diff --git a/contracts/extensions/lqstx-mint-endpoint.clar b/contracts/extensions/lqstx-mint-endpoint.clar
index eb825a3..78c494a 100644
--- a/contracts/extensions/lqstx-mint-endpoint.clar
+++ b/contracts/extensions/lqstx-mint-endpoint.clar
@@ -222,9 +222,19 @@
         (try! (is-dao-or-extension))
         (try! (contract-call? .token-vlqstx mint amount tx-sender))
         (try! (contract-call? .token-vlqstx transfer vlqstx-amount tx-sender .lqstx-mint-registry none))
-        (try! (contract-call? .li-stx-burn-nft mint request-id amount sender))
         (print { type: "burn-request", id: request-id, details: request-details })
-        (ok { request-id: request-id, status: PENDING })))
+        (if (>= (stx-get-balance .lqstx-vault) amount)
+            (begin
+                (try! (contract-call? .lqstx-mint-registry transfer vlqstx-amount (as-contract tx-sender) .token-vlqstx))
+                (try! (contract-call? .token-vlqstx burn vlqstx-amount (as-contract tx-sender)))
+                (try! (contract-call? .token-lqstx dao-burn amount (as-contract tx-sender)))
+                (try! (contract-call? .lqstx-vault proxy-call .stx-transfer-proxy (unwrap-panic (to-consensus-buff? { ustx: vlqstx-amount, recipient: sender }))))
+                (try! (contract-call? .lqstx-mint-registry set-burn-request request-id (merge request-details { status: FINALIZED })))
+                (ok {request-id: request-id, status: FINALIZED })
+            )
+            (begin
+                (try! (contract-call? .li-stx-burn-nft mint request-id amount sender))
+                (ok { request-id: request-id, status: PENDING })))))
 
 (define-public (finalize-burn (request-id uint))
     (let (
diff --git a/contracts/rules/rebase-1.clar b/contracts/rules/rebase-1.clar
index ca16bca..00b0fb9 100644
--- a/contracts/rules/rebase-1.clar
+++ b/contracts/rules/rebase-1.clar
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 
 (define-public (request-burn (amount uint))
 	(let (
-		(sender tx-sender)
-		(send-token (try! (contract-call? .token-lqstx transfer amount sender (as-contract tx-sender) none)))
-		(request-data (as-contract (try! (contract-call? .lqstx-mint-endpoint-v1-02 request-burn sender amount)))))
-		(match (finalize-burn (get request-id request-data))
-			ok-value (ok { request-id: (get request-id request-data), status: FINALIZED })
-			err-value (ok request-data))))
+			(sender tx-sender))
+		(try! (contract-call? .token-lqstx transfer amount sender (as-contract tx-sender) none))
+		(as-contract (contract-call? .lqstx-mint-endpoint-v1-02 request-burn sender amount))))
diff --git a/tests/listx-nft.test.ts b/tests/listx-nft.test.ts
index 1e81f94..ec8848c 100644
--- a/tests/listx-nft.test.ts
+++ b/tests/listx-nft.test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ describe('LiSTX NFT', () => {
     expect(response.result).toBeOk(
       Cl.tuple({ 'request-id': Cl.uint(2), status: Cl.bufferFromHex('01') })
     );
-    // nft was already burnt
+    // nfts were never minted
     expect(simnet.callReadOnlyFn(contracts.burnNft, 'get-owner', [Cl.uint(1)], user).result).toBeOk(
       Cl.none()
     );
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe('LiSTX NFT', () => {
       Cl.none()
     );
     expect(simnet.callReadOnlyFn(contracts.burnNft, 'get-last-token-id', [], user).result).toBeOk(
-      Cl.uint(2)
+      Cl.uint(0)
     );
 
     // check that bot received stx
diff --git a/tests/lqstx-mint-endpoint.test.ts b/tests/lqstx-mint-endpoint.test.ts
index 77778d2..9d73d5c 100644
--- a/tests/lqstx-mint-endpoint.test.ts
+++ b/tests/lqstx-mint-endpoint.test.ts
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ describe(contracts.endpoint, () => {
     expect(response.result).toBeOk(
       Cl.tuple({ 'request-id': Cl.uint(1), status: Cl.buffer(new Uint8Array([1])) })
     );
-    expect(response.events[7].event).toBe('nft_mint_event');
-    expect(response.events[17].event).toBe('nft_burn_event');
+    // no nft minted
+    expect(simnet.callReadOnlyFn(contracts.burnNft, 'get-last-token-id', [], user).result).toBeOk(
+      Cl.uint(0)
+    );
   });
 
   it('can interact with strategies', () => {