diff --git a/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_account.py b/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_account.py
index 7dbff639ac..0dc92a5698 100644
--- a/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_account.py
+++ b/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_account.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 )  # TODO: should be able to infer this from the market
 
 
-class EthAgent(LocalAccount, Generic[Policy, Market, MarketAction]):
+class EthAgent(Generic[Policy, Market, MarketAction]):
     r"""Enact policies on smart contracts and tracks wallet state"""
 
     def __init__(self, policy: Policy | None = None, private_key: str | None = None):
@@ -35,35 +35,35 @@ def __init__(self, policy: Policy | None = None, private_key: str | None = None)
         ----------
         policy : Policy
             Elfpy policy for producing agent actions.
-            If None, then a policy that executes not actions is used.
+            If None, then a policy that executes no actions is used.
         private_key : str | None, optional
             Private key for constructing the agent's blockchain wallet.
-            If None, then a random private key is created
+            If None, then a random private key is created.
         """
         if policy is None:
             self.policy = NoActionPolicy()
         else:
             self.policy = policy
         if private_key is None:
-            account: LocalAccount = Account().create()
-            private_key = account._key_obj  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+            self.account: LocalAccount = Account().create()
         else:
-            account: LocalAccount = Account().from_key(private_key)
-        super().__init__(private_key, account)
-        self.wallet: EthWallet = EthWallet(
-            address=HexBytes(self.address), balance=Quantity(amount=self.policy.budget, unit=TokenType.BASE)
+            self.account: LocalAccount = Account().from_key(private_key)
+        self.wallet = EthWallet(
+            address=HexBytes(self.account.address),
+            balance=Quantity(amount=self.policy.budget, unit=TokenType.BASE),
         )
+        super().__init__()
 
     @property
     def checksum_address(self) -> ChecksumAddress:
         """Return the checksum address of the account"""
-        return Web3.to_checksum_address(self.address)
+        return Web3.to_checksum_address(self.account.address)
 
     @property
-    def _private_key(self) -> str:
+    def _private_key(self) -> bytes:
         """Return the private key for the agent"""
         logging.warning("accessing agent private key")
-        return str(self._key_obj)  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        return bytes(self)
 
     @property
     def liquidation_trades(self) -> list[Trade[MarketAction]]:
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ def liquidation_trades(self) -> list[Trade[MarketAction]]:
             )
         return action_list
 
+    def sign_transaction(self, transaction_dict):
+        """Calls the underlying LocalAccount method"""
+        return self.account.sign_transaction(transaction_dict)
+
     def get_trades(self, market: Market) -> list[Trade[MarketAction]]:
         """Helper function for computing a agent trade
 
diff --git a/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_wallet.py b/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_wallet.py
index 382965ba25..97f9e627de 100644
--- a/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_wallet.py
+++ b/elfpy/eth/accounts/eth_wallet.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ class EthWallet:
 
     Arguments
     ----------
-    address : HexBytes
-        The trader's address.
     balance : Quantity
         The base assets that held by the trader.
     lp_tokens : FixedPoint
@@ -150,9 +148,9 @@ def update(self, wallet_deltas: WalletDeltas) -> None:
             if value_or_dict is None:
                 continue
             match key:
-                case ["frozen", "no_new_attribs"]:
+                case "frozen" | "no_new_attribs" | "borrows":
                     continue
-                case ["lp_tokens", "withdraw_shares"]:
+                case "lp_tokens" | "withdraw_shares":
                     logging.debug(
                         "agent #%g %s pre-trade = %.0g\npost-trade = %1g\ndelta = %1g",
                         self.address,
diff --git a/examples/eth_bots/eth_bots_config.py b/examples/eth_bots/eth_bots_config.py
index 3eea07e0c4..bfd1af7ccb 100644
--- a/examples/eth_bots/eth_bots_config.py
+++ b/examples/eth_bots/eth_bots_config.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def get_eth_bots_config() -> tuple[EnvironmentConfig, list[AgentConfig]]:
         username_register_url="http://localhost:5002",
         artifacts_url="http://localhost:8080",
         rpc_url="http://localhost:8545",
-        username="changeme",
+        username="changem3",
     )
 
     agent_config: list[AgentConfig] = [
diff --git a/examples/eth_bots/get_agent_accounts.py b/examples/eth_bots/get_agent_accounts.py
index 3ba2d03034..70c735847c 100644
--- a/examples/eth_bots/get_agent_accounts.py
+++ b/examples/eth_bots/get_agent_accounts.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def get_agent_accounts(
     key_string = os.environ.get("AGENT_KEYS")
     if key_string is None:
         raise ValueError("AGENT_KEYS environment variable must be set")
-    agent_private_keys = json.loads(key_string)
+    agent_private_keys: list[str] = json.loads(key_string)
     #  get agent budgets
     base_budget_string = os.environ.get("AGENT_BASE_BUDGETS")
     if base_budget_string is None: