diff --git a/src/lib/core/config.js b/src/lib/core/config.js
index 43c70d35b..49f2a78af 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/config.js
+++ b/src/lib/core/config.js
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ const web3 = require('web3');
 const constants = require('../constants');
 const {canonicalHost, defaultHost} = require('../utils/host');
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash.clonedeep');
-import { extendZeroAddressShorthand, replaceZeroAddressShorthand } from '../utils/addressUtils';
+import { replaceZeroAddressShorthand } from '../utils/addressUtils';
+import { unitRegex } from "../utils/regexConstants";
+import * as utilsContractsConfig from "../utils/contractsConfig";
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = 'config/';
-const unitRegex = /([0-9]+) ([a-zA-Z]+)/;
 
 var Config = function(options) {
   const self = this;
@@ -329,40 +330,8 @@ Config.prototype.loadContractsConfigFile = function() {
     });
   }
 
-  Object.keys(newContractsConfig.contracts).forEach(contractName => {
-
-    const gas = newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].gas;
-    const gasPrice = newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].gasPrice;
-    const address = newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].address;
-    const args = newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].args;
-    const onDeploy = newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].onDeploy;
-
-    if (gas && gas.match(unitRegex)) {
-      newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].gas = utils.getWeiBalanceFromString(gas, web3);
-    }
-
-    if (gasPrice && gasPrice.match(unitRegex)) {
-      newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].gasPrice = utils.getWeiBalanceFromString(gasPrice, web3);
-    }
-
-    if (address) {
-      newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].address = extendZeroAddressShorthand(address);
-    }
-
-    if (args && args.length) {
-      newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].args = args.map(val => {
-        if (typeof val === 'string') {
-          return extendZeroAddressShorthand(val);
-        }
-        return val;
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (Array.isArray(onDeploy)) {
-      newContractsConfig.contracts[contractName].onDeploy = onDeploy.map(replaceZeroAddressShorthand);
-    }
-  });
-
+  newContractsConfig = utilsContractsConfig.prepare(newContractsConfig);
+  
   const afterDeploy = newContractsConfig.afterDeploy;
 
   if (Array.isArray(afterDeploy)) {
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/tests/test.js b/src/lib/modules/tests/test.js
index de24a1e80..8f88f0236 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/tests/test.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/tests/test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as utilsContractsConfig from "../../utils/contractsConfig";
+
 const async = require('async');
 const AccountParser = require('../../utils/accountParser');
 const EmbarkJS = require('embarkjs');
@@ -236,7 +238,8 @@ class Test {
   async _deploy(config, callback) {
     const self = this;
     async.waterfall([
-      function getConfig(next) {
+      function setConfig(next) {
+        utilsContractsConfig.prepare(config);
         self.events.request('config:contractsConfig:set',
           {contracts: config.contracts, versions: self.versions_default}, next);
       },
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/contractsConfig.ts b/src/lib/utils/contractsConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e12b924a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/contractsConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { extendZeroAddressShorthand, replaceZeroAddressShorthand } from "./addressUtils";
+import { unitRegex } from "./regexConstants";
+
+const web3 = require("web3");
+const utils = require("./utils.js");
+
+export function prepare(config: any) {
+  Object.keys(config.contracts).forEach((contractName) => {
+    const gas = config.contracts[contractName].gas;
+    const gasPrice = config.contracts[contractName].gasPrice;
+    const address = config.contracts[contractName].address;
+    const args = config.contracts[contractName].args;
+    const onDeploy = config.contracts[contractName].onDeploy;
+
+    if (gas && gas.match(unitRegex)) {
+      config.contracts[contractName].gas = utils.getWeiBalanceFromString(gas, web3);
+    }
+
+    if (gasPrice && gasPrice.match(unitRegex)) {
+      config.contracts[contractName].gasPrice = utils.getWeiBalanceFromString(gasPrice, web3);
+    }
+
+    if (address) {
+      config.contracts[contractName].address = extendZeroAddressShorthand(address);
+    }
+
+    if (args && args.length) {
+      config.contracts[contractName].args = args.map((val: any) => {
+        if (typeof val === "string") {
+          return extendZeroAddressShorthand(val);
+        }
+        return val;
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(onDeploy)) {
+      config.contracts[contractName].onDeploy = onDeploy.map(replaceZeroAddressShorthand);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return config;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/regexConstants.ts b/src/lib/utils/regexConstants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40be97c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/regexConstants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const unitRegex = /([0-9]+) ([a-zA-Z]+)/;