diff --git a/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js b/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js
index 720d943e7..acce3ca22 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ export const commands = {
   failure: (error) => action(COMMANDS[FAILURE], {error})
 };
 
+export const COMMAND_SUGGESTIONS = createRequestTypes('COMMAND_SUGGESTIONS');
+export const command_suggestions = {
+  post: (command) => action(COMMAND_SUGGESTIONS[REQUEST], {command}),
+  success: (command, payload) => {
+    return action(COMMAND_SUGGESTIONS[SUCCESS], {command_suggestions: command.result })
+  },
+  failure: (error) => action(COMMAND_SUGGESTIONS[FAILURE], {error})
+};
+
 export const PROCESS_LOGS = createRequestTypes('PROCESS_LOGS');
 export const processLogs = {
   request: (processName, limit) => {
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js b/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js
index a5b6ffc4b..ba1af26d9 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ class Console extends Component {
                   }
                 }}
                 onSearch={(value) => {
-                  this.setState({ isLoading: false, options: [{value: 'hello', command_type: "embark", description: "says hello back!"}, {value: 'SimpleStorage', command_type: "web3 object", description: ""}, {value: 'web3.eth.getAccounts', command_type: "web3", description: "get list of accounts"}] })
+									console.dir("searching for " + value);
+									this.props.postCommandSuggestions(value)
+                  // this.setState({ isLoading: false, options: [{value: 'hello', command_type: "embark", description: "says hello back!"}, {value: 'SimpleStorage', command_type: "web3 object", description: ""}, {value: 'web3.eth.getAccounts', command_type: "web3", description: "get list of accounts"}] })
+									console.dir(this.props.command_suggestions)
+                  this.setState({ isLoading: false, options: this.props.command_suggestions })
                 }}
                 filterBy={['value', 'description']}
                 maxHeight="200px"
@@ -138,8 +142,10 @@ class Console extends Component {
 
 Console.propTypes = {
   postCommand: PropTypes.func,
+  postCommandSuggestions: PropTypes.func,
   isEmbark: PropTypes.func,
   processes: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object).isRequired,
+  command_suggestions: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object),
   processLogs: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object).isRequired,
   updateTab: PropTypes.func
 };
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js b/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
index d5317901d..5faa5b3de 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {
   contracts as contractsAction,
   commands as commandsAction,
+  command_suggestions as commandSuggestionsAction,
   listenToProcessLogs,
   processLogs as processLogsAction,
   stopProcessLogs
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import Processes from '../components/Processes';
 import Console from '../components/Console';
 import {EMBARK_PROCESS_NAME, LOG_LIMIT} from '../constants';
 import ContractsList from '../components/ContractsList';
-import {getContracts, getProcesses, getProcessLogs} from "../reducers/selectors";
+import {getContracts, getProcesses, getProcessLogs, getCommandSuggestions} from "../reducers/selectors";
 
 class HomeContainer extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -62,11 +63,13 @@ class HomeContainer extends Component {
           </div>
         )} />
 
-        <DataWrapper shouldRender={this.props.processes.length > 0 } {...this.props} render={({processes, postCommand, processLogs}) => (
+        <DataWrapper shouldRender={this.props.processes.length > 0 } {...this.props} render={({processes, postCommand, postCommandSuggestions, processLogs, command_suggestions}) => (
           <Console activeProcess={this.state.activeProcess}
                    postCommand={postCommand}
+                   postCommandSuggestions={postCommandSuggestions}
                    processes={processes}
                    processLogs={processLogs}
+                   command_suggestions={command_suggestions}
                    isEmbark={() => this.isEmbark}
                    updateTab={processName => this.updateTab(processName)} />
         )} />
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ class HomeContainer extends Component {
 HomeContainer.propTypes = {
   processes: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object),
   postCommand: PropTypes.func,
+  postCommandSuggestions: PropTypes.func,
   error: PropTypes.string,
   loading: PropTypes.bool
 };
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ function mapStateToProps(state) {
     contracts: getContracts(state),
     error: state.errorMessage,
     processLogs: getProcessLogs(state),
+    command_suggestions: getCommandSuggestions(state),
     loading: state.loading
   };
 }
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ export default connect(
   mapStateToProps,
   {
     postCommand: commandsAction.post,
+    postCommandSuggestions: commandSuggestionsAction.post,
     fetchProcessLogs: processLogsAction.request,
     fetchContracts: contractsAction.request,
     listenToProcessLogs,
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/reducers/index.js b/embark-ui/src/reducers/index.js
index 913491137..fdae3e833 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/reducers/index.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/reducers/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const entitiesDefaultState = {
   transactions: [],
   processes: [],
   processLogs: [],
+  command_suggestions: [],
   contracts: [],
   contractProfiles: [],
   contractFunctions: [],
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ const filtrer = {
   contracts: function(contract, index, self) {
     return index === self.findIndex((t) => t.className === contract.className);
   },
+	command_suggestions: function(command, index, self) {
+    return index === self.findIndex((f) => (
+      command.value === f.value
+    ));
+	},
   accounts: function(account, index, self) {
     return index === self.findIndex((t) => t.address === account.address);
   },
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/reducers/selectors.js b/embark-ui/src/reducers/selectors.js
index 29f0d5213..2cce34464 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/reducers/selectors.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/reducers/selectors.js
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ export function getProcessLogs(state) {
   return state.entities.processLogs;
 }
 
+export function getCommandSuggestions(state) {
+  return state.entities.command_suggestions;
+}
+
 export function getContractLogsByContract(state, contractName) {
   return state.entities.contractLogs.filter((contractLog => contractLog.name === contractName));
 }
@@ -159,4 +163,4 @@ export function getCurrentFile(state) {
 
 export function getBaseEther(state) {
   return state.baseEther;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/sagas/index.js b/embark-ui/src/sagas/index.js
index fea051dfe..59a250122 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/sagas/index.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/sagas/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as actions from '../actions';
 import * as api from '../services/api';
 import * as storage from '../services/storage';
 import {eventChannel} from 'redux-saga';
-import {all, call, fork, put, takeEvery, take, select, race} from 'redux-saga/effects';
+import {all, call, fork, put, takeLatest, takeEvery, take, select, race} from 'redux-saga/effects';
 import {getCredentials} from '../reducers/selectors';
 
 function *doRequest(entity, serviceFn, payload) {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const fetchBlocks = doRequest.bind(null, actions.blocks, api.fetchBlocks)
 export const fetchTransactions = doRequest.bind(null, actions.transactions, api.fetchTransactions);
 export const fetchProcesses = doRequest.bind(null, actions.processes, api.fetchProcesses);
 export const postCommand = doRequest.bind(null, actions.commands, api.postCommand);
+export const postCommandSuggestions = doRequest.bind(null, actions.command_suggestions, api.postCommandSuggestions);
 export const fetchProcessLogs = doRequest.bind(null, actions.processLogs, api.fetchProcessLogs);
 export const fetchContractLogs = doRequest.bind(null, actions.contractLogs, api.fetchContractLogs);
 export const fetchContracts = doRequest.bind(null, actions.contracts, api.fetchContracts);
@@ -83,6 +84,10 @@ export function *watchPostCommand() {
   yield takeEvery(actions.COMMANDS[actions.REQUEST], postCommand);
 }
 
+export function *watchPostCommandSuggestions() {
+  yield takeLatest(actions.COMMAND_SUGGESTIONS[actions.REQUEST], postCommandSuggestions);
+}
+
 export function *watchFetchProcessLogs() {
   yield takeEvery(actions.PROCESS_LOGS[actions.REQUEST], fetchProcessLogs);
 }
@@ -308,6 +313,7 @@ export default function *root() {
     fork(watchFetchBlock),
     fork(watchFetchTransactions),
     fork(watchPostCommand),
+    fork(watchPostCommandSuggestions),
     fork(watchFetchVersions),
     fork(watchFetchPlugins),
     fork(watchFetchBlocks),
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/services/api.js b/embark-ui/src/services/api.js
index 1f99e8552..4c6e510e5 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/services/api.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/services/api.js
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export function postCommand() {
   return post('/command', ...arguments);
 }
 
+export function postCommandSuggestions() {
+  return post('/suggestions', ...arguments);
+}
+
 export function fetchAccounts() {
   return get('/blockchain/accounts', ...arguments);
 }
diff --git a/lib/modules/console/index.js b/lib/modules/console/index.js
index 9c97f22cd..961673332 100644
--- a/lib/modules/console/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/console/index.js
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ const EmbarkJS = require('embarkjs');
 const IpfsApi = require('ipfs-api');
 const Web3 = require('web3');
 const stringify = require('json-stringify-safe');
+const Suggestions = require('./suggestions')
 
 class Console {
-  constructor(_embark, options) {
-    this.embark = _embark;
+  constructor(embark, options) {
+    this.embark = embark;
     this.events = options.events;
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
     this.version = options.version;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ class Console {
     this.registerEmbarkJs();
     this.registerConsoleCommands();
     this.registerApi();
+
+		this.suggestions = new Suggestions(embark, options);
   }
 
   registerApi() {
diff --git a/lib/modules/console/suggestions.js b/lib/modules/console/suggestions.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7b734775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/console/suggestions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+let utils = require('../../utils/utils');
+
+class Suggestions {
+  constructor(_embark, options) {
+    this.plugins = options.plugins;
+    this.registerApi();
+  }
+
+  registerApi() {
+    let plugin = this.plugins.createPlugin('consoleApi', {});
+    plugin.registerAPICall('post', '/embark-api/suggestions', (req, res) => {
+      let suggestions = this.getSuggestions(req.body.command)
+      res.send({result: suggestions})
+    });
+  }
+
+  getSuggestions(cmd) {
+    console.dir("printing suggestions for " + cmd);
+    return [{value: 'hello', command_type: "embark", description: "says hello back!"}, {value: 'SimpleStorage', command_type: "web3 object", description: ""}, {value: 'web3.eth.getAccounts', command_type: "web3", description: "get list of accounts"}]
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = Suggestions;