diff --git a/lib/chain_manager.js b/lib/chain_manager.js
index 2e50f35f..41dd211a 100644
--- a/lib/chain_manager.js
+++ b/lib/chain_manager.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var web3 = require('web3');
+var sha3_256 = require('js-sha3').sha3_256;
 
-ChainManager = function() { }
+ChainManager = function() {
+  this.currentChain = {};
+}
 
 ChainManager.prototype.loadConfigFile = function(filename) {
   try {
@@ -26,7 +29,16 @@ ChainManager.prototype.init = function(env, blockchainConfig) {
   var chainId = web3.eth.getBlock(0).hash;
 
   if (this.chainManagerConfig[chainId] === undefined) {
-    this.chainManagerConfig[chainId] = {contracts: []};
+    this.chainManagerConfig[chainId] = {contracts: {}};
+  }
+
+  this.currentChain = this.chainManagerConfig[chainId];
+}
+
+ChainManager.prototype.addContract = function(contractName, code, address) {
+  this.currentChain.contracts[sha3_256(code)] = {
+    name: contractName,
+    address: address
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbb9f03f..32ce6053 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "grunt": "^0.4.5",
     "hashmerge": "^1.0.2",
     "jasmine": "^2.3.1",
+    "js-sha3": "^0.3.1",
     "meteor-build-client": "^0.1.6",
     "methodmissing": "^0.0.3",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
diff --git a/test/chain_manager.js b/test/chain_manager.js
index b589f9fb..c1426612 100644
--- a/test/chain_manager.js
+++ b/test/chain_manager.js
@@ -11,9 +11,23 @@ describe('embark.chain_manager', function() {
     chainManager.init('development', blockchainConfig);
 
     it('should initialize chain', function() {
-      assert.equal(chainManager.chainManagerConfig['0x629e768beb87dc8c54a475d310a7196e86c97d0006e5a6d34a8217726c90223f'] != undefined, true);
-      assert.equal(chainManager.chainManagerConfig['0x629e768beb87dc8c54a475d310a7196e86c97d0006e5a6d34a8217726c90223f'].contracts.length, 0);
+      var chain = chainManager.chainManagerConfig['0x629e768beb87dc8c54a475d310a7196e86c97d0006e5a6d34a8217726c90223f']
+      assert.equal(chain != undefined, true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('#addContract', function() {
+
+    it('should register a contract in the chain', function() {
+      chainManager.addContract("Foo", "123456", "0x123");
+
+      var chain = chainManager.chainManagerConfig['0x629e768beb87dc8c54a475d310a7196e86c97d0006e5a6d34a8217726c90223f']
+      var contract = chain.contracts["d7190eb194ff9494625514b6d178c87f99c5973e28c398969d2233f2960a573e"]
+
+      assert.equal(contract.name, "Foo");
+      assert.equal(contract.address, "0x123");
     });
 
   });
+
 });