diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index 2ddbea33..d309863e 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ class DeployManager {
           return callback(new Error("error running afterDeploy"));
         }
 
-        // TODO: convert to for to avoid repeated callback
-        for(let cmd of onDeployCode) {
+        async.each(onDeployCode, (cmd, eachCb) => {
           self.logger.info("executing: " + cmd);
           try {
             RunCode.doEval(cmd, web3);
@@ -142,11 +141,14 @@ class DeployManager {
             if (e.message.indexOf("invalid opcode") >= 0) {
               self.logger.error('the transaction was rejected; this usually happens due to a throw or a require, it can also happen due to an invalid operation');
             }
-            return callback(new Error(e));
+            return eachCb(new Error(e));
           }
-        }
+          eachCb();
+        }, (err) => {
+          callback(err, contractsManager);
+        });
+
 
-        callback(null, contractsManager);
       }
     ], function (err, result) {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 1f73d771..9e5a485f 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -202,13 +202,20 @@ class Embark {
         engine.deployManager.deployContracts(function (err) {
           callback(err);
         });
+      },
+      function waitForWriteFinish(callback) {
+        engine.logger.info("Finished deploying".underline);
+        // Necessary log for simple projects. This event is trigger to soon because there is no file
+        // Also, not exiting straight after the deploy leaves time for async afterDeploys to finish
+        engine.logger.info("If you have no files to build, you can exit now with CTRL+C");
+        engine.events.on('outputDone', callback);
       }
     ], function (err, _result) {
       if (err) {
         engine.logger.error(err.message);
         engine.logger.debug(err.stack);
       } else {
-        engine.logger.info("finished building".underline);
+        engine.logger.info("Finished building".underline);
       }
       // needed due to child processes
       process.exit();