diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2307e6d..a5072be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "stellar-plus",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "beta version of stellar-plus, an all-in-one sdk for the Stellar blockchain",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "types": "./lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.ts b/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.ts
index 3bed6d3..df8373a 100644
--- a/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.ts
+++ b/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class ContractEngine {
    * ```
    */
   public async readFromContract(args: SorobanSimulateArgs<object>): Promise<unknown> {
-    return await this.runTransactionPipeline(args, true)
+    return (await this.runTransactionPipeline(args, true)).output?.value
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.unit.test.ts b/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.unit.test.ts
index c8ff462..c5d6d5a 100644
--- a/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/stellar-plus/core/contract-engine/index.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
 import { Asset, Contract, SorobanRpc, xdr } from '@stellar/stellar-sdk'
 
 import { methods as tokenMethods, spec as tokenSpec } from 'stellar-plus/asset/soroban-token/constants'
@@ -619,7 +620,7 @@ describe('ContractEngine', () => {
     it('should read from a contract', async () => {
       MOCKED_SOROBAN_TRANSACTION_PIPELINE.mockImplementation(() => {
         return {
-          execute: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+          execute: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ output: { value: true } }),
         }
       })