diff --git a/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractOverview.js b/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractOverview.js
index 736525084..c4f9acd21 100644
--- a/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractOverview.js
+++ b/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractOverview.js
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ const filterContractFunctions = (contractFunctions, contractName, method) => {
 const ContractOverview = (props) => {
   const {contractProfile, contract} = props;
   const contractDisplay = formatContractForDisplay(contract);
+  if (!contractDisplay) {
+    return '';
+  }
 
   return (
     <div>
diff --git a/packages/embark-ui/src/components/Contracts.js b/packages/embark-ui/src/components/Contracts.js
index 4c18af129..a1ebf82c2 100644
--- a/packages/embark-ui/src/components/Contracts.js
+++ b/packages/embark-ui/src/components/Contracts.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const Contracts = ({contracts, title = "Contracts"}) => (
           {
             contracts.map((contract, key) => {
               const contractDisplay = formatContractForDisplay(contract);
+              if (!contractDisplay) {
+                return '';
+              }
 
               return (
                 <div className="explorer-row border-top" key={`contract-${key}`}>
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ const Contracts = ({contracts, title = "Contracts"}) => (
                     <Col>
                       <strong>State</strong>
                       <div className={contractDisplay.stateColor}>
-                        {formatContractForDisplay(contract).state}
+                        {contractDisplay.state}
                       </div>
                     </Col>
                   </Row>
diff --git a/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractsList.js b/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractsList.js
index fe5600817..07a76e325 100644
--- a/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractsList.js
+++ b/packages/embark-ui/src/components/ContractsList.js
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const ContractsList = ({contracts}) => (
       {
         contracts.map((contract) => {
           const contractDisplay = formatContractForDisplay(contract);
+          if (!contractDisplay) {
+            return '';
+          }
           return (
             <tr key={contract.className} className={contractDisplay.stateColor}>
               <td><Link to={`/explorer/contracts/${contract.className}`}>{contract.className}</Link></td>
diff --git a/packages/embark-ui/src/utils/presentation.js b/packages/embark-ui/src/utils/presentation.js
index 43ff127e4..7e37884a4 100644
--- a/packages/embark-ui/src/utils/presentation.js
+++ b/packages/embark-ui/src/utils/presentation.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 export function formatContractForDisplay(contract) {
+  if (contract.silent) {
+    return;
+  }
   let address = (contract.address || contract.deployedAddress);
   let state = 'Deployed';
   let stateColor = 'success';