diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/app.tsx b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/app.tsx
index b133f9a291..aea4e607b5 100644
--- a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/app.tsx
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/app.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import { ContractVerificationPluginClient } from './ContractVerificationPluginCl
 
 import { AppContext } from './AppContext'
 import DisplayRoutes from './routes'
-import { ContractVerificationSettings, ThemeType, Chain, SubmittedContracts, VerificationReceipt, mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults } from './types'
+import type { ContractVerificationSettings, ThemeType, Chain, SubmittedContracts, VerificationReceipt } from './types'
+import { mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults } from './utils'
 
 import './App.css'
 import { CompilerAbstract } from '@remix-project/remix-solidity'
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/defaults.ts b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/defaults.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e7e95c093..0000000000
--- a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/defaults.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import type { ChainSettings, ContractVerificationSettings, SettingsForVerifier, VerifierSettings } from './SettingsTypes'
-import { VerifierIdentifier, VERIFIERS } from './VerificationTypes'
-
-const DEFAULTS: SettingsForVerifier = {
-  Sourcify: {
-    apiUrl: 'https://sourcify.dev/server',
-    explorerUrl: 'https://repo.sourcify.dev',
-  },
-  Etherscan: {
-    apiUrl: 'https://api.etherscan.io',
-    explorerUrl: 'https://etherscan.io',
-    apiKey: undefined,
-  },
-  Blockscout: {
-    apiUrl: 'https://eth.blockscout.com',
-  },
-}
-
-export function mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults(chainId: string, userSettings: ContractVerificationSettings): ChainSettings {
-  const verifiers: SettingsForVerifier = {}
-
-  for (const verifierId of VERIFIERS) {
-    const userSetting: VerifierSettings = userSettings.chains[chainId]?.verifiers[verifierId]
-
-    if (userSetting) {
-      verifiers[verifierId] = { ...userSetting }
-      // Only apply default settings for Etherscan and Blockscout on mainnet
-      if (verifierId === 'Sourcify' || chainId === '1') {
-        // Add keys not defined by user
-        for (const key of Object.keys(DEFAULTS[verifierId])) {
-          if (!verifiers[verifierId][key]) {
-            verifiers[verifierId][key] = DEFAULTS[verifierId][key]
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      // Only apply default settings for Etherscan and Blockscout on mainnet
-    } else if (verifierId === 'Sourcify' || chainId === '1') {
-      verifiers[verifierId] = DEFAULTS[verifierId]
-    }
-  }
-  return { verifiers }
-}
-
-export function validConfiguration(chainSettings: ChainSettings | undefined, verifierId: VerifierIdentifier) {
-  return !!chainSettings && !!chainSettings.verifiers[verifierId]?.apiUrl && (verifierId !== 'Etherscan' || !!chainSettings.verifiers[verifierId]?.apiKey)
-}
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/index.ts b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/index.ts
index 53bba8f934..6b783cddab 100644
--- a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/index.ts
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/types/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export * from './ThemeType'
 export * from './SettingsTypes'
 export * from './VerificationTypes'
-export * from './defaults'
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/default-apis.json b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/default-apis.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8166f07b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/default-apis.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "Sourcify": {
+    "apiUrl": "https://sourcify.dev/server",
+    "explorerUrl": "https://repo.sourcify.dev"
+  },
+  "Etherscan": {
+    "1": {
+      "apiUrl": "https://api.etherscan.io",
+      "explorerUrl": "https://etherscan.io"
+    }
+  },
+  "Blockscout": {
+    "1": {
+      "apiUrl": "https://eth.blockscout.com"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/default-settings.ts b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/default-settings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ea1efac22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/default-settings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import type { ChainSettings, ContractVerificationSettings, SettingsForVerifier, VerifierSettings } from '../types/SettingsTypes'
+import { VerifierIdentifier, VERIFIERS } from '../types/VerificationTypes'
+import DEFAULT_APIS from './default-apis.json'
+
+export function mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults(chainId: string, userSettings: ContractVerificationSettings): ChainSettings {
+  const verifiers: SettingsForVerifier = {}
+
+  for (const verifierId of VERIFIERS) {
+    const userSetting: VerifierSettings = userSettings.chains[chainId]?.verifiers[verifierId] ?? {}
+
+    verifiers[verifierId] = { ...userSetting }
+
+    let defaultsForVerifier: VerifierSettings
+    if (verifierId === 'Sourcify') {
+      defaultsForVerifier = DEFAULT_APIS['Sourcify']
+    } else {
+      defaultsForVerifier = DEFAULT_APIS[verifierId][chainId] ?? {}
+    }
+
+    // Prefer user settings over defaults
+    verifiers[verifierId] = Object.assign({}, defaultsForVerifier, userSetting)
+  }
+  return { verifiers }
+}
+
+export function validConfiguration(chainSettings: ChainSettings | undefined, verifierId: VerifierIdentifier) {
+  return !!chainSettings && !!chainSettings.verifiers[verifierId]?.apiUrl && (verifierId !== 'Etherscan' || !!chainSettings.verifiers[verifierId]?.apiKey)
+}
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/index.ts b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c03fe198aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './default-settings'
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/LookupView.tsx b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/LookupView.tsx
index d89f780bec..8656d0d3b2 100644
--- a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/LookupView.tsx
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/LookupView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { useContext, useState } from 'react'
 import { SearchableChainDropdown, ContractAddressInput } from '../components'
-import { LookupResponse, mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults, validConfiguration, VerifierIdentifier, VERIFIERS, type Chain } from '../types'
+import { mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults, validConfiguration } from '../utils'
+import type { LookupResponse, VerifierIdentifier, Chain } from '../types'
+import { VERIFIERS } from '../types'
 import { AppContext } from '../AppContext'
 import { CustomTooltip } from '@remix-ui/helper'
 import { getVerifier } from '../Verifiers'
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/SettingsView.tsx b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/SettingsView.tsx
index cab2a6f287..2c4e1c4d6e 100644
--- a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/SettingsView.tsx
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/SettingsView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useContext, useState } from 'react'
 import { SearchableChainDropdown, ConfigInput } from '../components'
 import type { VerifierIdentifier, Chain, VerifierSettings, ContractVerificationSettings } from '../types'
-import { mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults } from '../types'
+import { mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults } from '../utils'
 import { AppContext } from '../AppContext'
 
 export const SettingsView = () => {
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/VerifyView.tsx b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/VerifyView.tsx
index b804e5cdc7..4a91f46762 100644
--- a/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/VerifyView.tsx
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/src/app/views/VerifyView.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 import { AppContext } from '../AppContext'
 import { SearchableChainDropdown, ContractDropdown, ContractAddressInput } from '../components'
-import { mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults, type VerifierIdentifier, VERIFIERS, type Chain, type SubmittedContract, type VerificationReceipt, type VerifierInfo, validConfiguration } from '../types'
+import type { VerifierIdentifier, Chain, SubmittedContract, VerificationReceipt, VerifierInfo } from '../types'
+import { VERIFIERS } from '../types'
+import { mergeChainSettingsWithDefaults, validConfiguration } from '../utils'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { ConstructorArguments } from '../components/ConstructorArguments'
 import { ContractDropdownSelection } from '../components/ContractDropdown'
diff --git a/apps/contract-verification/tsconfig.json b/apps/contract-verification/tsconfig.json
index bfdc10e859..4e9bd6bcbe 100644
--- a/apps/contract-verification/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/contract-verification/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "allowJs": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     // "strict": true
   },
   "files": [],