diff --git a/lib/cmd.js b/lib/cmd.js
index 2977d69e..5df6eb61 100644
--- a/lib/cmd.js
+++ b/lib/cmd.js
@@ -177,11 +177,10 @@ class Cmd {
       .command('graph [environment]')
       .description('generates documentation based on the smart contracts configured')
       .action(function (env, options) {
-        embark.initConfig(env || 'development', {
-          embarkConfig: 'embark.json',
-          interceptLogs: false
+        embark.graph({
+          env: env || 'development',
+          logfile: options.logfile
         });
-        embark.graph();
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index 0562574e..edcd49e7 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class DeployManager {
     this.gasLimit = false;
     this.fatalErrors = false;
     this.deployOnlyOnConfig = false;
+    this.onlyCompile = options.onlyCompile !== undefined ? options.onlyCompile : false;
   }
 
   deployContracts(done) {
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ class DeployManager {
         self.contractsManager.deployOnlyOnConfig = self.deployOnlyOnConfig; // temporary, should refactor
         self.contractsManager.build(callback);
       },
+      function checkCompileOnly(contractsManager, callback){
+        if(self.onlyCompile){
+          self.events.emit('contractsDeployed', contractsManager);
+          return done();
+        } 
+        return callback(contractsManager, null);
+      },
       function checkWeb3IsConnected(contractsManager, callback) {
         if (!self.web3) {
           return callback(Error("no web3 instance found"));
diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index 53ee6203..4d3bb00e 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ class Engine {
       logger: this.logger,
       plugins: this.plugins,
       events: this.events,
-      contractsManager: this.contractsManager
+      contractsManager: this.contractsManager,
+      onlyCompile: options.onlyCompile
     });
 
     this.events.on('file-event', function (fileType, _path) {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 14a78911..21bc71f4 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -185,11 +185,70 @@ class Embark {
     return new Test(options);
   }
 
-  graph() {
-    const GraphGenerator = new require('./cmds/graph.js');
-    console.log(this.config);
-    let graphGen = new GraphGenerator(this.config);
-    graphGen.generate();
+  graph(options) {
+    
+
+
+    let self = this;
+
+    options.onlyCompile = true;
+    
+    let engine = new Engine({
+      env: options.env,
+      version: this.version,
+      embarkConfig: options.embarkConfig || 'embark.json',
+      logfile: options.logfile
+    });
+    engine.init();
+
+
+    async.parallel([
+     
+      function (callback) {
+        let pluginList = engine.plugins.listPlugins();
+        if (pluginList.length > 0) {
+          engine.logger.info("loaded plugins: " + pluginList.join(", "));
+        }
+
+        engine.startMonitor();
+        engine.startService("libraryManager");
+        engine.startService("pipeline");
+        engine.startService("codeGenerator");
+        engine.startService("deployment", {onlyCompile: true});
+
+        engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function (err) {
+          callback(err);
+        });
+      }
+    ], function (err, _result) {
+      if (err) {
+        engine.logger.error(err.message);
+        engine.logger.info(err.stack);
+      } else {
+
+        const GraphGenerator = require('./cmds/graph.js');
+        let graphGen = new GraphGenerator(engine.config);
+        graphGen.generate();
+
+        engine.logger.info("Done".underline);
+        process.exit();
+      }
+    });
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
   }
 
   reset() {