diff --git a/src/status_im/multiaccounts/login/core.cljs b/src/status_im/multiaccounts/login/core.cljs
index 7f8d26de00..f75bcca5e7 100644
--- a/src/status_im/multiaccounts/login/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/multiaccounts/login/core.cljs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
    [{:method "net_version"
      :on-success
      (fn [fetched-network-id]
-       (when (not= network-id fetched-network-id)
+       (when (not= network-id (str (int fetched-network-id)))
          ;;TODO: this shouldn't happen but in case it does
          ;;we probably want a better error message
          (utils/show-popup