diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/index.ts
index c7d6a0837..bb181ab0b 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const https = require('follow-redirects').https;
 const shelljs = require('shelljs');
 const clipboardy = require('clipboardy');
 
+import * as Serialize from './serialize';
+export { Serialize };
 import { canonicalHost } from './host';
 export { canonicalHost, defaultCorsHost, defaultHost, dockerHostSwap, isDocker } from './host';
 export { downloadFile, findNextPort, getJson, httpGet, httpsGet, httpGetJson, httpsGetJson, pingEndpoint } from './network';
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/serialize.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/serialize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7205f329a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/serialize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export function Serializable(target: any) {
+  target.prototype.toJSON = function() {
+    const props = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(this);
+    const map = {};
+    Object.entries(props).map(([name, prop]) => {
+      if (Serialization.isIgnored(target.prototype, name)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      map[name] = prop.value;
+    });
+    return map;
+  };
+}
+
+export function Ignore(target: any, propertyKey: string) {
+  Serialization.registerIgnore(target, propertyKey);
+}
+
+class Serialization {
+  private static ignoreMap: Map<any, string[]> = new Map();
+  static registerIgnore(target: any, property: any): void {
+    let keys = this.ignoreMap.get(target);
+    if (!keys) {
+      keys = [];
+      this.ignoreMap.set(target, keys);
+    }
+    keys.push(property);
+  }
+
+  static isIgnored(target: any, property: any): boolean {
+    const keys = this.ignoreMap.get(target);
+    if (!keys) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return keys.includes(property);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/stack/contracts-manager/src/contract.ts b/packages/stack/contracts-manager/src/contract.ts
index 60a047bd9..6d743f967 100644
--- a/packages/stack/contracts-manager/src/contract.ts
+++ b/packages/stack/contracts-manager/src/contract.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { ContractConfig } from "embark-core";
 import { Logger } from 'embark-logger';
-import { sha3 } from "embark-utils";
+import { sha3, Serialize } from "embark-utils";
 import { AbiItem } from "web3-utils";
 
+@Serialize.Serializable
 export default class Contract {
+  @Serialize.Ignore
   private logger: Logger;
   public abiDefinition?: AbiItem[];
   public deployedAddress?: string;
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index f5e10fc7c..3e28ade0d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "declarationMap": true,
     "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "moduleResolution": "Node",
     "noImplicitAny": false,
@@ -14,4 +15,4 @@
     "strict": true,
     "target": "ESNext"
   }
-}
+}
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