diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy.js b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
index beedfa829..be4207d42 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ class Deploy {
       self.logger.info(contract.className.bold.cyan + " already deployed at ".green + trackedContract.address.bold.cyan);
       contract.deployedAddress = trackedContract.address;
       self.logger.contractsState(self.contractsManager.contractsState());
+
+      // always run contractCode so other functionality like 'afterDeploy' can also work
+      let codeGenerator = new CodeGenerator({contractsManager: self.contractsManager});
+      let contractCode = codeGenerator.generateContractCode(contract);
+      RunCode.doEval(contractCode, self.web3);
+
       return callback();
     } else {
 
@@ -74,9 +80,13 @@ class Deploy {
         self.deployTracker.save();
         self.logger.contractsState(self.contractsManager.contractsState());
 
+        // always run contractCode so other functionality like 'afterDeploy' can also work
+        let codeGenerator = new CodeGenerator({contractsManager: self.contractsManager});
+        let contractCode = codeGenerator.generateContractCode(contract);
+        RunCode.doEval(contractCode, self.web3);
+
         if (contract.onDeploy !== undefined) {
           self.logger.info('executing onDeploy commands');
-          let codeGenerator = new CodeGenerator({contractsManager: self.contractsManager});
 
           let cmds = "";
           cmds += codeGenerator.generateContractCode(contract);
diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index b6297489a..3f9990c6b 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ class DeployManager {
           return callback(new Error("error running afterDeploy"));
         }
 
-        RunCode.doEval(onDeployCode.join(';\n'), web3);
+        onDeployCode.forEach((cmd) => {
+          self.logger.info("executing: " + cmd);
+          RunCode.doEval(cmd, web3);
+        });
 
         callback(null, contractsManager);
       }
diff --git a/lib/core/runCode.js b/lib/core/runCode.js
index 43bf4ea89..414776374 100644
--- a/lib/core/runCode.js
+++ b/lib/core/runCode.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function doEval(code, _web3) {
   }
 
   try {
+    // TODO: add trace log here
     return eval(code); // jshint ignore:line
   } catch(e) {
     throw new Error(e + "\n" + code);