diff --git a/bin/embark b/bin/embark
index 0eb7c3a3d..5b0273217 100644
--- a/bin/embark
+++ b/bin/embark
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var path = require('path');
 var wrench = require('wrench');
 var grunt = require('grunt');
 require('shelljs/global');
+var readYaml = require('read-yaml');
 
 var run = function(cmd) {
   if (exec(cmd).code != 0) {
@@ -29,6 +30,20 @@ program.command('new [name]').description('New application').action(function(nam
   console.log('\n\ninit complete');
 });
 
+program.command('meteor [env]').description('experimental meteor cmd').action(function(env_) {
+  var env = env_ || 'development';
+  var embarkConfig = readYaml.sync("./embark.yml");
+
+  contractFiles = grunt.file.expand(embarkConfig.contracts);
+  destFile = embarkConfig.output
+  Embark = require('embark-framework')
+  Embark.init()
+  Embark.blockchainConfig.loadConfigFile(embarkConfig.blockchainConfig)
+  Embark.contractsConfig.loadConfigFile(embarkConfig.contractsConfig)
+  abi = Embark.deployContracts(env, contractFiles, destFile)
+  grunt.file.write(destFile, abi);
+});
+
 program.command('deploy [env]').description('deploy contracts').action(function(env_) {
   var env = env_ || 'development';
   run("grunt deploy_contracts:" + env);
diff --git a/boilerplate/embark.yml b/boilerplate/embark.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b5b0178c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boilerplate/embark.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: "grunt"
+contracts: ["app/contracts/**"]
+output: "generated/tmp/abi.js"
+blockchainConfig: "config/blockchain.yml"
+contractsConfig: "config/contracts.yml"
diff --git a/lib/deploy.js b/lib/deploy.js
index 777474de1..6f3eb62d8 100644
--- a/lib/deploy.js
+++ b/lib/deploy.js
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ Deploy.prototype.generate_abi_file = function() {
 
     var abi = JSON.stringify(contract.compiled.info.abiDefinition);
     var contractAddress = deployedContract;
-    result += "var " + className + "Abi = " + abi + ";";
-    result += "var " + className + "Contract = web3.eth.contract(" + className + "Abi);";
-    result += "var " + className + " = " + className + "Contract.at('" + contractAddress + "');";
+    result += className + "Abi = " + abi + ";";
+    result += className + "Contract = web3.eth.contract(" + className + "Abi);";
+    result += className + " = " + className + "Contract.at('" + contractAddress + "');";
   }
 
   return result;
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 2c13fd7b0..b168f00d0 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ Embark = {
     chain.startChain();
   },
 
-  deployContracts: function(env, contractFiles) {
-    this.contractsConfig.init(env, contractFiles);
+  deployContracts: function(env, contractFiles, destFile) {
+    this.contractsConfig.init(contractFiles);
     var deploy = new Deploy(env, contractFiles, this.blockchainConfig.config(env), this.contractsConfig);
     deploy.deploy_contracts(env);
-    return deploy.generate_abi_file();
+    return deploy.generate_abi_file(destFile);
   },
 
   release: Release
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.coffee b/tasks/deploy.coffee
index c032775e5..8b92e293f 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.coffee
+++ b/tasks/deploy.coffee
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     Embark.init()
     Embark.blockchainConfig.loadConfigFile('config/blockchain.yml')
     Embark.contractsConfig.loadConfigFile('config/contracts.yml')
+    #abi = Embark.deployContracts(env, contractFiles, destFile)
     abi = Embark.deployContracts(env, contractFiles, destFile)
     grunt.file.write(destFile, abi);