diff --git a/.wellknown/wallet/connect/service-providers.json b/.wellknown/wallet/connect/service-providers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3749d6bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.wellknown/wallet/connect/service-providers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[
+    {
+      "id": "nym-testing",
+      "description": "coconuts",
+      "items": [
+        {
+          "id": "nym-coconut",
+          "description": "nym-credentials",
+          "address": "<input service provider address>",
+          "gateway": "<input these values>"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs b/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs
index bab66a7e42..47577507bb 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/socks5/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::client::config::Config;
 use crate::error::Socks5ClientError;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ use nymsphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nymsphinx::addressing::nodes::NodeIdentity;
 use tap::TapFallible;
 use task::{wait_for_signal_and_error, ShutdownListener, ShutdownNotifier};
+use url::Url;
 
 pub mod config;
 
@@ -199,25 +201,23 @@ impl NymClient {
             .expect("provided gateway id is invalid!");
 
         #[cfg(feature = "coconut")]
+        //temp hard code these values for testing
+        let qwerty_validator: Url =
+            Url::from_str("http://qwerty-validator.qa.nymte.ch:26657/").unwrap();
+        let val_api: Url =
+            Url::from_str("https://qwerty-coconut-one-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api").unwrap();
+
         let bandwidth_controller = {
             let details = network_defaults::NymNetworkDetails::new_from_env();
             let mut client_config =
                 validator_client::Config::try_from_nym_network_details(&details)
                     .expect("failed to construct validator client config");
-            let nymd_url = self
-                .config
-                .get_base()
-                .get_validator_endpoints()
-                .pop()
-                .expect("No nymd validator endpoint provided");
-            let api_url = self
-                .config
-                .get_base()
-                .get_validator_api_endpoints()
-                .pop()
-                .expect("No validator api endpoint provided");
+
             // overwrite env configuration with config URLs
-            client_config = client_config.with_urls(nymd_url, api_url);
+            client_config = client_config.with_urls(qwerty_validator, val_api);
+
+            println!("{:?}", client_config);
+
             let client = validator_client::Client::new_query(client_config)
                 .expect("Could not construct query client");
             let coconut_api_clients =
diff --git a/envs/qa-qwerty.env b/envs/qa-qwerty.env
index 26e5b0fe1f..2cb4c65305 100644
--- a/envs/qa-qwerty.env
+++ b/envs/qa-qwerty.env
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 CONFIGURED=true
-
 RUST_LOG=info
 RUST_BACKTRACE=1
-
 BECH32_PREFIX=n
 MIX_DENOM=unym
 MIX_DENOM_DISPLAY=nym
@@ -12,9 +10,10 @@ DENOMS_EXPONENT=6
 MIXNET_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n14hj2tavq8fpesdwxxcu44rty3hh90vhujrvcmstl4zr3txmfvw9sjyvg3g
 VESTING_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n1nc5tatafv6eyq7llkr2gv50ff9e22mnf70qgjlv737ktmt4eswrq73f2nw
 BANDWIDTH_CLAIM_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0
-COCONUT_BANDWIDTH_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0
-MULTISIG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n19lc9u84cz0yz3fww5283nucc9yvr8gsjmgeul0
+COCONUT_BANDWIDTH_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n12ckdkm3q7eytefs7rwu4ue3t9hxgvl9v08jddmtwgct2ve0pv50q0t8dlt
+MULTISIG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n14krxe8ukzagwhvec0rmteexu62w8k9kp9sra9ww6em2hnmzcukqsa0utc8
+COCONUT_DKG_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=n1rl5n6cxuz2hdy3f7d9hsnw8zn0zwwwr0r4dxfz7tktgpgkcnz9zshmvksc
 REWARDING_VALIDATOR_ADDRESS=n10yyd98e2tuwu0f7ypz9dy3hhjw7v772q6287gy
 STATISTICS_SERVICE_DOMAIN_ADDRESS="https://mainnet-stats.nymte.ch:8090"
 NYMD_VALIDATOR="https://qwerty-validator.qa.nymte.ch/"
-API_VALIDATOR="https://qwerty-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api"
+API_VALIDATOR="https://qwerty-coconut-one-validator-api.qa.nymte.ch/api"
diff --git a/nym-connect/Cargo.lock b/nym-connect/Cargo.lock
index 22331cf94d..790daff951 100644
--- a/nym-connect/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-connect/Cargo.lock
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "client-core"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "client-connections",
  "config",
@@ -973,6 +973,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bls12_381 0.5.0",
  "coconut-interface",
+ "cosmrs",
  "crypto",
  "thiserror",
  "validator-api-requests",
@@ -1867,6 +1868,7 @@ name = "gateway-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "coconut-interface",
  "credential-storage",
  "credentials",
  "crypto",
@@ -1885,6 +1887,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-tungstenite",
  "tungstenite",
  "url",
+ "validator-client",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasm-timer",
@@ -1896,6 +1899,7 @@ name = "gateway-requests"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
+ "coconut-interface",
  "credentials",
  "crypto",
  "futures",
@@ -3351,14 +3355,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "client-connections",
  "client-core",
+ "coconut-interface",
  "completions",
  "config",
  "credential-storage",
+ "credentials",
  "crypto",
  "dirs",
  "futures",
diff --git a/nym-connect/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-connect/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index dfaf452dd1..25a60e0ec8 100644
--- a/nym-connect/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-connect/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ url = "2.2"
 client-core = { path = "../../clients/client-core" }
 config-common = { path = "../../common/config", package = "config" }
 logging = { path = "../../common/logging"}
-nym-socks5-client = { path = "../../clients/socks5" }
+nym-socks5-client = { path = "../../clients/socks5", features = ["coconut"] }
 topology = { path = "../../common/topology" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
index f4d260ea57..bf8a52558b 100644
--- a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ pub async fn init_socks5_config(provider_address: String, chosen_gateway_id: Str
             .set_custom_validator_apis(config_common::parse_validators(&raw_validators));
     }
 
+    config.get_base_mut().with_disabled_credentials(false);
+
     let gateway = setup_gateway(
         &id,
         register_gateway,
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ pub async fn init_socks5_config(provider_address: String, chosen_gateway_id: Str
         config.get_socks5(),
     )
     .await?;
+
     config.get_base_mut().with_gateway_endpoint(gateway);
 
     let config_save_location = config.get_socks5().get_config_file_save_location();
diff --git a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 4f4e8bb5fb..0c1c2effab 100644
--- a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::menu::AddDefaultSubmenus;
 use crate::menu::{create_tray_menu, tray_menu_event_handler};
 use crate::state::State;
 use crate::window::window_toggle;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 mod config;
 mod error;
@@ -26,7 +27,12 @@ mod window;
 
 fn main() {
     setup_logging();
-    setup_env(None);
+
+    //use qwerty environment
+    //path may need changing for your set up
+    let qwerty_environment = PathBuf::from("~/nym/envs/qa-qwerty.env");
+    setup_env(Some(qwerty_environment));
+    
     println!("Starting up...");
 
     // As per breaking change description here
diff --git a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/mod.rs b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/mod.rs
index b6c45fa8c0..dcc618e1bb 100644
--- a/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::models::DirectoryService;
 
-static SERVICE_PROVIDER_WELLKNOWN_URL: &str =
-    "https://nymtech.net/.wellknown/connect/service-providers.json";
+//lets host our own service file locally
+static SERVICE_PROVIDER_WELLKNOWN_URL: &str = "http://localhost:3000/service-providers.json";
 
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn get_services() -> Result<Vec<DirectoryService>> {