diff --git a/lib/modules/deployment/index.js b/lib/modules/deployment/index.js
index 1ea9064f8..ebdd97eb9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/deployment/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/deployment/index.js
@@ -49,53 +49,58 @@ class DeployManager {
         }
 
         self.logger.info(__("deploying contracts"));
-        self.events.emit("deploy:beforeAll");
-
-        const contractDeploys = {};
-        const errors = [];
-        contracts.forEach(contract => {
-          function deploy(result, callback) {
-            if (typeof result === 'function') {
-              callback = result;
-            }
-            contract._gasLimit = self.gasLimit;
-            self.events.request('deploy:contract', contract, (err) => {
-              if (err) {
-                contract.error = err.message || err;
-                self.logger.error(err.message || err);
-                errors.push(err);
+        async.waterfall([
+          function (next) {
+            self.plugins.emitAndRunActionsForEvent("deploy:beforeAll", next);
+          },
+          function () {
+            const contractDeploys = {};
+            const errors = [];
+            contracts.forEach(contract => {
+              function deploy(result, callback) {
+                if (typeof result === 'function') {
+                  callback = result;
+                }
+                contract._gasLimit = self.gasLimit;
+                self.events.request('deploy:contract', contract, (err) => {
+                  if (err) {
+                    contract.error = err.message || err;
+                    self.logger.error(err.message || err);
+                    errors.push(err);
+                  }
+                  callback();
+                });
               }
-              callback();
+
+              const className = contract.className;
+              if (!contractDependencies[className] || contractDependencies[className].length === 0) {
+                contractDeploys[className] = deploy;
+                return;
+              }
+              contractDeploys[className] = cloneDeep(contractDependencies[className]);
+              contractDeploys[className].push(deploy);
             });
-          }
 
-          const className = contract.className;
-          if (!contractDependencies[className] || contractDependencies[className].length === 0) {
-            contractDeploys[className] = deploy;
-            return;
+            try {
+              async.auto(contractDeploys, function(_err, _results) {
+                if (errors.length) {
+                  _err = __("Error deploying contracts. Please fix errors to continue.");
+                  self.logger.error(_err);
+                  return done(_err);
+                }
+                if (contracts.length === 0) {
+                  self.logger.info(__("no contracts found"));
+                  return done();
+                }
+                self.logger.info(__("finished deploying contracts"));
+                done(err);
+              });
+            } catch (e) {
+              self.logger.error(e.message || e);
+              done(__('Error deploying'));
+            }
           }
-          contractDeploys[className] = cloneDeep(contractDependencies[className]);
-          contractDeploys[className].push(deploy);
-        });
-
-        try {
-          async.auto(contractDeploys, function(_err, _results) {
-            if (errors.length) {
-              _err = __("Error deploying contracts. Please fix errors to continue.");
-              self.logger.error(_err);
-              return done(_err);
-            }
-            if (contracts.length === 0) {
-              self.logger.info(__("no contracts found"));
-              return done();
-            }
-            self.logger.info(__("finished deploying contracts"));
-            done(err);
-          });
-        } catch (e) {
-          self.logger.error(e.message || e);
-          done(__('Error deploying'));
-        }
+        ]);
       });
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/deploytracker/index.js b/lib/modules/deploytracker/index.js
index 54b17aed7..274e9f098 100644
--- a/lib/modules/deploytracker/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/deploytracker/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class DeployTracker {
   registerEvents() {
     const self = this;
 
-    this.events.on("deploy:beforeAll", this.setCurrentChain.bind(this));
+    this.embark.registerActionForEvent("deploy:beforeAll", this.setCurrentChain.bind(this));
 
     this.events.on("deploy:contract:deployed", (contract) => {
       self.trackContract(contract.className, contract.realRuntimeBytecode, contract.realArgs, contract.deployedAddress);
@@ -43,15 +43,12 @@ class DeployTracker {
     });
   }
 
-  // TODO: just an event might not be enought to the async nature
-  // it needs to be a plugin api before deploy, that makes the deployment wait
-  setCurrentChain() {
+  setCurrentChain(cb) {
     const self = this;
     if (this.chainConfig === false) {
       this.currentChain = {contracts: []};
-      //return cb();
+      return cb();
     }
-
     this.events.request("blockchain:block:byNumber", 0, function(_err, block) {
       let chainId = block.hash;
 
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ class DeployTracker {
       self.currentChain = self.chainConfig[chainId];
 
       self.currentChain.name = self.env;
-      //cb();
+      cb();
     });
   }