diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 604998f..60a798b 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "redux-saga": "^0.16.2",
     "semantic-ui-react": "^0.85.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.2",
-    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.35"
+    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.46"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "react-scripts start",
diff --git a/app/src/config/ipfsOptions.js b/app/src/config/ipfsOptions.js
index 3cdac53..4ff1cf5 100644
--- a/app/src/config/ipfsOptions.js
+++ b/app/src/config/ipfsOptions.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const ipfsOptions = {
             Swarm: [
                 '/dns4/ws-star.discovery.libp2p.io/tcp/443/wss/p2p-websocket-star',
                 // Use local signal server (https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-websocket-star-rendezvous)
-                //'/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9090/ws/p2p-websocket-star'
+                '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9090/ws/p2p-websocket-star'
             ]
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/utils/drizzleUtils.js b/app/src/utils/drizzleUtils.js
index dcf87e5..7514f2e 100644
--- a/app/src/utils/drizzleUtils.js
+++ b/app/src/utils/drizzleUtils.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const getContractInstance = (options = {}) =>
             if (options.artifact) {
                 // if artifact exists, attempt to get network ID and the deployed address
                 const { artifact } = options;
-                const networkId = await web3.eth.net.getId();
+                const networkId = await web3.eth.net.getId();   // web3 v1.0.0-beta.47 breaks here
                 const deployedNetwork = artifact.networks[networkId];
 
                 // if no deployed address is found, instantiate without the address