diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index 29bf577c..56dd62df 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class Engine {
       self.fileTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
         // TODO: still need to redeploy contracts because the original contracts
         // config is being corrupted
+        self.config.reloadConfig();
         if (fileType === 'asset') {
           // Throttle file changes so we re-write only once for all files
           self.events.emit('asset-changed', self.contractsManager);
@@ -186,8 +187,6 @@ class Engine {
         // TODO: for now need to deploy on asset changes as well
         // because the contractsManager config is corrupted after a deploy
         if (fileType === 'contract' || fileType === 'config') {
-          self.config.reloadConfig();
-
           self.events.request('deploy:contracts', () => {});
         }
       }, 50);