diff --git a/src/awst_build/contract-visitor.ts b/src/awst_build/contract-visitor.ts
index f820b300..0f9d0117 100644
--- a/src/awst_build/contract-visitor.ts
+++ b/src/awst_build/contract-visitor.ts
@@ -204,16 +204,21 @@ export class ContractVisitor extends BaseVisitor implements Visitor<ClassElement
   private buildArc4Config({
     decorator,
     methodName,
-    isPublic,
+    modifiers: { isPublic, isStatic },
     methodLocation,
   }: {
     methodName: string
     decorator: DecoratorData | undefined
-    isPublic: boolean
+    modifiers: { isPublic: boolean; isStatic: boolean }
     methodLocation: SourceLocation
   }): awst.ContractMethod['arc4MethodConfig'] {
-    if (!isPublic && decorator && [Constants.arc4BareDecoratorName, Constants.arc4AbiDecoratorName].includes(decorator.type)) {
-      logger.error(methodLocation, 'Private method cannot be exposed as an abi method')
+    if (decorator && [Constants.arc4BareDecoratorName, Constants.arc4AbiDecoratorName].includes(decorator.type)) {
+      if (!isPublic) {
+        logger.error(methodLocation, 'Private or protected methods cannot be exposed as an abi method')
+      }
+      if (isStatic) {
+        logger.error(methodLocation, 'Static methods cannot be exposed as an abi method')
+      }
     }
 
     if (decorator?.type === 'arc4.baremethod') {
@@ -257,6 +262,54 @@ export class ContractVisitor extends BaseVisitor implements Visitor<ClassElement
     return null
   }
 
+  private parseMemberModifiers(node: { modifiers?: readonly ts.ModifierLike[] }) {
+    let isPublic = true
+    let isStatic = false
+    if (node.modifiers)
+      for (const m of node.modifiers) {
+        switch (m.kind) {
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword:
+            isStatic = true
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.PublicKeyword:
+            isPublic = true
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.ProtectedKeyword:
+            isPublic = false
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.PrivateKeyword:
+            isPublic = false
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.AbstractKeyword:
+            // TODO: Do we need to do anything here?
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.AccessorKeyword:
+            logger.error(this.sourceLocation(m), 'properties are not supported')
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.AsyncKeyword:
+            logger.error(this.sourceLocation(m), 'async keyword is not supported')
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.DeclareKeyword:
+            logger.error(this.sourceLocation(m), 'declare keyword is not supported')
+            continue
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.ExportKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.ConstKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.DefaultKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.ReadonlyKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.OverrideKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.InKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.OutKeyword:
+          case ts.SyntaxKind.Decorator:
+            // Ignore for now
+            continue
+        }
+      }
+    return {
+      isStatic,
+      isPublic,
+    }
+  }
+
   visitMethodDeclaration(node: ts.MethodDeclaration): void {
     const sourceLocation = this.sourceLocation(node)
     const methodName = this.textVisitor.accept(node.name)
@@ -266,7 +319,8 @@ export class ContractVisitor extends BaseVisitor implements Visitor<ClassElement
 
       return DecoratorVisitor.buildDecoratorData(this.context, modifier)
     })
-    const isPublic = node.modifiers?.some((m) => m.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.PublicKeyword) === true
+
+    const modifiers = this.parseMemberModifiers(node)
 
     if (decorators.length > 1) {
       logger.error(
@@ -291,7 +345,7 @@ export class ContractVisitor extends BaseVisitor implements Visitor<ClassElement
             arc4MethodConfig: this.buildArc4Config({
               decorator: decorators[0],
               methodName,
-              isPublic,
+              modifiers,
               methodLocation: sourceLocation,
             }),
           }),
diff --git a/src/awst_build/ptypes/index.ts b/src/awst_build/ptypes/index.ts
index f67a76ca..a2bb0de2 100644
--- a/src/awst_build/ptypes/index.ts
+++ b/src/awst_build/ptypes/index.ts
@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@ export const undefinedPType = new UnsupportedType({
   module: 'lib.d.ts',
   fullName: 'undefined',
 })
+export const promisePType = new UnsupportedType({
+  name: 'Promise',
+  module: 'typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts',
+})
 export const anyPType = new AnyPType()
 
 export const boolPType = new InstanceType({
diff --git a/src/awst_build/type-resolver.ts b/src/awst_build/type-resolver.ts
index 5201dc3d..fa58219d 100644
--- a/src/awst_build/type-resolver.ts
+++ b/src/awst_build/type-resolver.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   numberPType,
   NumericLiteralPType,
   ObjectPType,
+  promisePType,
   StorageProxyPType,
   StringFunction,
   stringPType,
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ export class TypeResolver {
     }
 
     const typeName = this.getTypeName(tsType, sourceLocation)
+    if (typeName.fullName === promisePType.fullName) return promisePType
     if (tsType.flags === ts.TypeFlags.TypeParameter) {
       return new TypeParameterType(typeName)
     }
@@ -284,8 +286,6 @@ export class TypeResolver {
         properties[prop.name] = ptype
       } else if (ptype instanceof FunctionPType) {
         methods[prop.name] = ptype
-      } else {
-        throw new InternalError(`Unhandled property type ${ptype}`, { sourceLocation })
       }
     }
     return new ContractClassPType({
diff --git a/tests/expected-output/abi-decorators.algo.ts b/tests/expected-output/abi-decorators.algo.ts
index 89fa5660..8c7bbc79 100644
--- a/tests/expected-output/abi-decorators.algo.ts
+++ b/tests/expected-output/abi-decorators.algo.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export default class AbiDecorators extends Contract {
   // @expect-warn Duplicate on completion actions
   @abimethod({ allowActions: ['NoOp', 'NoOp'] })
   public justNoop(): void {}
-  // @expect-error Private method cannot be exposed as an abi method
+  // @expect-error Private or protected methods cannot be exposed as an abi method
   @abimethod({ onCreate: 'require' })
   private createMethod(): void {}
   // @expect-error Only one decorator is allowed per method. Multiple on complete actions can be provided in a single decorator