4 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/packages/contracts/deploy/solc/bin_paths.ts b/packages/contracts/deploy/solc/bin_paths.ts
index a2d345bd7..e5b107101 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/deploy/solc/bin_paths.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/deploy/solc/bin_paths.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-interface BinaryPaths {
+export interface BinaryPaths {
     [key: string]: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/contracts/deploy/src/utils/contract.ts b/packages/contracts/deploy/src/utils/contract.ts
index 2c8bbb79e..546e82dfb 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/deploy/src/utils/contract.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/deploy/src/utils/contract.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class Contract implements Web3.ContractInstance {
         this._validator = new SchemaValidator();
     }
     private _populateFunctions(): void {
-        const functionsAbi = _.filter(this.abi, abiPart => abiPart.type === AbiType.Function);
+        const functionsAbi = _.filter(this.abi, abiPart => abiPart.type === AbiType.Function) as Web3.FunctionAbi[];
         _.forEach(functionsAbi, (functionAbi: Web3.MethodAbi) => {
             if (functionAbi.constant) {
                 const cbStyleCallFunction = this._contract[functionAbi.name].call;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class Contract implements Web3.ContractInstance {
         });
     }
     private _populateEvents(): void {
-        const eventsAbi = _.filter(this.abi, abiPart => abiPart.type === AbiType.Event);
+        const eventsAbi = _.filter(this.abi, abiPart => abiPart.type === AbiType.Event) as Web3.EventAbi[];
         _.forEach(eventsAbi, (eventAbi: Web3.EventAbi) => {
             this[eventAbi.name] = this._contract[eventAbi.name];
         });
diff --git a/packages/contracts/package.json b/packages/contracts/package.json
index d5bd78fc2..41a7756da 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/package.json
+++ b/packages/contracts/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         "types-bn": "^0.0.1",
         "types-ethereumjs-util": "0xProject/types-ethereumjs-util",
         "typescript": "~2.6.1",
-        "web3-typescript-typings": "^0.7.2",
+        "web3-typescript-typings": "^0.9.0",
         "yargs": "^10.0.3"
     },
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/contracts/tsconfig.json b/packages/contracts/tsconfig.json
index cbcd8ad6d..b3ab06b0d 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/contracts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 {
+    "extends": "../../tsconfig",
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "outDir": "./lib/",
-        "sourceMap": true,
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "target": "es6",
+        "outDir": "lib",
         "baseUrl": ".",
+        "declaration": false,
+        "strictNullChecks": false,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": false,
         "allowJs": true
     },
     "include": [
         "../../node_modules/types-ethereumjs-util/index.d.ts",
-        "../../node_modules/web3-typescript-typings/index.d.ts",
         "../../node_modules/chai-typescript-typings/index.d.ts",
         "../../node_modules/chai-as-promised-typescript-typings/index.d.ts",
         "../../node_modules/types-ethereumjs-util/index.d.ts",