diff --git a/cmd/cmd_controller.js b/cmd/cmd_controller.js
index b9819b78e..305d6ea28 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_controller.js
+++ b/cmd/cmd_controller.js
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ class EmbarkController {
             engine.startService("storage");
             engine.startService("codeGenerator");
             engine.startService("webServer");
+            engine.startService("namingSystem");
 
             return callback();
           }
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ class EmbarkController {
         if(engine.ipc.connected && engine.ipc.isClient()) {
           return callback();
         }
+        engine.config.reloadConfig();
         engine.events.request('deploy:contracts', function (err) {
           callback(err);
         });
diff --git a/lib/core/config.js b/lib/core/config.js
index eacff5268..fb95558e4 100644
--- a/lib/core/config.js
+++ b/lib/core/config.js
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ Config.prototype.loadConfigFiles = function(options) {
   this.loadStorageConfigFile();
   this.loadCommunicationConfigFile();
   this.loadNameSystemConfigFile();
-
-  this.loadContractsConfigFile();
   this.loadPipelineConfigFile();
-
   this.loadContractsConfigFile();
   this.loadExternalContractsFiles();
   this.loadWebServerConfigFile();
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ Config.prototype.reloadConfig = function() {
   this.loadStorageConfigFile();
   this.loadCommunicationConfigFile();
   this.loadNameSystemConfigFile();
-  this.loadContractsConfigFile();
   this.loadPipelineConfigFile();
   this.loadContractsConfigFile();
   this.loadExternalContractsFiles();
diff --git a/lib/core/modules/coderunner/codeRunner.js b/lib/core/modules/coderunner/codeRunner.js
index 728918b61..951e6c541 100644
--- a/lib/core/modules/coderunner/codeRunner.js
+++ b/lib/core/modules/coderunner/codeRunner.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 const RunCode = require('./runCode.js');
 const EmbarkJS = require('embarkjs');
+const IpfsApi = require('ipfs-api');
+const Web3 = require('web3');
+const namehash = require('eth-ens-namehash');
+
 class CodeRunner {
   constructor(options) {
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
@@ -26,6 +30,9 @@ class CodeRunner {
         }
       });
     } else {
+      this.runCode.registerVar('IpfsApi', IpfsApi);
+      this.runCode.registerVar('Web3', Web3);
+      this.runCode.registerVar('namehash', namehash);
       this.runCode.registerVar('EmbarkJS', EmbarkJS);
       this.events.on('code-generator-ready', () => {
         this.events.request('code-generator:embarkjs:initialization-code', (code) => {
diff --git a/lib/core/modules/coderunner/runCode.js b/lib/core/modules/coderunner/runCode.js
index 0ce3fd1f4..d3c422a28 100644
--- a/lib/core/modules/coderunner/runCode.js
+++ b/lib/core/modules/coderunner/runCode.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class RunCode {
     try {
       return vm.runInNewContext(code, this.context);
     } catch(e) {
-      console.log(e)
+      console.log(e.message)
     }
   }
 
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class RunCode {
     // /*global web3*/
     if (varName === 'web3') {
       global.web3 = code;
+    } else if (varName === 'namehash') {
+      global.namehash = code;
     }
     this.context[varName] = code;
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js b/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js
index 3dfe8d61a..3e01c1f64 100644
--- a/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/code_generator/index.js
@@ -350,17 +350,23 @@ class CodeGenerator {
       code += plugin.embarkjs_code.join('\n');
     }
 
+    const codeTypes = {'communication': this.communicationConfig,
+                       'names': this.namesystemConfig,
+                       'storage': this.storageConfig};
+
     let initCodes = this.plugins.getPluginsFor('initCode');
     for (let plugin of initCodes) {
-      let initCodes = plugin.embarkjs_init_code['communication'] || [];
-      for (let initCode of initCodes) {
-        let [block, shouldInit] = initCode;
-        if (shouldInit.call(plugin, this.communicationConfig)) {
-          code += block;
+      for (let codeTypeName of Object.keys(codeTypes)) {
+        let initCodes = plugin.embarkjs_init_code[codeTypeName] || [];
+        for (let initCode of initCodes) {
+          let [block, shouldInit] = initCode;
+          if (shouldInit.call(plugin, codeTypes[codeTypeName])) {
+            code += block;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
-    
+
     return code;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/ens/index.js b/lib/modules/ens/index.js
index 9455e2a73..1cae88a3f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ens/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/ens/index.js
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ class ENS {
   }
 
   addSetProvider(config) {
-
     let code = "\nEmbarkJS.Names.setProvider('ens'," + JSON.stringify(config) + ");";
 
     let shouldInit = (namesConfig) => {
diff --git a/lib/modules/ens/register.js b/lib/modules/ens/register.js
index 1ebf34783..5a34e71e2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ens/register.js
+++ b/lib/modules/ens/register.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/*global web3*/
-const namehash = require('eth-ens-namehash');
+/*global web3, namehash*/
 
 function registerSubDomain(ens, registrar, resolver, defaultAccount, subdomain, rootDomain, reverseNode, address, logger, secureSend, callback) {
   const subnode = namehash.hash(subdomain);