diff --git a/lib/tests/run_tests.js b/lib/tests/run_tests.js
index 0ea591b1..889bb3d7 100644
--- a/lib/tests/run_tests.js
+++ b/lib/tests/run_tests.js
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ function getFilesFromDir(filePath, cb) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  run: function (filePath) {
+  run: function(filePath) {
     const mocha = new Mocha();
     if (!filePath) {
       filePath = 'test/';
     }
+    let configOptions = {
+      gasPrice: 1
+    };
 
     async.waterfall([
       function getFiles(next) {
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ module.exports = {
         });
       },
       function setupGlobalNamespace(next) {
+        global.assert = require('assert');
+
         // TODO put default config
         const test = new Test();
         global.embark = test;
@@ -53,16 +58,10 @@ module.exports = {
         // TODO: this global here might not be necessary at all
         global.web3 = global.embark.web3;
 
-        mocha.suite.beforeAll('Wait for deploy', (done) => {
-          test.onReady(() => {
-            done();
-          });
-        });
-        global.contract = function (describeName, callback) {
+        global.contract = function(describeName, callback) {
           return Mocha.describe(describeName, callback);
         };
-
-        test.init(next);
+        next();
       }
     ], (err) => {
       if (err) {
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ module.exports = {
         process.exit(1);
       }
       // Run the tests.
-      mocha.run(function (failures) {
+      let runner = mocha.run(function(failures) {
         // Clean contracts folder for next test run
         fs.remove('.embark/contracts', (_err) => {
           process.on('exit', function () {
@@ -79,6 +78,12 @@ module.exports = {
           process.exit();
         });
       });
+
+      runner.on('suite', function() {
+        global.assert = require('assert');
+        global.EmbarkSpec = new Test({simulatorOptions: configOptions});
+        global.web3 = global.EmbarkSpec.web3;
+      });
     });
   }
 };
diff --git a/lib/tests/test.js b/lib/tests/test.js
index 4e2b8e2f..0da4c6ad 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test.js
+++ b/lib/tests/test.js
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-const async = require('async');
 const Engine = require('../core/engine.js');
 const TestLogger = require('./test_logger.js');
 const Web3 = require('web3');
 const utils = require('../utils/utils');
-const constants = require('../constants');
-const Events = require('../core/events');
 
 function getSimulator() {
   try {
@@ -28,10 +25,6 @@ class Test {
   constructor(options) {
     this.options = options || {};
     this.simOptions = this.options.simulatorOptions || {};
-    this.contracts = {};
-    this.events = new Events();
-    this.ready = true;
-
     this.web3 = new Web3();
     if (this.simOptions.node) {
       this.web3.setProvider(new this.web3.providers.HttpProvider(this.simOptions.node));
@@ -39,10 +32,15 @@ class Test {
       this.sim = getSimulator();
       this.web3.setProvider(this.sim.provider(this.simOptions));
     }
+  }
+
+  config(options) {
+    this.options = utils.recursiveMerge(this.options, options);
+    this.simOptions = this.options.simulatorOptions || {};
 
     this.engine = new Engine({
       env: this.options.env || 'test',
-      // TODO: config will need to detect if this is a obj
+      // TODO: confi will need to detect if this is a obj
       embarkConfig: this.options.embarkConfig || 'embark.json',
       interceptLogs: false
     });
@@ -51,117 +49,12 @@ class Test {
       logger: new TestLogger({logLevel: 'debug'})
     });
 
-    this.engine.startService("libraryManager");
-    this.engine.startService("codeRunner");
-    this.engine.startService("web3", {
-      web3: this.web3
-    });
-    this.engine.startService("deployment", {
-      trackContracts: false
-    });
-    this.engine.startService("codeGenerator");
-  }
-
-  init(callback) {
-    this.engine.contractsManager.build(() => {
-      callback();
-    });
-  }
-
-  onReady(callback) {
-    if (this.ready) {
-      return callback();
+    if (this.simOptions.node) {
+      this.web3.setProvider(new this.web3.providers.HttpProvider(this.simOptions.node));
+    } else {
+      this.sim = getSimulator();
+      this.web3.setProvider(this.sim.provider(this.simOptions));
     }
-    this.events.once('ready', () => {
-      callback();
-    });
-  }
-
-  config(options, callback) {
-    if (!callback) {
-      callback = function () {};
-    }
-    if (!options.contracts) {
-      throw new Error(__('No contracts specified in the options'));
-    }
-    this.options = utils.recursiveMerge(this.options, options);
-    this.simOptions = this.options.simulatorOptions || {};
-    this.ready = false;
-
-    this._deploy(options, (err, accounts) => {
-      this.ready = true;
-      this.events.emit('ready');
-      if (err) {
-        console.error(err);
-        return callback(err);
-      }
-      callback(null, accounts);
-    });
-  }
-
-  _deploy(config, callback) {
-    const self = this;
-    async.waterfall([
-      function getConfig(next) {
-        let _versions_default = self.engine.config.contractsConfig.versions;
-        self.engine.config.contractsConfig = {contracts: config.contracts, versions: _versions_default};
-        self.engine.events.emit(constants.events.contractConfigChanged, self.engine.config.contractsConfig);
-        next();
-      },
-      function deploy(next) {
-        self.engine.deployManager.gasLimit = 6000000;
-        self.engine.contractsManager.gasLimit = 6000000;
-        self.engine.deployManager.fatalErrors = true;
-        self.engine.deployManager.deployOnlyOnConfig = true;
-        self.engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function (err) {
-          if (err) {
-            return next(err);
-          }
-          next();
-        });
-      },
-      function getAccounts(next) {
-        self.web3.eth.getAccounts(function (err, accounts) {
-          if (err) {
-            return next(err);
-          }
-          self.accounts = accounts;
-          self.web3.eth.defaultAccount = accounts[0];
-          next();
-        });
-      },
-      function createContractObject(next) {
-        async.each(Object.keys(self.contracts), (contractName, eachCb) => {
-          const contract = self.engine.contractsManager.contracts[contractName];
-          Object.assign(self.contracts[contractName], new self.web3.eth.Contract(contract.abiDefinition, contract.address,
-            {from: self.web3.eth.defaultAccount, gas: 6000000}));
-          eachCb();
-        }, next);
-      }
-    ], function (err) {
-      if (err) {
-        console.log(__('terminating due to error'));
-        throw new Error(err);
-      }
-      callback();
-    });
-  }
-
-  require(module) {
-    if (module.startsWith('Embark/contracts/')) {
-      const contractName = module.substr(17);
-      if (!this.engine.contractsManager.contracts[contractName]) {
-        throw new Error(__('No contract with the name %s', contractName));
-      }
-      if (this.contracts[contractName]) {
-        return this.contracts[contractName];
-      }
-      const contract = this.engine.contractsManager.contracts[contractName];
-      this.contracts[contractName] = new this.web3.eth.Contract(contract.abiDefinition, contract.address,
-        {from: this.web3.eth.defaultAccount, gas: 6000000});
-      return this.contracts[contractName];
-    }
-    throw new Error(__('Unknown module %s', module));
   }
 }