diff --git a/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.mainnet.ts b/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.mainnet.ts
index fed6065e2..3a9cfcb81 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.mainnet.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.mainnet.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Env, MAINNET_RPCS } from "./common";
 export const ENV: Env = {
   ...ENV_BASE,
   wormholeConnectConfig: mergeDeep<WormholeConnectConfig>(
-    ENV_BASE.wormholeConnectConfig as WormholeConnectConfig,
+    ENV_BASE.wormholeConnectConfig,
     {
       rpcs: MAINNET_RPCS,
       moreNetworks: {
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.ts b/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.ts
index 8cbea89d3..720e30251 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/env/token-bridge.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const MORE = {
 export const ENV: Env = {
   PUBLIC_URL,
   navBar: [
-    { label: "Home", active: true, href: `${PUBLIC_URL}/` },
+    { label: "Bridge", active: true, href: `${PUBLIC_URL}/` },
     {
       label: "Staking",
       href: "https://www.tally.xyz/gov/wormhole",
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.mainnet.ts b/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.mainnet.ts
index bcfe083ef..41fd8255d 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.mainnet.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.mainnet.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Env, MAINNET_RPCS } from "./common";
 export const ENV: Env = {
   ...ENV_BASE,
   wormholeConnectConfig: mergeDeep<WormholeConnectConfig>(
-    ENV_BASE.wormholeConnectConfig as WormholeConnectConfig,
+    ENV_BASE.wormholeConnectConfig,
     {
       rpcs: MAINNET_RPCS,
       chains: [
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.testnet.ts b/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.testnet.ts
index 2366771bb..fffe62558 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.testnet.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.testnet.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Env } from "./common";
 export const ENV: Env = {
   ...ENV_BASE,
   wormholeConnectConfig: mergeDeep<WormholeConnectConfig>(
-    ENV_BASE.wormholeConnectConfig as WormholeConnectConfig,
+    ENV_BASE.wormholeConnectConfig,
     {
       chains: [
         "Sepolia",
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.ts b/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.ts
index d0988899a..d945b8145 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/env/usdc-bridge.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const ENV: Env = {
   ],
   redirects: undefined,
   wormholeConnectConfig: {
-    ...(wormholeConnectConfigCommon as WormholeConnectConfig),
+    ...wormholeConnectConfigCommon,
     useRedesign: true,
     pageHeader: {
       text: "USDC Transfer",
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useConnectConfig.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useConnectConfig.ts
index b33d4db0b..0eea5a81c 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useConnectConfig.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useConnectConfig.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { validateTransfer } from "../utils/transferVerification";
 import { getSortedChains } from "../utils/getSortedChains";
 
 const defaultConfig: WormholeConnectConfig = {
-  ...(ENV.wormholeConnectConfig as WormholeConnectConfig),
+  ...ENV.wormholeConnectConfig,
   eventHandler: (e: WormholeConnectEvent) => {
     if (isPreview || isProduction) {
       // Send the event to Mixpanel
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const useConnectConfig = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     const controller = new AbortController();
     getSortedChains(
-      (ENV.wormholeConnectConfig as WormholeConnectConfig).chains as Chain[],
+      ENV.wormholeConnectConfig.chains as Chain[],
       controller.signal
     ).then((chains) => !!chains && setNetworks(chains));
     return () => controller.abort();
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts
index 81c0d340d..4193bd518 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe("useFormatAssetParam", () => {
   });
 
   it("should NOT get a formatted asset when key does NOT have an exact match", () => {
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormatAssetParam("ETH"));
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useFormatAssetParam("eth"));
     expect(result.current).toEqual("ETH");
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts
index a33d331b4..a3829e70e 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useFormatAssetParam.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { ENV } from "@env";
 import {
   MAINNET,
-  TESTNET,
-  WormholeConnectConfig,
+  TESTNET
 } from "@wormhole-foundation/wormhole-connect";
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ const tokensList =
 function getFormatedAsset(asset: string | null): string | null {
   const allTokens = {
     ...tokensList,
-    ...(ENV.wormholeConnectConfig as WormholeConnectConfig)?.tokensConfig,
+    ...(ENV.wormholeConnectConfig?.tokensConfig),
   };
   if (allTokens && asset) {
     const tokenParam = Object.values(allTokens).find((config) =>
diff --git a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.test.ts b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.test.ts
index 83b6ff750..151893124 100644
--- a/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.test.ts
+++ b/apps/connect/src/hooks/useQueryParams.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("useQueryParams", () => {
 
   it("should get QS when query contains all expected attrs after a hash #", () => {
     rewriteHref(
-      "https://portalbridge.com/#/?sourceChain=Bsc&targetChain=Arbitrum&requiredNetwork=Arbitrum&txHash=txHash&asset=asset&route=bridge"
+      "https://portalbridge.com/#/?sourceChain=bsc&targetChain=arbitrum&requiredNetwork=arbitrum&txHash=txHash&asset=asset&route=bridge"
     );
     const { result } = renderHook(() => useQueryParams());
     expect(result.current).toEqual({
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("useQueryParams", () => {
 
   it("should get QS when query contains all expected attrs when there is no hash", () => {
     rewriteHref(
-      "https://portalbridge.com/?sourceChain=Bsc&targetChain=Arbitrum&requiredNetwork=Arbitrum&txHash=txHash&asset=asset&route=bridge"
+      "https://portalbridge.com/?sourceChain=bsc&targetChain=arbitrum&requiredNetwork=arbitrum&txHash=txHash&asset=asset&route=bridge"
     );
     const { result } = renderHook(() => useQueryParams());
     expect(result.current).toEqual({