diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts
index 44066d65..da6cc722 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   TxEventHandler,
   TxEventHandlerFactory,
   Wallets,
+  Network
 } from 'fabric-network';
 import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
 import * as config from './config';
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ import {
   TransactionNotFoundError,
 } from './errors';
 
+
+export const getNetwork = async (gateway: Gateway): Promise<Network> => {
+  const network = await gateway.getNetwork(config.channelName);
+  return network;
+};
+
 export const getGateway = async (): Promise<Gateway> => {
   const wallet = await Wallets.newInMemoryWallet();
 
@@ -346,3 +353,4 @@ const isDuplicateTransaction = (error: {
 
   return false;
 };
+
diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts
index 180278c4..5d5f4269 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import pinoMiddleware from 'pino-http';
 import { logger } from './logger';
 import { assetsRouter } from './assets.router';
 import { transactionsRouter } from './transactions.router';
-import { getContracts, getGateway } from './fabric';
+import { getContracts, getGateway, getNetwork } from './fabric';
 import { redis } from './redis';
 
 const { BAD_REQUEST, INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, NOT_FOUND, OK } = StatusCodes;
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ export const createServer = async (): Promise<Application> => {
 
   const gateway = await getGateway();
   const contracts = await getContracts(gateway);
+  const network = await getNetwork(gateway)
   app.set('contracts', contracts);
   app.set('redis', redis);
+  app.set('network',network)
 
   // Health routes
   app.get('/ready', (_req, res) =>