diff --git a/lib/kredits.js b/lib/kredits.js
index caa654b..e63dda5 100644
--- a/lib/kredits.js
+++ b/lib/kredits.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Kredits {
       this.addresses['Kernel'] = this.addresses['Kernel'] || DaoAddresses[network.chainId.toString()];
       let addressPromises = contractsToLoad.map((contractName) => {
         return this.Kernel.getApp(contractName).then((address) => {
-          this.addresses[contractName] = address;
+          this.addresses[contractName] = address[0]; // we get an array from the getApp response
         }).catch((error) => {
           throw new Error(`Failed to get address for ${contractName} from DAO at ${this.Kernel.contract.address}
             - ${error.message}`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 08db072..b973194 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "yargs": "^15.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "ethers": "^4.0.47",
+    "ethers": "^5.0.2",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^41.0.1",
     "kosmos-schemas": "^2.2.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
diff --git a/scripts/current-address.js b/scripts/current-address.js
index 7776569..b4c418f 100644
--- a/scripts/current-address.js
+++ b/scripts/current-address.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 const knownDAOAddresses = require('../lib/addresses/dao.json');
 const knownKreditsKitAddresses = require('../lib/addresses/KreditsKit.json');
 const getNetworkId = require('./helpers/networkid.js')
+const ethers = require('ethers');
 
 module.exports = async function(callback) {
-  const networkId = await getNetworkId(web3)
+  const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3.currentProvider);
+  let network = await provider.getNetwork();
+  let networkId = network.chainId;
 
   console.log('# All known DAO addresses');
   Object.keys(knownDAOAddresses).forEach((networkId) => {
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-kit.js b/scripts/deploy-kit.js
index 275f92c..9c95d56 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy-kit.js
+++ b/scripts/deploy-kit.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ const deployDAOFactory = require('@aragon/os/scripts/deploy-daofactory.js')
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const argv = require('yargs').argv
-const namehash = require('ethers').utils.namehash;
+const ethers = require('ethers');
+const namehash = ethers.utils.namehash;
 
 const fileInject = require('./helpers/file_inject.js')
-const getNetworkId = require('./helpers/networkid.js')
 
 const DAOFactory = artifacts.require('DAOFactory')
 const KreditsKit = artifacts.require('KreditsKit')
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ const daoFactoryAddress = kreditsArappConfig.daoFactory || argv['daoFactory']
 
 const ensAddr = arapp.environments[environment].registry || argv['ensAddress']
 
-
 module.exports = async function(callback) {
-  const networkId = await getNetworkId(web3)
+  const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3.currentProvider);
+  const network = await provider.getNetwork();
+  const networkId = network.chainId;
   console.log(`Deploying to networkId: ${networkId}`)
 
   if (!ensAddr) {
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/init_kredits.js b/scripts/helpers/init_kredits.js
index e151977..9a5725d 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/init_kredits.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers/init_kredits.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const argv = require('yargs').argv;
 const ethers = require('ethers');
-const getNetworkId = require('./networkid.js');
 const Kredits = require('../../lib/kredits');
 
 const arapp = require('../../arapp.json');
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ const apm = arapp.environments[environment].apm;
 module.exports = async function(web3) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3.currentProvider);
-    let signer = provider.getSigner();
+    const signer = provider.getSigner();
     // checking if siner supports signing transactions
     signer.getAddress().then(_ => {
       new Kredits(provider, signer, { apm }).init().then(kredits => {
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/networkid.js b/scripts/helpers/networkid.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a1b517d..0000000
--- a/scripts/helpers/networkid.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function(web3) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    let func;
-    if (web3.version.getNetwork) {
-      func = web3.version.getNetwork;
-    } else {
-      func = web3.eth.net.getId;
-    }
-    func((err, network) => {
-      if (err) {
-        reject(err);
-      } else {
-        resolve(network);
-      }
-    })
-  })
-}
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/update_local_networkid.js b/scripts/helpers/update_local_networkid.js
index b4bda0f..79575a3 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers/update_local_networkid.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers/update_local_networkid.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
-const getNetworkId = require('./networkid.js');
+const ethers = require('ethers');
 
 module.exports = async function(callback) {
   const daoAddressPath = 'lib/addresses/dao.json';
 
   // TODO maybe do the same for KreditsKit address file
   try {
-    const networkId = await getNetworkId(web3);
+    const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3.currentProvider);
+    const network = await provider.getNetwork();
+    const networkId = network.chainId;
     const daoAddresses = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(daoAddressPath));
     const oldNetworkId = Math.max(...Object.keys(daoAddresses).map(a => parseInt(a)));
     const localDaoAddress = daoAddresses[oldNetworkId];
diff --git a/scripts/new-dao.js b/scripts/new-dao.js
index 8601034..5a022f8 100644
--- a/scripts/new-dao.js
+++ b/scripts/new-dao.js
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ const path = require('path');
 
 const ethers = require('ethers');
 const fileInject = require('./helpers/file_inject.js');
-const getNetworkId = require('./helpers/networkid.js');
 const KreditsKit = require('../lib/kreditskit');
 
 const addressesPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'lib/addresses');
 
 module.exports = async function(callback) {
-  const networkId = await getNetworkId(web3)
+  const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3.currentProvider);
+  const signer = provider.getSigner();
+  const network = await provider.getNetwork();
+  const networkId = network.chainId;
   console.log(`Deploying to networkId: ${networkId}`)
 
   let kitAddresseFile = path.join(addressesPath, 'KreditsKit.json');
@@ -20,9 +22,6 @@ module.exports = async function(callback) {
   }
   console.log(`Using KreditsKit at: ${kreditsKitAddress}`);
 
-  const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3.currentProvider);
-  let signer = provider.getSigner();
-
   let kit = await new KreditsKit(provider, signer).init()
 
   // TODO: get rid of the hard coded gas limit