diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index d40aa13c..8f9d6abc 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 let async = require('async');
 
+const ContractDeployer = require('./contract_deployer.js');
 const utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
 //require("../utils/debug_util.js")(__filename, async);
 
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ class DeployManager {
     this.deployOnlyOnConfig = false;
     this.onlyCompile = options.onlyCompile !== undefined ? options.onlyCompile : false;
 
+    this.contractDeployer = new ContractDeployer({
+      blockchain: this.blockchain,
+      logger: this.logger,
+      events: this.events,
+      plugins: this.plugins
+    });
+
     this.events.setCommandHandler('deploy:setGasLimit', (gasLimit) => {
       self.gasLimit = gasLimit;
     });
diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index d480fc2c..9227b2fe 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -226,14 +226,6 @@ class Engine {
       onlyCompile: options.onlyCompile
     });
 
-    const ContractDeployer = require('../contracts/contract_deployer.js');
-    this.contractDeployer = new ContractDeployer({
-      blockchain: this.blockchain,
-      logger: this.logger,
-      events: this.events,
-      plugins: this.plugins
-    });
-
     this.events.on('file-event', function (fileType) {
       clearTimeout(self.fileTimeout);
       self.fileTimeout = setTimeout(() => {