diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/filters/callback.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/filters/callback.py
index 4fb6b543..84b61671 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/filters/callback.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/filters/callback.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import logging
 
 # external imports
 import celery
-from cic_eth_registry.error import UnknownContractError
+from cic_eth_registry.error import (
+    UnknownContractError,
+    NotAContractError,
+    )
 from chainlib.status import Status as TxStatus
 from chainlib.eth.address import to_checksum_address
 from chainlib.eth.error import RequestMismatchException
@@ -124,8 +127,7 @@ class CallbackFilter(SyncFilter):
                     (transfer_type, transfer_data) = parser(tx, conn)
                     if transfer_type == None:
                         continue
-                else:
-                    pass
+                break
             except RequestMismatchException:
                 continue
 
@@ -168,7 +170,9 @@ class CallbackFilter(SyncFilter):
                 t = self.call_back(transfer_type, result)
                 logg.info('callback success task id {} tx {} queue {}'.format(t, tx.hash, t.queue))
             except UnknownContractError:
-                logg.debug('callback filter {}:{} skipping "transfer" method on unknown contract {} tx {}'.format(tx.queue, tx.method, transfer_data['to'], tx.hash))
+                logg.debug('callback filter {}:{} skipping "transfer" method on unknown contract {} tx {}'.format(self.queue, self.method, transfer_data['to'], tx.hash))
+            except NotAContractError:
+                logg.debug('callback filter {}:{} skipping "transfer" on non-contract address {} tx {}'.format(self.queue, self.method, transfer_data['to'], tx.hash))
 
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/import_balance.py b/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/import_balance.py
index b3fb1112..97c75d60 100644
--- a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/import_balance.py
+++ b/apps/contract-migration/scripts/cic_eth/import_balance.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from chainlib.eth.tx import TxFactory
 from chainlib.jsonrpc import jsonrpc_template
 from chainlib.eth.error import EthException
 from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
+from chainlib.eth.constant import ZERO_ADDRESS
 from crypto_dev_signer.eth.signer import ReferenceSigner as EIP155Signer
 from crypto_dev_signer.keystore.dict import DictKeystore
 from cic_types.models.person import Person
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=config_dir, help='config root to
 argparser.add_argument('--old-chain-spec', type=str, dest='old_chain_spec', default='evm:oldchain:1', help='chain spec')
 argparser.add_argument('-i', '--chain-spec', type=str, dest='i', help='chain spec')
 argparser.add_argument('-r', '--registry-address', type=str, dest='r', help='CIC Registry address')
-argparser.add_argument('--token-symbol', default='SRF', type=str, dest='token_symbol', help='Token symbol to use for trnsactions')
+argparser.add_argument('--token-symbol', default='GFT', type=str, dest='token_symbol', help='Token symbol to use for trnsactions')
 argparser.add_argument('--head', action='store_true', help='start at current block height (overrides --offset)')
 argparser.add_argument('--env-prefix', default=os.environ.get('CONFINI_ENV_PREFIX'), dest='env_prefix', type=str, help='environment prefix for variables to overwrite configuration')
 argparser.add_argument('-q', type=str, default='cic-eth', help='celery queue to submit transaction tasks to')
@@ -252,6 +253,10 @@ def main():
     except ValueError as e:
         logg.critical('lookup failed for token {}: {}'.format(token_symbol, e))
         sys.exit(1)
+
+    if sarafu_token_address == ZERO_ADDRESS:
+        raise KeyError('token address for symbol {} is zero'.format(token_symbol))
+
     logg.info('found token address {}'.format(sarafu_token_address))
 
     syncer_backend = MemBackend(chain_str, 0)