diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index da5c71695..18bb66823 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -224,22 +224,22 @@ class Engine {
     });
 
     this.events.on('file-event', function (fileType) {
-      // TODO: still need to redeploy contracts because the original contracts
-      // config is being corrupted
-      if (fileType === 'asset') {
-        // Throttle file changes so we re-write only once for all files
-        clearTimeout(self.fileTimeout);
-        self.fileTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      clearTimeout(self.fileTimeout);
+      self.fileTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+        // TODO: still need to redeploy contracts because the original contracts
+        // config is being corrupted
+        if (fileType === 'asset') {
+          // Throttle file changes so we re-write only once for all files
           self.events.emit('asset-changed', self.contractsManager);
-        }, 50);
-      }
-      // TODO: for now need to deploy on asset changes as well
-      // because the contractsManager config is corrupted after a deploy
-      if (fileType === 'contract' || fileType === 'config') {
-        self.config.reloadConfig();
-        self.deployManager.deployContracts(function () {
-        });
-      }
+        }
+        // TODO: for now need to deploy on asset changes as well
+        // because the contractsManager config is corrupted after a deploy
+        if (fileType === 'contract' || fileType === 'config') {
+          self.config.reloadConfig();
+          self.deployManager.deployContracts(function () {
+          });
+        }
+      }, 50);
     });
   }