diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a9348cea6d..570eb7fca7 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 						.append(textRow('uDApp', combined(contractName,contract['interface'],contract.bytecode), 'deploy'))
 						.append(getDetails(contract, source, contractName));
 
-				if (executionContext == 'vm') $('#txorigin').text('0x' + dapp.address.toString('hex'));
+				if (executionContext === 'vm') $('#txorigin').text('0x' + dapp.address.toString('hex'));
 				else web3.eth.getAccounts( function(err,accounts) {
 					$('#txorigin').text(accounts[0]);
 				});
diff --git a/libs/universal-dapp.js b/libs/universal-dapp.js
index ae42084f47..e9f64ab65f 100644
--- a/libs/universal-dapp.js
+++ b/libs/universal-dapp.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ function UniversalDApp (contracts, options) {
     this.$el = $('<div class="udapp" />');
     this.contracts = contracts;
 
-    if (web3.currentProvider) {
+    if (!options.vm && web3.currentProvider) {
 
     } else if (options.vm) {
         this.stateTrie = new EthVm.Trie();