diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy.js b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
index da20f957..25b95c9e 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
@@ -262,12 +262,7 @@ class Deploy {
           // just need to figure out the gasLimit coupling issue
           self.events.request('code-generator:contract:vanilla', contract, self.gasLimit, (contractCode) => {
             self.events.request('runcode:eval', contractCode);
-
-            let onDeployPlugins = self.plugins.getPluginsProperty('onDeployActions', 'onDeployActions');
-
-            async.eachLimit(onDeployPlugins, 1, function(plugin, nextEach) {
-              plugin.call(plugin, contract, nextEach);
-            }, () => {
+            self.plugins.runActionsForEvent('deploy:contract:deployed', {contract: contract}, () => {
               return next(null, receipt);
             });
           });
diff --git a/lib/core/plugins.js b/lib/core/plugins.js
index 8efa8442..d3479f58 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/core/plugins.js
@@ -116,13 +116,23 @@ Plugins.prototype.getPluginsProperty = function(pluginType, property, sub_proper
   return matchingProperties.reduce((a,b) => { return a.concat(b); }) || [];
 };
 
-//Plugins.prototype.runActionsForEvent = function(eventName, args, cb) {
-Plugins.prototype.runActionsForEvent = function(eventName, cb) {
+Plugins.prototype.runActionsForEvent = function(eventName, args, cb) {
+  if (typeof(args) === 'function') {
+    cb = args;
+  }
   let actionPlugins = this.getPluginsProperty('eventActions', 'eventActions', eventName);
 
+  if (actionPlugins.length === 0) {
+    return cb();
+  }
+
   async.eachLimit(actionPlugins, 1, function(plugin, nextEach) {
-    //plugin.call(plugin, ...args, nextEach);
-    plugin.call(plugin, nextEach);
+    if (typeof(args) === 'function') {
+      plugin.call(plugin, nextEach);
+    } else {
+      //plugin.call(plugin, ...args, nextEach);
+      plugin.call(plugin, args, nextEach);
+    }
   }, cb);
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/specialconfigs/index.js b/lib/modules/specialconfigs/index.js
index 0ffe15e1..bd8dca71 100644
--- a/lib/modules/specialconfigs/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/specialconfigs/index.js
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class SpecialConfigs {
   registerOnDeployAction() {
     const self = this;
 
-    this.embark.registerOnDeployContracts((contract, cb) => {
+    this.embark.registerActionForEvent("deploy:contract:deployed", (params, cb) => {
+      let contract = params.contract;
+
       if (!contract.onDeploy) {
         return cb();
       }