diff --git a/packages/modal/src/modalManager.ts b/packages/modal/src/modalManager.ts
index a24e139f4..df263fa50 100644
--- a/packages/modal/src/modalManager.ts
+++ b/packages/modal/src/modalManager.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class Web3Auth extends Web3AuthNoModal implements IWeb3AuthModal {
         },
       };
       if (!params?.modalConfig) params = { modalConfig: {} };
-      const localSmsOtpEnabled = params.modalConfig[WALLET_ADAPTERS.AUTH]?.loginMethods?.[LOGIN_PROVIDER.SMS_PASSWORDLESS].showOnModal;
+      const localSmsOtpEnabled = params.modalConfig[WALLET_ADAPTERS.AUTH]?.loginMethods?.[LOGIN_PROVIDER.SMS_PASSWORDLESS]?.showOnModal;
       if (localSmsOtpEnabled === true && smsOtpEnabled === false) {
         throw WalletInitializationError.invalidParams("must enable sms otp on dashboard in order to utilise it");
       }