diff --git a/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js b/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js
index 6f1dc0b8..14e6d4d4 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js
+++ b/lib/cmds/blockchain/dev_funds.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const async = require('async');
 const Web3 = require('web3');
-const {getWeiBalanceFromString, buildUrl} = require('../../utils/utils.js');
-const {readFileSync, dappPath} = require('../../core/fs');
+const { getWeiBalanceFromString, buildUrl } = require('../../utils/utils.js');
+const { readFileSync, dappPath } = require('../../core/fs');
 
 class DevFunds {
   constructor(blockchainConfig) {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class DevFunds {
     this.password = readFileSync(dappPath('config/development/password'), 'utf8').replace('\n', '');
     this.web3 = new Web3();
     this.balance = Web3.utils.toWei("1", "ether");
-    if(this.blockchainConfig.account.balance){
+    if (this.blockchainConfig.account.balance) {
       console.dir('[blockchain/dev_funds]: converting balance from ' + this.blockchainConfig.account.balance);
       this.balance = getWeiBalanceFromString(this.blockchainConfig.account.balance, this.web3);
       console.dir('[blockchain/dev_funds]: converted balance to ' + this.balance);
@@ -20,52 +20,73 @@ class DevFunds {
   }
 
   connectToNode(cb) {
-    
-    this.web3.setProvider(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider(buildUrl('ws', this.blockchainConfig.wsHost, this.blockchainConfig.wsPort), {headers: {Origin: "http://localhost:8000"}}));
-    
+
+    this.web3.setProvider(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider(buildUrl('ws', this.blockchainConfig.wsHost, this.blockchainConfig.wsPort), { headers: { Origin: "http://localhost:8000" } }));
+
     this.web3.eth.getAccounts().then((accounts) => {
       this.web3.eth.defaultAccount = accounts[0];
-      this.accounts = accounts;
+      if (accounts.length > 1) {
+        this.accounts = accounts.slice(1);
+      }
+      console.dir('----- CURRENT ACCOUNTS ' + this.accounts);
       cb();
     });
   }
 
   createAccounts(numAccounts, password, cb) {
-    console.dir("creating " + (numAccounts - this.accounts.length) + " new accounts with password " + password);
-    async.timesLimit((numAccounts - this.accounts.length), 1, (_, next) => {
+    const numAccountsToCreate = numAccounts - (this.accounts.length + 1);
+    if (numAccountsToCreate === 0) return cb();
+
+    console.dir("creating " + numAccountsToCreate + " new accounts with password " + password);
+    async.timesLimit(numAccountsToCreate, 1, (_, next) => {
       console.dir("--- creating new account");
       this.web3.eth.personal.newAccount(password, next);
     }, (err, accounts) => {
-      if(err) console.error(err);
+      if (err) console.error(err);
       console.dir("-- accounts created are ");
       console.dir(accounts);
       this.accounts = accounts;
       cb(err);
-    }); 
+    });
   }
 
   unlockAccounts(password, cb) {
+    console.dir('--- CURRENT ACCOUNTS ' + this.accounts);
     async.each(this.accounts, (account, next) => {
       console.dir('-- unlocking account ' + account + ' with password ' + password);
-      this.web3.eth.personal.unlockAccount(account, password).then(() => next()).catch(next);
-    }, cb);
+      this.web3.eth.personal.unlockAccount(account, password).then((result) => {
+        console.dir('-- unlocked account ' + account + ' with password ' + password + ' and result ' + result);
+        next();
+      }).catch(next);
+    }, (err) => {
+      console.dir('-- FINISHED UNLOCKING ACCOUNTS, err= ' + err);
+      cb(err);
+    });
   }
 
   fundAccounts(balance, cb) {
     console.dir('-- funding accounts...');
-    
-    
+
+
 
     async.each(this.accounts, (account, next) => {
-      console.dir("-- funding account " + account + " with balance " + balance);
-      this.web3.eth.sendTransaction({to: account, value: balance}).then((result) => {
-        console.dir('FUNDING ACCT result: ' + JSON.stringify(result));
-        next();
-      }).catch(next);
-    }, (err) => {
-      console.dir('-- FINISHED FUNDING ACCOUNTS, err= ' + err);
-      cb(err);
+      this.web3.eth.getBalance(account).then(currBalance => {
+        const remainingBalance = balance - currBalance;
+        console.dir("---- account " + account + " balance needed = " + remainingBalance);
+        if (remainingBalance <= 0) return next();
+
+        console.dir("-- funding account " + account + " with balance " + remainingBalance);
+        this.web3.eth.sendTransaction({to: account, value: remainingBalance}).then((result) => {
+          console.dir('FUNDING ACCT result: ' + JSON.stringify(result));
+          next();
+        }).catch(next);
+      }, (err) => {
+        console.dir('-- FINISHED FUNDING ACCOUNTS, err= ' + err);
+        cb(err);
+      });
     });
+
+
   }
 
   createFundAndUnlockAccounts(cb) {
@@ -88,7 +109,7 @@ class DevFunds {
       }
     ], (err) => {
       console.dir(`--- COMPLETED THE ACCOUNTS (${this.accounts.join(', ')} and funded with ${this.balance} wei)`);
-      if(err) console.error('Error creating, unlocking, and funding accounts', err);
+      if (err) console.error('Error creating, unlocking, and funding accounts', JSON.stringify(err));
 
       // this.web3.eth.getAccounts().then((accounts) => {
       //   let numAccts = accounts.length;