diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/swaps.js b/app/scripts/controllers/swaps.js
index a464729c1..6cb06cca9 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/swaps.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/swaps.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   fetchTradesInfo as defaultFetchTradesInfo,
   fetchSwapsFeatureLiveness as defaultFetchSwapsFeatureLiveness,
 } from '../../../ui/app/pages/swaps/swaps.util'
+import { MAINNET_CHAIN_ID } from './network/enums'
 
 const METASWAP_ADDRESS = '0x881d40237659c251811cec9c364ef91dc08d300c'
 
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ export default class SwapsController {
 
     this.indexOfNewestCallInFlight = 0
 
-    this.ethersProvider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(provider)
+    // The chain ID is hard-coded as Mainnet because swaps is only used on Mainnet
+    this.ethersProvider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(provider, parseInt(MAINNET_CHAIN_ID, 16))
 
     this._setupSwapsLivenessFetching()
   }
diff --git a/test/stub/provider.js b/test/stub/provider.js
index 6cbcb2700..4ff63297a 100644
--- a/test/stub/provider.js
+++ b/test/stub/provider.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ export function createTestProviderTools (opts = {}) {
   // handle block tracker methods
   engine.push(providerAsMiddleware(GanacheCore.provider({
     mnemonic: getTestSeed(),
+    network_id: opts.networkId,
+    _chainId: opts.chainId,
+    _chainIdRpc: opts.chainId,
   })))
   // wrap in standard provider interface
   const provider = providerFromEngine(engine)
diff --git a/test/unit/app/controllers/swaps-test.js b/test/unit/app/controllers/swaps-test.js
index ff54a3fd2..e473bd185 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/controllers/swaps-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/controllers/swaps-test.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('SwapsController', function () {
       // by default, all accounts are external accounts (not contracts)
       eth_getCode: '0x',
     }
-    provider = createTestProviderTools({ scaffold: providerResultStub })
+    provider = createTestProviderTools({ scaffold: providerResultStub, networkId: 1, chainId: 1 })
       .provider
   })