diff --git a/gre/config.ts b/gre/config.ts
index 14e4008ac..9899f6d13 100644
--- a/gre/config.ts
+++ b/gre/config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { HttpNetworkConfig } from 'hardhat/types/config'
 
 import { GraphRuntimeEnvironmentOptions } from './type-extensions'
 import { GREPluginError } from './helpers/error'
-import GraphNetwork from './helpers/network'
+import GraphNetwork, { counterpartName } from './helpers/network'
 
 import { createProvider } from 'hardhat/internal/core/providers/construction'
 import { EthersProviderWrapper } from '@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers/internal/ethers-provider-wrapper'
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function getNetworkConfig(
   chainId: number,
   mainNetworkName: string,
 ): (NetworkConfig & { name: string }) | undefined {
-  let candidateNetworks = Object.keys(networks)
+  const candidateNetworks = Object.keys(networks)
     .map((n) => ({ ...networks[n], name: n }))
     .filter((n) => n.chainId === chainId)
 
@@ -226,14 +226,26 @@ function getNetworkConfig(
       `Found multiple networks with chainId ${chainId}, trying to use main network name to desambiguate`,
     )
 
-    candidateNetworks = candidateNetworks.filter((n) => n.name === mainNetworkName)
+    const filteredByMainNetworkName = candidateNetworks.filter((n) => n.name === mainNetworkName)
 
-    if (candidateNetworks.length === 1) {
-      return candidateNetworks[0]
+    if (filteredByMainNetworkName.length === 1) {
+      logDebug(`Found network with chainId ${chainId} and name ${mainNetworkName}`)
+      return filteredByMainNetworkName[0]
     } else {
-      throw new GREPluginError(
-        `Found multiple networks with chainID ${chainId}. This is not supported!`,
+      logWarn(`Could not desambiguate with main network name, trying secondary network name`)
+      const secondaryNetworkName = counterpartName(mainNetworkName)
+      const filteredBySecondaryNetworkName = candidateNetworks.filter(
+        (n) => n.name === secondaryNetworkName,
       )
+
+      if (filteredBySecondaryNetworkName.length === 1) {
+        logDebug(`Found network with chainId ${chainId} and name ${mainNetworkName}`)
+        return filteredBySecondaryNetworkName[0]
+      } else {
+        throw new GREPluginError(
+          `Could not desambiguate network with chainID ${chainId}. Use case not supported!`,
+        )
+      }
     }
   } else if (candidateNetworks.length === 1) {
     return candidateNetworks[0]
@@ -242,7 +254,7 @@ function getNetworkConfig(
   }
 }
 
-function getNetworkName(
+export function getNetworkName(
   networks: NetworksConfig,
   chainId: number,
   mainNetworkName: string,
diff --git a/gre/helpers/network.ts b/gre/helpers/network.ts
index 5fc2829ff..4530904b6 100644
--- a/gre/helpers/network.ts
+++ b/gre/helpers/network.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,32 @@ const chainMap = new MapWithGetKey<number>([
   [1337, 412346], // Localhost - Arbitrum Localhost
 ])
 
+// Hardhat network names as per our convention
+const nameMap = new MapWithGetKey<string>([
+  ['mainnet', 'arbitrum-one'], // Ethereum Mainnet - Arbitrum One
+  ['rinkeby', 'arbitrum-rinkeby'], // Ethereum Rinkeby - Arbitrum Rinkeby
+  ['goerli', 'arbitrum-goerli'], // Ethereum Goerli - Arbitrum Goerli
+  ['localnitrol1', 'localnitrol2'], // Arbitrum testnode L1 - Arbitrum testnode L2
+])
+
 export const l1Chains = Array.from(chainMap.keys())
 export const l2Chains = Array.from(chainMap.values())
 export const chains = [...l1Chains, ...l2Chains]
 
+export const l1ChainNames = Array.from(nameMap.keys())
+export const l2ChainNames = Array.from(nameMap.values())
+export const chainNames = [...l1ChainNames, ...l2ChainNames]
+
 export const isL1 = (chainId: number): boolean => l1Chains.includes(chainId)
 export const isL2 = (chainId: number): boolean => l2Chains.includes(chainId)
 export const isSupported = (chainId: number | undefined): boolean =>
   chainId !== undefined && chains.includes(chainId)
 
+export const isL1Name = (name: string): boolean => l1ChainNames.includes(name)
+export const isL2Name = (name: string): boolean => l2ChainNames.includes(name)
+export const isSupportedName = (name: string | undefined): boolean =>
+  name !== undefined && chainNames.includes(name)
+
 export const l1ToL2 = (chainId: number): number | undefined => chainMap.get(chainId)
 export const l2ToL1 = (chainId: number): number | undefined => chainMap.getKey(chainId)
 export const counterpart = (chainId: number): number | undefined => {
@@ -32,6 +49,13 @@ export const counterpart = (chainId: number): number | undefined => {
   return isL1(chainId) ? l1ToL2(chainId) : l2ToL1(chainId)
 }
 
+export const l1ToL2Name = (name: string): string | undefined => nameMap.get(name)
+export const l2ToL1Name = (name: string): string | undefined => nameMap.getKey(name)
+export const counterpartName = (name: string): string | undefined => {
+  if (!isSupportedName(name)) return
+  return isL1Name(name) ? l1ToL2Name(name) : l2ToL1Name(name)
+}
+
 export default {
   l1Chains,
   l2Chains,
diff --git a/gre/test/config.test.ts b/gre/test/config.test.ts
index d206220e6..de6287e2e 100644
--- a/gre/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/gre/test/config.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { useEnvironment } from './helpers'
 
-import { getAddressBookPath, getChains, getGraphConfigPaths, getProviders } from '../config'
+import {
+  getAddressBookPath,
+  getChains,
+  getGraphConfigPaths,
+  getNetworkName,
+  getProviders,
+} from '../config'
 import path from 'path'
 
 describe('GRE init functions', function () {
@@ -104,6 +110,36 @@ describe('GRE init functions', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('getProviders with graph-config-desambiguate project', function () {
+    useEnvironment('graph-config-desambiguate', 'localnitrol1')
+
+    it('should use main network name to desambiguate if multiple chains are defined with same chainId', async function () {
+      const { l1Provider, l2Provider } = getProviders(this.hre, 1337, 412346, true)
+      expect(l1Provider).to.be.an('object')
+      expect(l2Provider).to.be.an('object')
+
+      const l1NetworkName = getNetworkName(this.hre.config.networks, 1337, 'localnitrol1')
+      const l2NetworkName = getNetworkName(this.hre.config.networks, 412346, 'localnitrol1')
+      expect(l1NetworkName).to.equal('localnitrol1')
+      expect(l2NetworkName).to.equal('localnitrol2')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getProviders with graph-config-desambiguate project', function () {
+    useEnvironment('graph-config-desambiguate', 'localnitrol2')
+
+    it('should use secondary network name to desambiguate if multiple chains are defined with same chainId', async function () {
+      const { l1Provider, l2Provider } = getProviders(this.hre, 1337, 412346, true)
+      expect(l1Provider).to.be.an('object')
+      expect(l2Provider).to.be.an('object')
+
+      const l1NetworkName = getNetworkName(this.hre.config.networks, 1337, 'localnitrol2')
+      const l2NetworkName = getNetworkName(this.hre.config.networks, 412346, 'localnitrol2')
+      expect(l1NetworkName).to.equal('localnitrol1')
+      expect(l2NetworkName).to.equal('localnitrol2')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('getGraphConfigPaths with graph-config-full project', function () {
     useEnvironment('graph-config-full')
 
diff --git a/gre/test/fixture-projects/graph-config-desambiguate/hardhat.config.ts b/gre/test/fixture-projects/graph-config-desambiguate/hardhat.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..485ed8665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gre/test/fixture-projects/graph-config-desambiguate/hardhat.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import '../../../gre'
+
+module.exports = {
+  paths: {
+    graph: '../../files',
+  },
+  solidity: '0.8.9',
+  defaultNetwork: 'hardhat',
+  networks: {
+    hardhat: {
+      chainId: 1337,
+    },
+    localhost: {
+      chainId: 1337,
+      url: `http://localhost:8545`,
+    },
+    localnitrol1: {
+      chainId: 1337,
+      url: `http://localhost:8545`,
+    },
+    localnitrol2: {
+      chainId: 412346,
+      url: `http://localhost:8547`,
+    },
+    mainnet: {
+      chainId: 1,
+      graphConfig: 'config/graph.mainnet.yml',
+      url: `https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/123456`,
+    },
+    'arbitrum-one': {
+      chainId: 42161,
+      url: 'https://arb1.arbitrum.io/rpc',
+      graphConfig: 'config/graph.arbitrum-goerli.yml',
+    },
+    goerli: {
+      chainId: 5,
+      url: `https://goerli.infura.io/v3/123456`,
+      graphConfig: 'config/graph.goerli.yml',
+    },
+    'arbitrum-goerli': {
+      chainId: 421613,
+      url: 'https://goerli-rollup.arbitrum.io/rpc',
+      graphConfig: 'config/graph.arbitrum-goerli.yml',
+    },
+    rinkeby: {
+      chainId: 4,
+      url: `https://goerli.infura.io/v3/123456`,
+    },
+    'arbitrum-rinkeby': {
+      chainId: 421611,
+      url: `https://goerli.infura.io/v3/123456`,
+    },
+  },
+  graph: {
+    addressBook: 'addresses-hre.json',
+    l1GraphConfig: 'config/graph.hre.yml',
+    l2GraphConfig: 'config/graph.arbitrum-hre.yml',
+  },
+}
diff --git a/gre/test/helpers.ts b/gre/test/helpers.ts
index f0875a002..81c97cd9b 100644
--- a/gre/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/gre/test/helpers.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ export function useEnvironment(fixtureProjectName: string, network?: string): vo
 
   afterEach('Resetting hardhat', function () {
     resetHardhatContext()
+    delete process.env.HARDHAT_NETWORK
   })
 }