diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useActorManger.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useActorManger.ts
index 9b7f8769ff..82c8d7b77d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useActorManger.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useActorManger.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const useActorManager = <
     ...rest
   } = useDidJs({
     canisterId,
-    didjsId: didjsId,
+    didjsCanisterId: didjsId,
     idlFactory: maybeIdlFactory,
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useDidJs.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useDidJs.ts
index f2e2675a66..dc5ca347a8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/useDidJs.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useDidJs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useCallback, useEffect } from "react"
-import { CandidManager } from "@ic-reactor/store"
+import { createCandidAdapter } from "@ic-reactor/store"
 import type { IDL } from "@dfinity/candid"
 import { useAgent } from "../context/agent"
 
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ const DEFAULT_STATE: IDLFactoryState = {
 
 interface UseIDLFactoryArgs {
   canisterId: string
-  didjsId?: string
+  didjsCanisterId?: string
   idlFactory?: IDL.InterfaceFactory
 }
 
-const useDidJs = ({ canisterId, didjsId, idlFactory }: UseIDLFactoryArgs) => {
+const useDidJs = ({
+  canisterId,
+  didjsCanisterId,
+  idlFactory,
+}: UseIDLFactoryArgs) => {
   const [{ didJs, fetchError, fetching }, setDidJs] = useState<IDLFactoryState>(
     {
       ...DEFAULT_STATE,
@@ -47,30 +51,15 @@ const useDidJs = ({ canisterId, didjsId, idlFactory }: UseIDLFactoryArgs) => {
     }))
 
     try {
-      const candidManager = new CandidManager(agent, didjsId)
-      let fetchedDidJs = await candidManager
-        .getFromMetadata(canisterId)
-        .catch(() => null)
+      const candidManager = createCandidAdapter({ agent, didjsCanisterId })
 
-      if (!fetchedDidJs) {
-        fetchedDidJs = await candidManager
-          .getFromTmpHack(canisterId)
-          .catch(() => null)
-      }
+      let fetchedDidJs = await candidManager.getCandidDefinition(canisterId)
 
-      if (fetchedDidJs) {
-        setDidJs({
-          didJs: fetchedDidJs,
-          fetching: false,
-          fetchError: null,
-        })
-      } else {
-        setDidJs((prevState) => ({
-          ...prevState,
-          fetchError: `Candid not found for canister ${canisterId}`,
-          fetching: false,
-        }))
-      }
+      setDidJs({
+        didJs: fetchedDidJs,
+        fetching: false,
+        fetchError: null,
+      })
 
       return fetchedDidJs
     } catch (err) {
@@ -81,7 +70,7 @@ const useDidJs = ({ canisterId, didjsId, idlFactory }: UseIDLFactoryArgs) => {
         fetching: false,
       }))
     }
-  }, [canisterId, didjsId, agent])
+  }, [canisterId, didjsCanisterId, agent])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!fetching && !idlFactory) {
diff --git a/packages/store/src/tools/candid.ts b/packages/store/src/tools/candid.ts
index 0afeb7f814..72987a3b42 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/tools/candid.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/tools/candid.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,36 @@
-import { Actor, CanisterStatus } from "@dfinity/agent"
+import { Actor, CanisterStatus, HttpAgent } from "@dfinity/agent"
 import { IDL } from "@dfinity/candid"
 import { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal"
 import { CanisterId } from "../actor"
-import { AgentManager } from "../agent"
-
-export interface CandidAdapterOptions {
-  agentManager: AgentManager
-  didjsCanisterId?: string
-}
-
-export interface Defenition {
-  idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory
-  init: ({ IDL }: { IDL: any }) => never[]
-}
+import { CandidAdapterOptions, CandidDefenition } from "./types"
 
 export class CandidAdapter {
-  public agentManager: AgentManager
+  public agent: HttpAgent
   public didjsCanisterId: string
 
-  constructor({ agentManager, didjsCanisterId }: CandidAdapterOptions) {
-    this.agentManager = agentManager
+  constructor({ agentManager, agent, didjsCanisterId }: CandidAdapterOptions) {
+    if (agent) {
+      this.agent = agent
+    } else if (agentManager) {
+      this.agent = agentManager.getAgent()
+      agentManager.subscribeAgent((agent) => {
+        this.agent = agent
+        this.didjsCanisterId = didjsCanisterId || this.getDefaultDidJsId()
+      })
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("No agent or agentManager provided")
+    }
 
     this.didjsCanisterId = didjsCanisterId || this.getDefaultDidJsId()
-
-    this.agentManager.subscribeAgent(() => {
-      this.didjsCanisterId = didjsCanisterId || this.getDefaultDidJsId()
-    })
   }
 
   private getDefaultDidJsId() {
-    return this.agentManager.isLocalEnv
+    return this.agent.isLocal()
       ? "bd3sg-teaaa-aaaaa-qaaba-cai"
       : "a4gq6-oaaaa-aaaab-qaa4q-cai"
   }
 
-  async getCandidDefinition(canisterId: CanisterId): Promise<Defenition> {
+  async getCandidDefinition(canisterId: CanisterId): Promise<CandidDefenition> {
     try {
       // First attempt: Try getting Candid definition from metadata
       const fromMetadata = await this.getFromMetadata(canisterId)
@@ -55,15 +51,13 @@ export class CandidAdapter {
 
   async getFromMetadata(
     canisterId: CanisterId
-  ): Promise<Defenition | undefined> {
+  ): Promise<CandidDefenition | undefined> {
     if (typeof canisterId === "string") {
       canisterId = Principal.fromText(canisterId)
     }
 
-    const agent = this.agentManager.getAgent()
-
     const status = await CanisterStatus.request({
-      agent,
+      agent: this.agent,
       canisterId,
       paths: ["candid"],
     })
@@ -74,16 +68,14 @@ export class CandidAdapter {
 
   async getFromTmpHack(
     canisterId: CanisterId
-  ): Promise<Defenition | undefined> {
+  ): Promise<CandidDefenition | undefined> {
     const commonInterface: IDL.InterfaceFactory = ({ IDL }) =>
       IDL.Service({
         __get_candid_interface_tmp_hack: IDL.Func([], [IDL.Text], ["query"]),
       })
 
-    const agent = this.agentManager.getAgent()
-
     const actor = Actor.createActor(commonInterface, {
-      agent,
+      agent: this.agent,
       canisterId,
     })
 
@@ -93,16 +85,14 @@ export class CandidAdapter {
     return data ? this.didTojs(data) : undefined
   }
 
-  async didTojs(candidSource: string): Promise<Defenition> {
+  async didTojs(candidSource: string): Promise<CandidDefenition> {
     const didjsInterface: IDL.InterfaceFactory = ({ IDL }) =>
       IDL.Service({
         did_to_js: IDL.Func([IDL.Text], [IDL.Opt(IDL.Text)], ["query"]),
       })
 
-    const agent = this.agentManager.getAgent()
-
     const didjs = Actor.createActor(didjsInterface, {
-      agent,
+      agent: this.agent,
       canisterId: this.didjsCanisterId,
     })
 
diff --git a/packages/store/src/tools/index.ts b/packages/store/src/tools/index.ts
index 002d02cabf..891cb24ca7 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/tools/index.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/tools/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from "./candid"
+export * from "./types"
diff --git a/packages/store/src/tools/types.ts b/packages/store/src/tools/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..232c87f228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/store/src/tools/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { AgentManager } from "../agent"
+import type { IDL, HttpAgent } from "../types"
+
+export interface CandidAdapterOptions {
+  agentManager?: AgentManager
+  agent?: HttpAgent
+  didjsCanisterId?: string
+}
+
+export interface CandidDefenition {
+  idlFactory: IDL.InterfaceFactory
+  init: ({ IDL }: { IDL: any }) => never[]
+}