diff --git a/packages/stack/communication/test/communication.spec.js b/packages/stack/communication/test/communication.spec.js
index f0d63512a..5d34acab7 100644
--- a/packages/stack/communication/test/communication.spec.js
+++ b/packages/stack/communication/test/communication.spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ describe('stack/communication', () => {
   const { embark } = fakeEmbark();
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    embark.setConfig({
+      communicationConfig: {
+        connection: {
+          host: 'localhost',
+        }
+      },
+      embarkConfig: {}
+    });
+
     communication = new Communication(embark);
 
     communicationNodeLaunchFn = sinon.spy(done => {
@@ -48,4 +57,13 @@ describe('stack/communication', () => {
     assert(communicationNodeLaunchFn.calledOnce);
     assert(doneCb.calledOnce);
   });
+
+  test('it should register artifact file from configuration', () => {
+    const pipelineRegisterHandler = sinon.spy((params, fn) => fn());
+    embark.events.setCommandHandler('pipeline:register', pipelineRegisterHandler);
+    embark.plugins.emitAndRunActionsForEvent('pipeline:generateAll:before', {}, doneCb);
+
+    assert(pipelineRegisterHandler.calledOnce);
+    assert(doneCb.calledOnce);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/embark.js b/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/embark.js
index 716ceb112..7be257e67 100644
--- a/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/embark.js
+++ b/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/embark.js
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 
 class Embark {
-  constructor(events, plugins) {
+  constructor(events, plugins, config) {
     this.events = events;
     this.plugins = plugins;
-    this.config = {
-      blockchainConfig: {}
-    };
-
+    this.config = config || {};
     this.assert = new EmbarkAssert(this);
 
     this.logger = {
@@ -23,8 +20,13 @@ class Embark {
   }
 
   teardown() {
+    this.config = {};
     this.plugins.teardown();
   }
+
+  setConfig(config) {
+    this.config = config;
+  }
 }
 
 class EmbarkAssert {
diff --git a/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/index.js b/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/index.js
index 36a4538c7..0abad764d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/utils/testing/src/lib/index.js
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ const Embark = require('./embark');
 const Events = require('./events');
 const Plugins = require('./plugin');
 
-const fakeEmbark = () => {
+const fakeEmbark = (config) => {
   const events = new Events();
   const plugins = new Plugins();
 
-  const embark = new Embark(events, plugins);
+  const embark = new Embark(events, plugins, config);
   return {
     embark,
     plugins