diff --git a/lib/contracts/code_generator.js b/lib/contracts/code_generator.js
index af91b6dda..9cae038c4 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/code_generator.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/code_generator.js
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class CodeGenerator {
     const self = this;
     let embarkjsCode = "import EmbarkJS from 'embarkjs';";
     embarkjsCode += "\nexport default EmbarkJS;";
-    embarkjsCode += "\nwindow.EmbarkJS = EmbarkJS";
+    embarkjsCode += "\nglobal.EmbarkJS = EmbarkJS";
     let code = "";
 
     async.waterfall([
@@ -365,17 +365,16 @@ class CodeGenerator {
       function getImports(web3Location, next) {
         web3Location = web3Location.replace(/\\/g, '/'); // Import paths must always have forward slashes
         code += "\nimport Web3 from '" + web3Location + "';\n";
+        code += "\nglobal.Web3 = Web3;\n";
 
-        code += "\n if (typeof web3 !== 'undefined') {";
-        code += "\n } else {";
+        code += "\n if (typeof web3 === 'undefined') {";
         code += "\n var web3 = new Web3();\n";
         code += "\n }";
+        code += "\nglobal.web3 = web3;\n";
 
         let providerCode = self.generateProvider(false);
         code += providerCode;
         code += "\nglobal.__embarkContext = __mainContext.__loadManagerInstance;\n";
-        code += "\nwindow.Web3 = Web3;\n";
-        code += "\nwindow.web3 = web3;\n";
         code += "\nexport default web3;\n";
         next(null, code);
       }