diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js
index 5ec728085..ac57dfe1d 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions/tx-gas-utils.js
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ class TxGasUtil {
     const hasRecipient = Boolean(recipient)
 
     if (hasRecipient) {
-      let code = await this.query.getCode(recipient)
+      const code = await this.query.getCode(recipient)
 
       // If there's data in the params, but there's no code, it's not a valid contract
-      // For no code, Infura will return '0x', and Ganache will return '0x0'
+      // For no code, Infura will return '0x', and ganache-core v2.2.1 will return '0x0'
       if (txParams.data && (!code || code === '0x' || code === '0x0')) {
-        throw {errorKey: TRANSACTION_NO_CONTRACT_ERROR_KEY}
-      }
-      else if (!code) {
+        const err = new Error()
+        err.errorKey = TRANSACTION_NO_CONTRACT_ERROR_KEY
+        throw err
+      } else if (!code) {
         txParams.gas = SIMPLE_GAS_COST // For a standard ETH send, gas is 21k max
         txMeta.simpleSend = true // Prevents buffer addition
         return SIMPLE_GAS_COST
diff --git a/old-ui/app/components/pending-tx.js b/old-ui/app/components/pending-tx.js
index 7d8c94699..d8d2334a4 100644
--- a/old-ui/app/components/pending-tx.js
+++ b/old-ui/app/components/pending-tx.js
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ PendingTx.prototype.verifyGasParams = function () {
 }
 
 PendingTx.prototype._notZeroOrEmptyString = function (obj) {
-  return obj !== '' && obj !== '0x0' && obj !== '0x' // The '0x' case might not ever happen, but it seems safest to protect against it
+  return obj !== '' && obj !== '0x0' && obj !== '0x' // '0x' means null
 }
 
 PendingTx.prototype.bnMultiplyByFraction = function (targetBN, numerator, denominator) {
diff --git a/ui/app/components/send/send.utils.js b/ui/app/components/send/send.utils.js
index 05ba6b88f..af7b3823f 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/send/send.utils.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/send/send.utils.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ async function estimateGas ({
   // if recipient has no code, gas is 21k max:
   if (!selectedToken && !data) {
     const code = Boolean(to) && await global.eth.getCode(to)
-    if (!code || code === '0x' || code === '0x0') { // Infura will return '0x', and Ganache will return '0x0'
+    if (!code || code === '0x' || code === '0x0') { // Infura will return '0x', and ganache-core v2.2.1 will return '0x0'
       return SIMPLE_GAS_COST
     }
   } else if (selectedToken && !to) {
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js b/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js
index 0eb7972d6..b2c617384 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function getLatestSubmittedTxWithNonce (transactions = [], nonce = '0x0')
 
 export async function isSmartContractAddress (address) {
   const code = await global.eth.getCode(address)
-  return code && code !== '0x' && code !== '0x0'; // Infura will return '0x', and Ganache will return '0x0'
+  return code && code !== '0x' && code !== '0x0' // Infura will return '0x', and ganache-core v2.2.1 will return '0x0'
 }
 
 export function sumHexes (...args) {