diff --git a/libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunnerWeb3.ts b/libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunnerWeb3.ts
index 1da52c8049..4483a41fe0 100644
--- a/libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunnerWeb3.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-lib/src/execution/txRunnerWeb3.ts
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ export class TxRunnerWeb3 {
         // // @todo(#378) this should be removed when https://github.com/WalletConnect/walletconnect-monorepo/issues/334 is fixed
         callback(new Error('Gas estimation failed because of an unknown internal error. This may indicated that the transaction will fail.'))
       }
-      gasEstimationForceSend(err, () => {
-        // callback is called whenever no error
-        tx['gas'] = !gasEstimation ? gasLimit : gasEstimation
-
-        this._api.detectNetwork((err, network) => {
-          if (err) {
-            console.log(err)
-            return
-          }
-
+      this._api.detectNetwork((errNetWork, network) => {
+        if (errNetWork) {
+          console.log(errNetWork)
+          return
+        }
+        err = network.name === 'VM' ? null : err // just send the tx if "VM"
+        gasEstimationForceSend(err, () => {
+          // callback is called whenever no error
+          tx['gas'] = !gasEstimation ? gasLimit : gasEstimation
+  
           if (this._api.config.getUnpersistedProperty('doNotShowTransactionConfirmationAgain')) {
             return this._executeTx(tx, network, null, this._api, promptCb, callback)
           }
@@ -120,23 +120,23 @@ export class TxRunnerWeb3 {
           }, (error) => {
             callback(error)
           })
+        }, () => {
+          const blockGasLimit = this.currentblockGasLimit()
+          // NOTE: estimateGas very likely will return a large limit if execution of the code failed
+          //       we want to be able to run the code in order to debug and find the cause for the failure
+          if (err) return callback(err)
+  
+          let warnEstimation = ' An important gas estimation might also be the sign of a problem in the contract code. Please check loops and be sure you did not sent value to a non payable function (that\'s also the reason of strong gas estimation). '
+          warnEstimation += ' ' + err
+  
+          if (gasEstimation > gasLimit) {
+            return callback('Gas required exceeds limit: ' + gasLimit + '. ' + warnEstimation)
+          }
+          if (gasEstimation > blockGasLimit) {
+            return callback('Gas required exceeds block gas limit: ' + gasLimit + '. ' + warnEstimation)
+          }
         })
-      }, () => {
-        const blockGasLimit = this.currentblockGasLimit()
-        // NOTE: estimateGas very likely will return a large limit if execution of the code failed
-        //       we want to be able to run the code in order to debug and find the cause for the failure
-        if (err) return callback(err)
-
-        let warnEstimation = ' An important gas estimation might also be the sign of a problem in the contract code. Please check loops and be sure you did not sent value to a non payable function (that\'s also the reason of strong gas estimation). '
-        warnEstimation += ' ' + err
-
-        if (gasEstimation > gasLimit) {
-          return callback('Gas required exceeds limit: ' + gasLimit + '. ' + warnEstimation)
-        }
-        if (gasEstimation > blockGasLimit) {
-          return callback('Gas required exceeds block gas limit: ' + gasLimit + '. ' + warnEstimation)
-        }
-      })
+      })      
     })
   }
 }