diff --git a/bin/near b/bin/near
index 50e69fd9..985dbf7b 100755
--- a/bin/near
+++ b/bin/near
@@ -16,19 +16,10 @@ const deploy = {
   command: 'deploy',
   desc: 'deploy your smart contract',
   builder: (yargs) => yargs
-    .option('nodeUrl', {
-      desc: 'Near node url',
-      type: 'string',
-      default: 'http://localhost:3030'
-    })
     .option('wasmFile', {
       desc: 'Path to wasm file to deploy',
       type: 'string',
       default: './out/main.wasm'
-    })
-    .option('accountId', {
-      desc: 'Your developer account id. If you have only one account, that one will be selected by default',
-      type: 'string',
     }),
   handler: (argv) => exitOnError(main.deploy(argv))
 };
@@ -54,17 +45,7 @@ const build = {
 const createAccount = {
   command: 'create_account',
   desc: 'create a developer account',
-  builder: (yargs) => yargs
-    .option('nodeUrl', {
-      desc: 'Near node url',
-      type: 'string',
-      default: 'http://localhost:3030'
-    })
-    .option('accountId', {
-      desc: 'Unique identifier for the new account',
-      type: 'string',
-      required: true
-    }),
+  builder: (yargs) => yargs,
   handler: (argv) => exitOnError(main.createDevAccount(argv))
 };
 
@@ -92,12 +73,29 @@ const newProject = {
   handler: (argv) => exitOnError(main.newProject(argv))
 };
 
+const config = require(process.cwd() + '/src/config')(process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development');
 yargs // eslint-disable-line
+  .option('nodeUrl', {
+    desc: 'NEAR node URL',
+    type: 'string',
+    default: 'http://localhost:3030'
+  })
+  .option('helperUrl', {
+    desc: 'NEAR contract helper URL',
+    type: 'string',
+    default: 'http://localhost:3030'
+  })
+  .option('accountId', {
+    desc: 'Unique identifier for the new account',
+    type: 'string',
+    required: true
+  })
   .command(createAccount)
   .command(build)
   .command(deploy)
   .command(clean)
   .command(newProject)
+  .config(config)
   .alias({
     'accountId': ['account_id', 'contractName', 'contract_name'],
     'nodeUrl': 'node_url',
diff --git a/blank_project/src/config.js b/blank_project/src/config.js
index 363ee11b..8983c6ff 100644
--- a/blank_project/src/config.js
+++ b/blank_project/src/config.js
@@ -8,20 +8,13 @@
             case 'development':
                 return {
                     nodeUrl: 'https://studio.nearprotocol.com/devnet',
-                    baseUrl: 'https://studio.nearprotocol.com/contract-api',
+                    helperUrl: 'https://studio.nearprotocol.com/contract-api',
                     contractName: CONTRACT_NAME,
-                    deps: {
-                        createAccount: (accountId, publicKey) =>
-                            nearlib.dev.createAccountWithContractHelper(
-                                { baseUrl: 'https://studio.nearprotocol.com/contract-api' }, accountId, publicKey)
-                    }
                 };
             case 'local':
             case 'test':
                 return {
-                    deps: {
-                        createAccount: nearlib.dev.createAccountWithLocalNodeConnection
-                    },
+                    nodeUrl: 'http://localhost:8080',
                     contractName: CONTRACT_NAME
                 };
             default:
@@ -29,7 +22,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    const cookieConfig = Cookies.getJSON('fiddleConfig');
+    const cookieConfig = typeof Cookies != 'undefined' && Cookies.getJSON('fiddleConfig');
     if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
         module.exports = getConfig;
     } else {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ecbc03c2..47a3bec7 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -33,25 +33,19 @@ exports.clean = async function() {
 };
 
 // Only works for dev environments
-exports.createDevAccount = async function(argv) {
+exports.createDevAccount = async function(options) {
     const keyPair = await KeyPair.fromRandomSeed();
-    const accountId = argv.accountId;
-    const nodeUrl = argv.nodeUrl;
 
-    const options = {
-        nodeUrl,
-        accountId,
-        useDevAccount: true,
-        deps: {
-            keyStore: new InMemoryKeyStore(),
-            storage: {},
-        }
+    options.useDevAccount = true;
+    options.deps = {
+        keyStore: new InMemoryKeyStore(),
+        storage: {},
     };
 
     await neardev.connect(options);
-    await neardev.createAccountWithLocalNodeConnection(accountId, keyPair.getPublicKey());
+    await options.deps.createAccount(options.accountId, keyPair.getPublicKey());
     const keyStore = new UnencryptedFileSystemKeyStore();
-    keyStore.setKey(accountId, keyPair);
+    keyStore.setKey(options.accountId, keyPair);
 };
 
 async function deployContractAndWaitForTransaction(accountId, data, near) {
@@ -60,36 +54,30 @@ async function deployContractAndWaitForTransaction(accountId, data, near) {
     return waitResult;
 }
 
-exports.deploy = async function(argv) {
+exports.deploy = async function(options) {
+    console.log('deploy', options);
     const keyStore = new UnencryptedFileSystemKeyStore();
-    let accountId = argv.accountId;
-    if (!accountId) {
+    if (!options.accountId) {
         // see if we only have one account in keystore and just use that.
         const accountIds = await keyStore.getAccountIds();
         if (accountIds.length == 1) {
-            accountId = accountIds[0];
+            options.accountId = accountIds[0];
         }
     }
-    if (!accountId) {
-        throw new Error('Please provide account id and make sure you created an account using near create_account');
+    if (!options.accountId) {
+        throw new Error('Please provide account id and make sure you created an account using `near create_account`');
     }
-    const nodeUrl = argv.nodeUrl;
-    const options = {
-        nodeUrl,
-        accountId,
-        deps: {
-          keyStore,
-          storage: {},
-        }
+    options.deps = {
+        keyStore,
+        storage: {},
     };
 
     const near = await neardev.connect(options);
-    const contractData = [...fs.readFileSync(argv.wasmFile)];
+    const contractData = [...fs.readFileSync(options.wasmFile)];
 
     console.log(
-        "Starting deployment. Account id " + accountId + ", contract " + accountId + ", url " + nodeUrl, ", file " + argv.wasmFile);
-    const res = await deployContractAndWaitForTransaction(
-        accountId, contractData, near);
+        `Starting deployment. Account id: ${options.accountId}, node: ${options.nodeUrl}, helper: ${options.helperUrl}, file: ${options.wasmFile}`);
+    const res = await deployContractAndWaitForTransaction(options.accountId, contractData, near);
     if (res.status == "Completed") {
         console.log("Deployment succeeded.");
     } else {