diff --git a/PyEthHelper/EthContractHelper.py b/PyEthHelper/EthContractHelper.py
index 7e26055..c13a7fa 100644
--- a/PyEthHelper/EthContractHelper.py
+++ b/PyEthHelper/EthContractHelper.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def _DoTransaction(
 		# need to sign
 		tx = executable.build_transaction(msg)
 		signedTx = _SignTx(w3, tx, privKey, confirmPrompt)
-		txHash = w3.eth.send_raw_transaction(signedTx.rawTransaction)
+		txHash = w3.eth.send_raw_transaction(signedTx.raw_transaction)
 
 	receipt = w3.eth.wait_for_transaction_receipt(txHash)
 
diff --git a/PyEthHelper/GethNodeGuard.py b/PyEthHelper/GethNodeGuard.py
index 7c9f896..7e85123 100644
--- a/PyEthHelper/GethNodeGuard.py
+++ b/PyEthHelper/GethNodeGuard.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def __init__(
 		super(GethDevNodeGuard, self).__init__(cmd=cmd, termTimeout=termTimeout)
 
 		self.httpPort = httpPort
+		self.connTimeout = connTimeout
 
 		self.w3 = None
 		self.devAccount = None
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ def Start(self) -> None:
 			web3.HTTPProvider(f'http://127.0.0.1:{self.httpPort}')
 		)
 		while not self.w3.is_connected():
-			if time.time() - startTime >= self.termTimeout:
+			if time.time() - startTime >= self.connTimeout:
 				raise RuntimeError('failed to connect to the Geth node')
 			time.sleep(connInterval)
 
diff --git a/PyEthHelper/_Meta.py b/PyEthHelper/_Meta.py
index 89c0ad5..340781d 100644
--- a/PyEthHelper/_Meta.py
+++ b/PyEthHelper/_Meta.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 
-__version__ = '0.1.3'
+__version__ = '0.1.4'
 
 PKG_AUTHOR = 'Languages, Systems, and Data Lab at UC Santa Cruz'
 PKG_NAME = 'PyEthHelper'