diff --git a/contracts/axone-cognitarium/src/contract.rs b/contracts/axone-cognitarium/src/contract.rs
index 2ad500d3..0b723f02 100644
--- a/contracts/axone-cognitarium/src/contract.rs
+++ b/contracts/axone-cognitarium/src/contract.rs
@@ -446,12 +446,12 @@ mod tests {
     use cosmwasm_std::testing::{mock_dependencies, mock_env, mock_info};
     use cosmwasm_std::{coins, from_json, Addr, Attribute, Order, Uint128};
     use cw_utils::PaymentError;
+    use cw_utils::PaymentError::NonPayable;
     use std::collections::BTreeMap;
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::io::Read;
     use std::path::Path;
     use std::{env, u128};
-    use cw_utils::PaymentError::NonPayable;
 
     #[test]
     fn proper_initialization() {
diff --git a/contracts/axone-dataverse/src/contract.rs b/contracts/axone-dataverse/src/contract.rs
index ae4e3662..0ca585cd 100644
--- a/contracts/axone-dataverse/src/contract.rs
+++ b/contracts/axone-dataverse/src/contract.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ const CONTRACT_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 pub fn instantiate(
     deps: DepsMut<'_>,
     env: Env,
-    _info: MessageInfo,
+    info: MessageInfo,
     msg: InstantiateMsg,
 ) -> Result<Response, ContractError> {
+    nonpayable(&info)?;
     set_contract_version(deps.storage, CONTRACT_NAME, CONTRACT_VERSION)?;
 
     let creator = deps.api.addr_canonicalize(env.contract.address.as_str())?;
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ mod tests {
         coins, from_json, Addr, Attribute, ContractResult, CosmosMsg, HexBinary, SubMsg,
         SystemError, SystemResult, Uint128, Uint64, WasmQuery,
     };
-    use cw_utils::PaymentError;
+    use cw_utils::PaymentError::NonPayable;
     use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
     #[test]
@@ -213,6 +214,28 @@ mod tests {
         )
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn instantiate_fail_with_funds() {
+        let mut deps = mock_dependencies();
+        let env = mock_env();
+        let info = mock_info("sender", &coins(10, "uaxone"));
+
+        let msg = InstantiateMsg {
+            name: "my-dataverse".to_string(),
+            triplestore_config: TripleStoreConfig {
+                code_id: Uint64::from(17u64),
+                limits: TripleStoreLimitsInput::default(),
+            },
+        };
+
+        let result = instantiate(deps.as_mut(), env, info, msg);
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(matches!(
+            result.unwrap_err(),
+            ContractError::Payment(NonPayable {})
+        ));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn proper_dataverse() {
         let mut deps = mock_dependencies();
@@ -255,7 +278,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(result.is_err());
         assert!(matches!(
             result.unwrap_err(),
-            ContractError::Payment(PaymentError::NonPayable {})
+            ContractError::Payment(NonPayable {})
         ));
     }