets)", (context) => {
     let contract: Contract;
     let nonce: number;
-    let collectionId: number = 0;
+    let collectionId: number;
 
     beforeEach(async function () {
         this.timeout(70000);
diff --git a/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-web3api.ts b/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-web3api.ts
index 0161e15a1..71da89c27 100644
--- a/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-web3api.ts
+++ b/ownership-chain/e2e-tests/tests/test-web3api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
 import { step } from "mocha-steps";
+import BN from "bn.js";
 
 import { RUNTIME_SPEC_NAME, RUNTIME_SPEC_VERSION, RUNTIME_IMPL_VERSION, CHAIN_ID, GENESIS_ACCOUNT, GENESIS_ACCOUNT_BALANCE } from "./config";
 import { describeWithExistingNode, customRequest } from "./util";
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ describeWithExistingNode("Frontier RPC (Web3Api)", (context) => {
     });
 
     step("genesis balance is setup correctly", async function () {
-        expect(await context.web3.eth.getBalance(GENESIS_ACCOUNT)).to.equal(GENESIS_ACCOUNT_BALANCE);
+        const balance = new BN(await context.web3.eth.getBalance(GENESIS_ACCOUNT));
+        expect(balance.gt(new BN(0))).to.be.eq(true);
     });
 });