diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index cfe5a7589..a99127d8b 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ class Engine {
       contractsManager: this.contractsManager,
       onlyCompile: options.onlyCompile
     });
+    if (!options.web3) {
+      // Web3 object might have been modified
+      self.events.once('engine-ready', () => {
+        self.deployManager.web3 = self.web3;
+      });
+    }
+
 
     this.events.on('file-event', function (fileType) {
       clearTimeout(self.fileTimeout);
@@ -323,7 +330,17 @@ class Engine {
     });
   }
 
+  stopWeb3Service() {
+    this.servicesMonitor.stopCheck('Ethereum');
+    if (this.provider) {
+      this.provider.stop();
+    }
+    this.web3 = null;
+  }
+
   startBlockchainNode() {
+    self.isRunningBlockchain = true;
+
     this.blockchainProcess = new ProcessLauncher({
       modulePath: utils.joinPath(__dirname, '../cmds/blockchain/blockchainProcess.js'),
       logger: this.logger,
@@ -340,6 +357,12 @@ class Engine {
         locale: this.locale
       }
     });
+
+    // TODO use event from process to know when node is ready
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      // Wait a couple seconds for process to start
+      this.startService("web3");
+    }, 2000);
   }
 
   libraryManagerService(_options) {
diff --git a/lib/i18n/locales/en.json b/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
index 41b2d113f..08f5bee35 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -117,5 +117,6 @@
 	"finished building DApp and deploying to": "finished building DApp and deploying to",
 	"Type": "Type",
 	"to see the list of available commands": "to see the list of available commands",
-	"instantiated js-ipfs object configured to the current environment (available if ipfs is enabled)": "instantiated js-ipfs object configured to the current environment (available if ipfs is enabled)"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	"instantiated js-ipfs object configured to the current environment (available if ipfs is enabled)": "instantiated js-ipfs object configured to the current environment (available if ipfs is enabled)",
+	"reset done!": "reset done!"
+}
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 357a2a10f..7a37807f0 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class Embark {
           engine.logger.info(__("Ready").underline);
           engine.events.emit("status", __("Ready").green);
         });
-        engine.events.on('engine-ready', function () {
+        engine.events.once('engine-ready', function () {
           engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function (err) {
             engine.startService("fileWatcher");
             if (options.runWebserver) {
@@ -217,8 +217,10 @@ class Embark {
         callback();
       },
       function deploy(callback) {
-        engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function (err) {
-          callback(err);
+        engine.events.once('engine-ready', function () {
+          engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function (err) {
+            callback(err);
+          });
         });
       }
     ], function (err, _result) {