diff --git a/lib/config/contracts.js b/lib/config/contracts.js
index 0e74e1d47..ac109af68 100644
--- a/lib/config/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/config/contracts.js
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ ContractsConfig.prototype.compileContracts = function(env) {
       options = contractsConfig[className];
       if (options.args == null) continue;
 
-      ref = options.args;
+      ref = options.args; //get arguments
       for (j = 0; j < ref.length; j++) {
         arg = ref[j];
-        if (arg[0] === "$") {
+        if (arg[0] === "$") { //check if they are a contract dependency
           if (this.contractDependencies[className] === void 0) {
             this.contractDependencies[className] = [];
           }
@@ -77,26 +77,23 @@ ContractsConfig.prototype.compileContracts = function(env) {
 
   var all_compiled_contracts = {};
   // compile files
-  for (j = 0; j < this.contractFiles.length; j++) {
-    contractFile = this.contractFiles[j];
+  compiled_contracts = this.compiler.compile(this.contractFiles);
+ 
+  for (var className in compiled_contracts) {
+    var contract = compiled_contracts[className];
 
-    compiled_contracts = this.compiler.compile(contractFile);
-    for (var className in compiled_contracts) {
-      var contract = compiled_contracts[className];
+    if (this.is_a_token(className, compiled_contracts)) {
+      continue;
+    }
 
-      if (this.is_a_token(className, compiled_contracts)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      all_compiled_contracts[className] = contract;
-      this.all_contracts.push(className);
-      this.contractDB[className] = {
-        args: [],
-        types: ['file'],
-        gasPrice: this.blockchainConfig.gasPrice,
-        gasLimit: this.blockchainConfig.gasLimit,
-        compiled: contract
-      }
+    all_compiled_contracts[className] = contract;
+    this.all_contracts.push(className);
+    this.contractDB[className] = {
+      args: [],
+      types: ['file'],
+      gasPrice: this.blockchainConfig.gasPrice,
+      gasLimit: this.blockchainConfig.gasLimit,
+      compiled: contract
     }
   }