# NotAllowed (/docs/errors/chain/NotAllowed)

Contract deployment was blocked because the source address is not in the `WhitelistedCreators` list while the whitelist check is enabled. Check the deployer address against `WhitelistedCreators` and the `DisableWhitelistCheck` storage value.

Declared by the `EVM` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`not_authorized`](/docs/errors/not-authorized).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Sign with the key or origin that owns the target object, then retry

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain NotAllowed`.