diff --git a/backend/api/src/resolve-market.ts b/backend/api/src/resolve-market.ts
index 42ff3ac08d..8c433afd37 100644
--- a/backend/api/src/resolve-market.ts
+++ b/backend/api/src/resolve-market.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ export const resolveMarketMain: APIHandler<
   if (outcomeType === 'STONK') {
     throw new APIError(403, 'STONK contracts cannot be resolved')
   }
-  if (outcomeType === 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE' && contract.mechanism === 'cpmm-multi-1' && !contract.shouldAnswersSumToOne) {
-    throw new APIError(403, 'Independent multiple choice markets cannot currently be resolved')
-  }
+
   const caller = await getUser(auth.uid)
   if (!caller) throw new APIError(400, 'Caller not found')
   if (caller.isBannedFromPosting || caller.userDeleted)
diff --git a/backend/shared/src/resolve-market-helpers.ts b/backend/shared/src/resolve-market-helpers.ts
index 2700798942..7ede236a79 100644
--- a/backend/shared/src/resolve-market-helpers.ts
+++ b/backend/shared/src/resolve-market-helpers.ts
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ export const getPayoutInfo = (
     : undefined
 
   // Calculate loan payouts from contract metrics
-  const loanPayouts = getLoanPayouts(contractMetrics)
+  const loanPayouts = getLoanPayouts(contractMetrics, answerId)
 
   // Calculate payouts using contract metrics instead of bets
   const { traderPayouts, liquidityPayouts } = getPayouts(
diff --git a/common/src/payouts.ts b/common/src/payouts.ts
index 88b9ed0d18..272c6ce5ec 100644
--- a/common/src/payouts.ts
+++ b/common/src/payouts.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ export type Payout = {
   userId: string
   payout: number
 }
-export const getLoanPayouts = (contractMetrics: ContractMetric[]): Payout[] => {
-  const metricsWithLoans = contractMetrics.filter((metric) => metric.loan)
+export const getLoanPayouts = (
+  contractMetrics: ContractMetric[],
+  answerId?: string
+): Payout[] => {
+  const metricsWithLoans = contractMetrics
+    .filter((metric) => metric.loan)
+    .filter((metric) => (answerId ? metric.answerId === answerId : true))
   const metricsByUser = groupBy(metricsWithLoans, (metric) => metric.userId)
   const loansByUser = mapValues(metricsByUser, (metrics) =>
     sumBy(metrics, (metric) => -(metric.loan ?? 0))