diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index c6a020122..f0d8fb087 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ class Engine {
       this.ipc.serve();
     }
 
-
     this.registerModule('solidity', {ipc: this.ipc});
     this.registerModule('vyper');
     this.registerModule('profiler');
     this.registerModule('fuzzer');
     this.registerModule('deploytracker');
     this.registerModule('specialconfigs');
+    this.registerModule('console_listener', {ipc: this.ipc});
 
     const ContractsManager = require('../contracts/contracts.js');
     this.contractsManager = new ContractsManager({
@@ -224,40 +224,6 @@ class Engine {
       plugins: this.plugins
     });
 
-    // Console logger
-    // TODO: extract to its own file
-    let addressToContract = {};
-    this.ipc.on('log', (jsonObj) => {
-      if(jsonObj.type == 'contract-log'){
-        if(!addressToContract[jsonObj.address]){
-          let contractList = Object.keys(this.config.contractsConfig.contracts);
-          for(let i = 0; i < contractList.length; i++){
-            let cont = this.config.contractsConfig.contracts[contractList[i]];
-            if(!addressToContract[cont.deployedAddress.toLowerCase()]){
-              let funcSignatures = {};
-              cont.abiDefinition
-                .filter(func => func.type == "function")
-                .map(func => func.name + '(' + 
-                              (func.inputs ? func.inputs.map(input => input.type).join(',') : '') +
-                              ')')
-                .forEach(func => {
-                  funcSignatures[utils.sha3(func).substring(0, 10)] = func;
-                });
-
-              addressToContract[cont.deployedAddress.toLowerCase()] = {
-                name: contractList[i],
-                functions: funcSignatures
-              };
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        let funcHash = addressToContract[jsonObj.address].functions[jsonObj.data.substring(0, 10)];
-        this.logger.debug(addressToContract[jsonObj.address].name + "." + funcHash + " : " + jsonObj.transactionHash);
-      } else {
-        this.logger.info(jsonObj);
-      }
-    });
-
     this.events.on('file-event', function (fileType) {
       clearTimeout(self.fileTimeout);
       self.fileTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js b/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8194c03ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/console_listener/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const utils = require('../../utils/utils.js');
+
+class ConsoleListener {
+    constructor(embark, options) {
+        this.logger = embark.logger;
+        this.ipc = options.ipc;  
+        this.addressToContract = [];
+        this.contractsConfig = embark.config.contractsConfig;
+        this.listenForLogRequests();
+    }
+
+    _updateContractList(){
+        Object.keys(this.contractsConfig.contracts).forEach(contractName => {
+            let contract = this.contractsConfig.contracts[contractName];
+            let address = contract.deployedAddress.toLowerCase();
+
+            if(!this.addressToContract[address]){
+                let funcSignatures = {};
+                contract.abiDefinition
+                    .filter(func => func.type == "function")
+                    .map(func => func.name + 
+                                 '(' + 
+                                 (func.inputs ? func.inputs.map(input => input.type).join(',') : '') +
+                                 ')')
+                    .forEach(func => {
+                        funcSignatures[utils.sha3(func).substring(0, 10)] = func;
+                    });
+
+                this.addressToContract[address] = {
+                    name: contractName,
+                    functions: funcSignatures
+                };
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    listenForLogRequests(){
+        this.ipc.on('log', (request) => {
+            if(request.type == 'contract-log'){
+
+                let {address, data, transactionHash} = request;
+                if(!this.addressToContract[address]){
+                    this._updateContractList();
+                }
+
+                let name = this.addressToContract[address].name;
+                let funcHash = this.addressToContract[address].functions[data.substring(0, 10)];
+
+                this.logger.debug(`${name}.${funcHash} : ${transactionHash}`);
+            } else {
+                this.logger.debug(request);
+            }
+        });
+    }   
+}
+
+module.exports = ConsoleListener;