diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index cad20ed3f5..084f9ca7a9 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   },
   "sideEffects": false,
   "scripts": {
-    "algo": "cd ../platforms/algorand/protocols/tokenBridge && npm run build && cd - && tsx src/algoTokenBridge.ts",
+    "algo": "cd ../platforms/algorand/protocols/core && npm run build && cd - && tsx src/algoTokenBridge.ts",
     "tb": "tsx src/tokenBridge.ts",
     "cctp": "tsx src/cctp.ts",
     "demo": "tsx src/index.ts",
diff --git a/examples/src/algoTokenBridge.ts b/examples/src/algoTokenBridge.ts
index 730c8232d7..894fa34e9a 100644
--- a/examples/src/algoTokenBridge.ts
+++ b/examples/src/algoTokenBridge.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ import "@wormhole-foundation/connect-sdk-evm-tokenbridge";
   const wh = new Wormhole("Testnet", [AlgorandPlatform, EvmPlatform]);
 
   // Grab chain Contexts -- these hold a reference to a cached rpc client
-  const sendChain = wh.getChain("Avalanche");
-  const rcvChain = wh.getChain("Algorand");
+  const sendChain = wh.getChain("Algorand");
+  const rcvChain = wh.getChain("Avalanche");
 
   // Shortcut to allow transferring native gas token - worked 12-28-23
   const token: TokenId | "native" = "native";
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ import "@wormhole-foundation/connect-sdk-evm-tokenbridge";
   // and attempt to fetch details about its progress.
   let recoverTxid = undefined;
   // let recoverTxid = "0xdab98de823cd9e2ec3975bf366503dcd896a47a7ce3764fb964cc84b54f7159c"; // Avalanche-->Algorand
-  // recoverTxid = "0x83b4438b9135eef05734beea4fd4e41d644b1d07196c491e9576bf0ed24a9797";
+  // recoverTxid = "NLI5KZSGDVO6JFZCJTN6VA7PSCWJB22FBGC33CPHQWGXFDOFKFVA";
+  // recoverTxid = "3I552XXYJZ52G6WH7KVAM2CNNSWAZJTYNYUDTIKK3342NU2U2J4A";
+  recoverTxid = "T3C2VCOGZPW2OAPZZ4V5YWA2KM3PZWYSEVAQDZE5YQGCTAO75IRA";
 
   // Finally create and perform the transfer given the parameters set above
   const xfer = !recoverTxid
diff --git a/platforms/algorand/protocols/core/src/core.ts b/platforms/algorand/protocols/core/src/core.ts
index 1c8e7a35ee..213aa3d1cd 100644
--- a/platforms/algorand/protocols/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/platforms/algorand/protocols/core/src/core.ts
@@ -133,9 +133,21 @@ export class AlgorandWormholeCore<N extends Network, C extends AlgorandChains>
   async parseTransaction(txId: string): Promise<WormholeMessageId[]> {
     const result = await this.connection.pendingTransactionInformation(txId).do();
     const ptr = modelsv2.PendingTransactionResponse.from_obj_for_encoding(result);
+    return this.parseTx(ptr);
+  }
+
+  private parseTx(ptr: modelsv2.PendingTransactionResponse): WormholeMessageId[] {
+    const msgs: WormholeMessageId[] = [];
+
+    if (ptr.innerTxns && ptr.innerTxns.length > 0) {
+      msgs.push(...ptr.innerTxns.flatMap((tx) => this.parseTx(tx)));
+    }
 
     // Expect target is core app
-    if (BigInt(ptr.txn.txn.apid) !== this.coreAppId) throw new Error("Invalid app id");
+    if (BigInt(ptr.txn.txn.apid) !== this.coreAppId) return msgs;
+
+    // Expect logs
+    if (!ptr.logs || ptr.logs.length === 0) return msgs;
 
     // Expect publish messeage as first arg
     const args = ptr.txn.txn.apaa;
@@ -143,14 +155,14 @@ export class AlgorandWormholeCore<N extends Network, C extends AlgorandChains>
       args.length !== 3 ||
       !encoding.bytes.equals(new Uint8Array(args[0]), AlgorandWormholeCore.publishMessage)
     )
-      throw new Error("Invalid transaction arguments");
-
-    if (!ptr.logs || ptr.logs.length === 0) throw new Error("No logs found to parse sequence");
+      return msgs;
 
     const sequence = encoding.bignum.decode(ptr.logs[0]);
+    console.log(ptr.txn.txn);
     const emitter = new AlgorandAddress(ptr.txn.txn.snd).toUniversalAddress();
+    msgs.push({ chain: this.chain, emitter, sequence });
 
-    return [{ chain: this.chain, emitter, sequence }];
+    return msgs;
   }
 
   private createUnsignedTx(
diff --git a/platforms/algorand/src/address.ts b/platforms/algorand/src/address.ts
index 4e6c5b9810..7302a1ef2c 100644
--- a/platforms/algorand/src/address.ts
+++ b/platforms/algorand/src/address.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export class AlgorandAddress implements Address {
     return new UniversalAddress(this.toUint8Array());
   }
 
+  toInt(): bigint {
+    return encoding.bignum.decode(this.toUint8Array());
+  }
+
   static instanceof(address: any): address is AlgorandAddress {
     return address.constructor.platform === AlgorandPlatform._platform;
   }
diff --git a/platforms/algorand/src/platform.ts b/platforms/algorand/src/platform.ts
index f71547887a..89fb8b62d1 100644
--- a/platforms/algorand/src/platform.ts
+++ b/platforms/algorand/src/platform.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ import {
 import {
   Algodv2,
   SignedTransaction,
-  bytesToBigInt,
   decodeSignedTransaction,
-  waitForConfirmation,
   modelsv2,
+  waitForConfirmation,
 } from "algosdk";
+import { AlgorandAddress, AlgorandZeroAddress } from "./address";
 import { AlgorandChain } from "./chain";
 import { AlgorandChains, AlgorandPlatformType, AnyAlgorandAddress, _platform } from "./types";
-import { AlgorandAddress, AlgorandZeroAddress } from "./address";
+import { safeBigIntToNumber } from "./utilities";
 
 /**
  * @category Algorand
@@ -76,18 +76,8 @@ export class AlgorandPlatform<N extends Network> extends PlatformContext<N, Algo
   };
 
   static anyAlgorandAddressToAsaId(address: AnyAlgorandAddress): number {
-    /* 
-    QUESTIONBW: Redeeming on Algorand an incoming Avalanche USDC transfer is failing here.
-    It seems like I need to use the StorageLsig class to get the storage contract and then decode its state,
-    but this module is in the tokenBridge module, which I shouldn't need to import here in the platform itself
-    */
-    console.log("addressArg", address);
-    const addr = new AlgorandAddress(address.toString());
-    console.log("addr", addr);
-    const lastEightBytes = addr.toUint8Array().slice(-8);
-    const asaId = Number(bytesToBigInt(lastEightBytes));
-    console.log("asaId", asaId);
-    return asaId;
+    const addr = new AlgorandAddress(address);
+    return safeBigIntToNumber(addr.toInt());
   }
 
   static async getDecimals(
@@ -95,9 +85,12 @@ export class AlgorandPlatform<N extends Network> extends PlatformContext<N, Algo
     rpc: Algodv2,
     token: AnyAlgorandAddress | "native",
   ): Promise<bigint> {
-    if (token === "native") return BigInt(decimals.nativeDecimals(AlgorandPlatform._platform));
-    const asaId = this.anyAlgorandAddressToAsaId(token);
-    const assetResp = await rpc.getAssetByID(asaId).do();
+    // It may come in as a universal address
+    const assetId = token === "native" ? 0 : this.anyAlgorandAddressToAsaId(token);
+
+    if (assetId === 0) return BigInt(decimals.nativeDecimals(AlgorandPlatform._platform));
+
+    const assetResp = await rpc.getAssetByID(assetId).do();
     const asset = modelsv2.Asset.from_obj_for_encoding(assetResp);
     if (!asset.params || !asset.params.decimals) throw new Error("Could not fetch token details");
     return BigInt(asset.params.decimals);
@@ -109,12 +102,14 @@ export class AlgorandPlatform<N extends Network> extends PlatformContext<N, Algo
     walletAddr: string,
     token: AnyAlgorandAddress | "native",
   ): Promise<bigint | null> {
-    if (token === "native") {
+    const asaId = token === "native" ? 0 : this.anyAlgorandAddressToAsaId(token);
+
+    if (asaId === 0) {
       const resp = await rpc.accountInformation(walletAddr).do();
       const accountInfo = modelsv2.Account.from_obj_for_encoding(resp);
       return BigInt(accountInfo.amount);
     }
-    const asaId = this.anyAlgorandAddressToAsaId(token);
+
     const acctAssetInfoResp = await rpc.accountAssetInformation(walletAddr, asaId).do();
     const accountAssetInfo = modelsv2.AssetHolding.from_obj_for_encoding(acctAssetInfoResp);
     return BigInt(accountAssetInfo.amount);