diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/abstract-provider.tsx b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/abstract-provider.tsx
index 0e97180747..204c6ce0be 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/abstract-provider.tsx
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/tabs/abstract-provider.tsx
@@ -74,9 +74,16 @@ export abstract class AbstractProvider extends Plugin {
           // the modal has been canceled/hide
           const result = data.method === 'net_listening' ? 'canceled' : []
           resolve({ jsonrpc: '2.0', result: result, id: data.id })
+          this.switchAway(false)
           return
         }
         this.provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(value)
+        try {
+          await this.provider.ready
+        } catch (e) {
+          this.switchAway(true)
+          return
+        }
         this.sendAsyncInternal(data, resolve, reject)       
       } else {
         this.sendAsyncInternal(data, resolve, reject)
@@ -84,6 +91,22 @@ export abstract class AbstractProvider extends Plugin {
     })
   }
 
+  private async switchAway (showError) {
+    this.blocked = true
+    if (showError) {
+      const modalContent: AlertModal = {
+        id: this.profile.name,
+        title: this.profile.displayName,
+        message: `Error while connecting to the provider, provider not connected`,
+      }
+      this.call('notification', 'alert', modalContent)
+    }
+    await this.call('udapp', 'setEnvironmentMode', { context: 'vm', fork: 'london' })
+    this.provider = null
+    setTimeout(_ => { this.blocked = false }, 1000) // we wait 1 second for letting remix to switch to vm        
+    return
+  }
+
   private async sendAsyncInternal (data: JsonDataRequest, resolve: SuccessRequest, reject: RejectRequest): Promise<void> {
     if (this.provider) {
       // Check the case where current environment is VM on UI and it still sends RPC requests
@@ -94,16 +117,6 @@ export abstract class AbstractProvider extends Plugin {
         const result = await this.provider.send(data.method, data.params)
         resolve({ jsonrpc: '2.0', result, id: data.id })
       } catch (error) {
-        this.blocked = true
-        const modalContent: AlertModal = {
-          id: this.profile.name,
-          title: this.profile.displayName,
-          message: `Error while connecting to the provider: ${error.message}`,
-        }
-        this.call('notification', 'alert', modalContent)
-        await this.call('udapp', 'setEnvironmentMode', { context: 'vm', fork: 'london' })
-        this.provider = null
-        setTimeout(_ => { this.blocked = false }, 1000) // we wait 1 second for letting remix to switch to vm
         reject(error)
       }
     } else {