diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy.js b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8228e30a..00000000
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,417 +0,0 @@
-let async = require('async');
-//require("../utils/debug_util.js")(__filename, async);
-
-let RunCode = require('../core/runCode.js');
-
-let DeployTracker = require('./deploy_tracker.js');
-let CodeGenerator = require('./code_generator.js');
-
-class Deploy {
-  constructor(options) {
-    this.web3 = options.web3;
-    this.contractsManager = options.contractsManager;
-    this.logger = options.logger;
-    this.events = options.events;
-    this.env = options.env;
-    this.chainConfig = options.chainConfig;
-    this.plugins = options.plugins;
-    this.gasLimit = options.gasLimit;
-
-    const self = this;
-    this.events.setCommandHandler('setDashboardState', () => {
-      self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-    });
-
-    self.events.setCommandHandler("contracts:contract", (contractName, cb) => {
-      cb(self.contractsManager.getContract(contractName));
-    });
-
-    self.events.setCommandHandler("contracts:all", (contractName, cb) => {
-      let contracts = self.contractsManager.listContracts();
-      let results = {};
-      for (let className in contracts) {
-        let contract = contracts[className];
-        
-        results[className] = {
-          name: contract.className,
-          deploy: contract.deploy,
-          error: contract.error,
-          address: contract.deployedAddress
-        };
-      }
-      cb(results);
-    });
-
-    let plugin = this.plugins.createPlugin('deployment', {});
-    plugin.registerAPICall(
-      'get',
-      '/embark/contract/:contractName',
-      (req, res) => {
-        self.events.request('contracts:contract', req.params.contractName, res.send.bind(res));
-      }
-    );
-
-    plugin.registerAPICall(
-      'get',
-      '/embark/contracts',
-      (req, res) => {
-        self.events.request('contracts:all', null, res.send.bind(res));
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  initTracker(cb) {
-    this.deployTracker = new DeployTracker({
-      logger: this.logger, chainConfig: this.chainConfig, web3: this.web3, env: this.env
-    }, cb);
-  }
-
-  determineArguments(suppliedArgs, contract) {
-    let realArgs = [], l, arg, contractName, referedContract;
-
-    let args = suppliedArgs;
-
-    if (!Array.isArray(args)) {
-      args = [];
-      let abi = contract.abiDefinition.find((abi) => abi.type === 'constructor');
-
-      for (let input of abi.inputs) {
-        let inputValue = suppliedArgs[input.name];
-        if (!inputValue) {
-          this.logger.error(input.name + " has not been defined for " + contract.className + " constructor");
-        }
-        args.push(inputValue || "");
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (l = 0; l < args.length; l++) {
-      arg = args[l];
-      if (arg[0] === "$") {
-        contractName = arg.substr(1);
-        referedContract = this.contractsManager.getContract(contractName);
-        realArgs.push(referedContract.deployedAddress);
-      } else if (Array.isArray(arg)) {
-        let subRealArgs = [];
-        for (let sub_arg of arg) {
-          if (sub_arg[0] === "$") {
-            contractName = sub_arg.substr(1);
-            referedContract = this.contractsManager.getContract(contractName);
-            subRealArgs.push(referedContract.deployedAddress);
-          } else {
-            subRealArgs.push(sub_arg);
-          }
-        }
-        realArgs.push(subRealArgs);
-      } else {
-        realArgs.push(arg);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return realArgs;
-  }
-
-  checkAndDeployContract(contract, params, callback) {
-    let self = this;
-    let realArgs;
-    contract.error = false;
-
-    if (contract.deploy === false) {
-      self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-      return callback();
-    }
-
-    realArgs = self.determineArguments(params || contract.args, contract);
-
-    if (contract.address !== undefined) {
-      try {
-        this.web3.utils.toChecksumAddress(contract.address);
-      } catch(e) {
-        self.logger.error("error deploying " + contract.className);
-        self.logger.error(e.message);
-        contract.error = e.message;
-        self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-        return callback(e.message);
-      }
-      contract.deployedAddress = contract.address;
-      self.logger.info(contract.className.bold.cyan + " already deployed at ".green + contract.address.bold.cyan);
-      if (this.deployTracker) {
-        self.deployTracker.trackContract(contract.className, contract.realRuntimeBytecode, realArgs, contract.address);
-        self.deployTracker.save();
-      }
-      self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-      return callback();
-    }
-
-    if (!this.deployTracker) {
-        return self.contractToDeploy(contract, params, callback);
-    }
-
-    let trackedContract = self.deployTracker.getContract(contract.className, contract.realRuntimeBytecode, realArgs);
-    if (!trackedContract) {
-        return self.contractToDeploy(contract, params, callback);
-    }
-
-    this.web3.eth.getCode(trackedContract.address, function(_getCodeErr, codeInChain) {
-      if (codeInChain !== "0x") {
-        self.contractAlreadyDeployed(contract, trackedContract, callback);
-      } else {
-        self.contractToDeploy(contract, params, callback);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  contractAlreadyDeployed(contract, trackedContract, callback) {
-    const self = this;
-    self.logger.info(contract.className.bold.cyan + " already deployed at ".green + trackedContract.address.bold.cyan);
-    contract.deployedAddress = trackedContract.address;
-    self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-
-    // always run contractCode so other functionality like 'afterDeploy' can also work
-    let codeGenerator = new CodeGenerator({contractsManager: self.contractsManager});
-    let contractCode = codeGenerator.generateContractCode(contract, self.gasLimit);
-    RunCode.doEval(contractCode, self.web3);
-
-    return callback();
-  }
-
-  contractToDeploy(contract, params, callback) {
-    const self = this;
-    let realArgs = self.determineArguments(params || contract.args, contract);
-
-    this.deployContract(contract, realArgs, function (err, address) {
-      if (err) {
-        return callback(new Error(err));
-      }
-      self.deployTracker.trackContract(contract.className, contract.realRuntimeBytecode, realArgs, address);
-      self.deployTracker.save();
-      self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-
-      // always run contractCode so other functionality like 'afterDeploy' can also work
-      let codeGenerator = new CodeGenerator({contractsManager: self.contractsManager});
-      let contractCode = codeGenerator.generateContractCode(contract, self.gasLimit);
-      RunCode.doEval(contractCode, self.web3);
-
-      if (contract.onDeploy !== undefined) {
-        self.logger.info('executing onDeploy commands');
-
-        let contractCode = codeGenerator.generateContractCode(contract, self.gasLimit);
-        RunCode.doEval(contractCode, self.web3);
-
-        let withErrors = false;
-        let regex = /\$\w+/g;
-        let onDeployCode = contract.onDeploy.map((cmd) => {
-          let realCmd = cmd.replace(regex, (match) => {
-            let referedContractName = match.slice(1);
-            let referedContract = self.contractsManager.getContract(referedContractName);
-            if (!referedContract) {
-              self.logger.error('error executing onDeploy for ' + contract.className);
-              self.logger.error(referedContractName + ' does not exist');
-              self.logger.error("error running onDeploy: " + cmd);
-              withErrors = true;
-              return;
-            }
-            if (referedContract && referedContract.deploy === false) {
-              self.logger.error('error executing onDeploy for ' + contract.className);
-              self.logger.error(referedContractName + " exists but has been set to not deploy");
-              self.logger.error("error running onDeploy: " + cmd);
-              withErrors = true;
-              return;
-            }
-            if (referedContract && !referedContract.deployedAddress) {
-              self.logger.error('error executing onDeploy for ' + contract.className);
-              self.logger.error("couldn't find a valid address for " + referedContractName + ". has it been deployed?");
-              self.logger.error("error running onDeploy: " + cmd);
-              withErrors = true;
-              return;
-            }
-            return referedContract.deployedAddress;
-          });
-          return realCmd;
-        });
-
-        if (withErrors) {
-          contract.error = "onDeployCmdError";
-          return callback(new Error("error running onDeploy"));
-        }
-
-        // TODO: convert to for to avoid repeated callback
-        for(let cmd of onDeployCode) {
-          self.logger.info("executing: " + cmd);
-          try {
-            RunCode.doEval(cmd, self.web3);
-          } catch(e) {
-            if (e.message.indexOf("invalid opcode") >= 0) {
-              self.logger.error('the transaction was rejected; this usually happens due to a throw or a require, it can also happen due to an invalid operation');
-            }
-            return callback(new Error(e));
-          }
-        }
-      }
-
-      callback();
-    });
-  }
-
-  deployContract(contract, params, callback) {
-    let self = this;
-    let accounts = [];
-    let contractParams = (params || contract.args).slice();
-    let contractCode = contract.code;
-    let deploymentAccount = self.web3.eth.defaultAccount;
-    let deployObject;
-
-    async.waterfall([
-      function getAccounts(next) {
-        self.web3.eth.getAccounts(function (err, _accounts) {
-          if (err) {
-            return next(new Error(err));
-          }
-          accounts = _accounts;
-
-          // applying deployer account configuration, if any
-          if (typeof contract.fromIndex == 'number') {
-            deploymentAccount = accounts[contract.fromIndex];
-            if (deploymentAccount === undefined) {
-              return next("error deploying " + contract.className + ": no account found at index " + contract.fromIndex + " check the config");
-            }
-          }
-          if (typeof contract.from == 'string' && typeof contract.fromIndex != 'undefined') {
-            self.logger.warn('Both "from" and "fromIndex" are defined for contract "'+contract.className+'". Using "from" as deployer account.');
-          }
-          if (typeof contract.from == 'string') {
-            deploymentAccount = contract.from;
-          }
-
-          deploymentAccount = deploymentAccount || accounts[0];
-          next();
-        });
-      },
-      function doLinking(next) {
-        // Applying linked contracts
-        let contractsList = self.contractsManager.listContracts();
-        for (let contractObj of contractsList) {
-          let filename = contractObj.filename;
-          let deployedAddress = contractObj.deployedAddress;
-          if (deployedAddress) {
-            deployedAddress = deployedAddress.substr(2);
-          }
-          let linkReference = '__' + filename + ":" + contractObj.className;
-          if (contractCode.indexOf(linkReference) < 0) {
-            continue;
-          }
-          if (linkReference.length > 40) {
-            return next(new Error(linkReference + " is too long, try reducing the path of the contract (" + filename + ") and/or its name " + contractObj.className));
-          }
-          let toReplace = linkReference + "_".repeat(40 - linkReference.length);
-          if (deployedAddress === undefined) {
-            let libraryName = contractObj.className;
-            return next(new Error(contract.className + " needs " + libraryName + " but an address was not found, did you deploy it or configured an address?"));
-          }
-          contractCode = contractCode.replace(new RegExp(toReplace, "g"), deployedAddress);
-        }
-        // saving code changes back to contract object
-        contract.code = contractCode;
-        next();
-      },
-      function applyBeforeDeploy(next) {
-        let beforeDeployPlugins = self.plugins.getPluginsFor('beforeDeploy');
-
-        //self.logger.info("applying beforeDeploy plugins...", beforeDeployPlugins.length);
-        async.eachSeries(beforeDeployPlugins, (plugin, eachPluginCb) => {
-          self.logger.info("running beforeDeploy plugin " + plugin.name + " .");
-
-          // calling each beforeDeploy handler declared by the plugin
-          async.eachSeries(plugin.beforeDeploy, (beforeDeployFn, eachCb) => {
-            beforeDeployFn({
-              embarkDeploy:       self,
-              pluginConfig:       plugin.pluginConfig,
-              deploymentAccount:  deploymentAccount,
-              contract:           contract,
-              callback:
-              (function(resObj){
-                contract.code = resObj.contractCode;
-                eachCb();
-              })
-            });
-          }, () => {
-            //self.logger.info('All beforeDeploy handlers of the plugin has processed.');
-            eachPluginCb();
-          });
-        }, () => {
-          //self.logger.info('All beforeDeploy plugins has been processed.');
-          contractCode = contract.code;
-          next();
-        });
-      },
-      function createDeployObject(next) {
-        let contractObject = new self.web3.eth.Contract(contract.abiDefinition);
-
-        try {
-          deployObject = contractObject.deploy({arguments: contractParams, data: "0x" + contractCode});
-        } catch(e) {
-          if (e.message.indexOf('Invalid number of parameters for "undefined"') >= 0) {
-            return next(new Error("attempted to deploy " + contract.className + " without specifying parameters"));
-          } else {
-            return next(new Error(e));
-          }
-        }
-        next();
-      },
-      function estimateCorrectGas(next) {
-        if (contract.gas === 'auto') {
-          return deployObject.estimateGas().then((gasValue) => {
-            contract.gas = gasValue;
-            next();
-          }).catch(next);
-        }
-        next();
-      },
-      function deployTheContract(next) {
-        self.logger.info("deploying " + contract.className.bold.cyan + " with ".green + contract.gas + " gas".green);
-
-        deployObject.send({
-          from: deploymentAccount,
-          gas: contract.gas,
-          gasPrice: contract.gasPrice
-        }).on('receipt', function(receipt) {
-          if (receipt.contractAddress !== undefined) {
-            self.logger.info(contract.className.bold.cyan + " deployed at ".green + receipt.contractAddress.bold.cyan);
-            contract.deployedAddress = receipt.contractAddress;
-            contract.transactionHash = receipt.transactionHash;
-            self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-            return next(null, receipt.contractAddress);
-          }
-          self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-        }).on('error', function(error) {
-          self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsManager.contractsState());
-          return next(new Error("error deploying =" + contract.className + "= due to error: " + error.message));
-        });
-      }
-    ], callback);
-  }
-
-  deployAll(done) {
-    let self = this;
-    this.logger.info("deploying contracts");
-
-    async.eachOfSeries(this.contractsManager.listContracts(),
-      function (contract, key, callback) {
-        self.logger.trace(arguments);
-        self.checkAndDeployContract(contract, null, callback);
-      },
-      function (err, _results) {
-        if (err) {
-          self.logger.error("error deploying contracts");
-          self.logger.error(err.message);
-          self.logger.debug(err.stack);
-        }
-        self.logger.info("finished deploying contracts");
-        self.logger.trace(arguments);
-        done(err);
-      }
-    );
-
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = Deploy;
diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index 38d7a72c..10bb240f 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class Engine {
   }
 
   webServerService() {
-    this.registerModule('webserver');
+    this.registerModule('webserver', {plugins: this.plugins});
   }
 
   storageService(_options) {
diff --git a/lib/core/plugin.js b/lib/core/plugin.js
index 738b91a0..c5758af9 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/core/plugin.js
@@ -226,11 +226,7 @@ Plugin.prototype.registerActionForEvent = function(eventName, cb) {
 };
 
 Plugin.prototype.registerAPICall = function(method, endpoint, cb) {
-  this.apiCalls.push({method: method, endpoint: endpoint, cb: cb});
-  this.pluginTypes.push('apiCalls');
-};
-
-Plugin.prototype.registerAPICall = function(method, endpoint, cb) {
+  console.dir("registerAPICall " + method + " " + endpoint);
   this.apiCalls.push({method: method, endpoint: endpoint, cb: cb});
   this.pluginTypes.push('apiCalls');
 };
diff --git a/lib/core/plugins.js b/lib/core/plugins.js
index 6220c123..de7bc2ea 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/core/plugins.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Plugins.prototype.createPlugin = function(pluginName, pluginConfig) {
     interceptLogs: this.interceptLogs,
     events: this.events,
     config: this.config,
-    //plugins: this,
+    plugins: this.plugins,
     isInternal: true,
     context: this.context
   });
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Plugins.prototype.loadInternalPlugin = function(pluginName, pluginConfig) {
     interceptLogs: this.interceptLogs,
     events: this.events,
     config: this.config,
-    //plugins: this.plugins,
+    plugins: this.plugins,
     isInternal: true,
     context: this.context,
     env: this.env
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Plugins.prototype.loadPlugin = function(pluginName, pluginConfig) {
     interceptLogs: this.interceptLogs,
     events: this.events,
     config: this.config,
+    plugins: this.plugins,
     isInternal: false,
     context: this.context
   });
diff --git a/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js b/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
index 09effef0..a728904e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
@@ -59,6 +59,46 @@ class ContractsManager {
       self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsState());
     });
 
+    this.events.setCommandHandler('setDashboardState', () => {
+      self.events.emit('contractsState', self.contractsState());
+    });
+
+    self.events.setCommandHandler("contracts:contract", (contractName, cb) => {
+      cb(self.getContract(contractName));
+    });
+
+    self.events.setCommandHandler("contracts:all", (contractName, cb) => {
+      let contracts = self.listContracts();
+      let results = {};
+      for (let className in contracts) {
+        let contract = contracts[className];
+
+        results[className] = {
+          name: contract.className,
+          deploy: contract.deploy,
+          error: contract.error,
+          address: contract.deployedAddress
+        };
+      }
+      cb(results);
+    });
+
+    let plugin = this.plugins.createPlugin('deployment', {});
+    plugin.registerAPICall(
+      'get',
+      '/embark/contract/:contractName',
+      (req, res) => {
+        self.events.request('contracts:contract', req.params.contractName, res.send.bind(res));
+      }
+    );
+
+    plugin.registerAPICall(
+      'get',
+      '/embark/contracts',
+      (req, res) => {
+        self.events.request('contracts:all', null, res.send.bind(res));
+      }
+    );
   }
 
   build(done) {
diff --git a/lib/modules/webserver/index.js b/lib/modules/webserver/index.js
index d0746601..7a226aba 100644
--- a/lib/modules/webserver/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/webserver/index.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class WebServer {
     this.logger = embark.logger;
     this.events = embark.events;
     this.buildDir = embark.config.buildDir;
+    this.plugins = options.plugins;
     this.webServerConfig = embark.config.webServerConfig;
     if (!this.webServerConfig.enabled) {
       return;
diff --git a/lib/modules/webserver/server.js b/lib/modules/webserver/server.js
index 0cb56c9b..9816084c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/webserver/server.js
+++ b/lib/modules/webserver/server.js
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ class Server {
     });
 
     let apiCalls = self.plugins.getPluginsProperty("apiCalls", "apiCalls");
+    console.dir(apiCalls);
     for (let apiCall of apiCalls) {
+      console.dir("adding " + apiCall.method + " " + apiCall.endpoint);
       app[apiCall.method].apply(app, [apiCall.endpoint, apiCall.cb]);
     }