diff --git a/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsStarter.cs b/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsStarter.cs
index d2b5c3f0..ed54f173 100644
--- a/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsStarter.cs
+++ b/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsStarter.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Core;
+using CodexContractsPlugin.Marketplace;
+using Core;
 using GethPlugin;
 using KubernetesWorkflow;
 using KubernetesWorkflow.Types;
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
 
             var extractor = new ContractsContainerInfoExtractor(tools.GetLog(), workflow, container);
             var marketplaceAddress = extractor.ExtractMarketplaceAddress();
-            var abi = extractor.ExtractMarketplaceAbi();
+            var (abi, bytecode) = extractor.ExtractMarketplaceAbiAndByteCode();
+            EnsureCompatbility(abi, bytecode);
 
             var interaction = new ContractInteractions(tools.GetLog(), gethNode);
             var tokenAddress = interaction.GetTokenAddress(marketplaceAddress);
@@ -78,6 +80,18 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
             return new CodexContractsDeployment(marketplaceAddress, abi, tokenAddress);
         }
 
+        private void EnsureCompatbility(string abi, string bytecode)
+        {
+            var expectedByteCode = MarketplaceDeploymentBase.BYTECODE.ToLowerInvariant();
+
+            if (bytecode != expectedByteCode)
+            {
+                Log("Deployed contract is incompatible with current build of CodexContracts plugin. Running self-updater...");
+                var selfUpdater = new SelfUpdater();
+                selfUpdater.Update(abi, bytecode);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void Log(string msg)
         {
             tools.GetLog().Log(msg);
diff --git a/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/ContractsContainerInfoExtractor.cs b/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/ContractsContainerInfoExtractor.cs
index 68a789cf..0cf31528 100644
--- a/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/ContractsContainerInfoExtractor.cs
+++ b/ProjectPlugins/CodexContractsPlugin/ContractsContainerInfoExtractor.cs
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
             return marketplaceAddress;
         }
 
-        public string ExtractMarketplaceAbi()
+        public (string, string) ExtractMarketplaceAbiAndByteCode()
         {
             log.Debug();
-            var marketplaceAbi = Retry(FetchMarketplaceAbi);
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(marketplaceAbi)) throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to fetch marketplace artifacts from codex-contracts node. Test infra failure.");
+            var (abi, bytecode) = Retry(FetchMarketplaceAbiAndByteCode);
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(abi)) throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to fetch marketplace artifacts from codex-contracts node. Test infra failure.");
 
-            log.Debug("Got Marketplace ABI: " + marketplaceAbi);
-            return marketplaceAbi;
+            log.Debug("Got Marketplace ABI: " + abi);
+            return (abi, bytecode);
         }
 
         private string FetchMarketplaceAddress()
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
             return marketplace!.address;
         }
 
-        private string FetchMarketplaceAbi()
+        private (string, string) FetchMarketplaceAbiAndByteCode()
         {
             var json = workflow.ExecuteCommand(container, "cat", CodexContractsContainerRecipe.MarketplaceArtifactFilename);
 
@@ -57,20 +57,11 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
             var byteCode = artifact["bytecode"];
             var abiResult = abi!.ToString(Formatting.None);
             var byteCodeResult = byteCode!.ToString(Formatting.None).ToLowerInvariant().Replace("\"", "");
-            var expectedByteCode = MarketplaceDeploymentBase.BYTECODE.ToLowerInvariant();
-
-            if (byteCodeResult != expectedByteCode)
-            {
-                //throw new Exception("BYTECODE in CodexContractsPlugin does not match BYTECODE deployed by container. Update Marketplace.cs generated code?");
-
-                var selfUpdater = new SelfUpdater();
-                selfUpdater.Update(abiResult, byteCodeResult);
-            }
-
-            return abiResult;
+          
+            return (abiResult, byteCodeResult);
         }
 
-        private static string Retry(Func<string> fetch)
+        private static T Retry<T>(Func<T> fetch)
         {
             return Time.Retry(fetch, nameof(ContractsContainerInfoExtractor));
         }