diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/release-gold-base.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/release-gold-base.ts
index 600ca7cce5f..7b022e2adeb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/release-gold-base.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/release-gold-base.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { newReleaseGold } from '@celo/contractkit/lib/generated/ReleaseGold'
 import { ReleaseGoldWrapper } from '@celo/contractkit/lib/wrappers/ReleaseGold'
-import ReleaseGoldArtifact from '@celo/protocol/build/core-contracts.v5/contracts/ReleaseGold.json'
 import { ParserOutput } from '@oclif/parser/lib/parse'
+// import { flags } from '@oclif/command'
+// import { readJsonSync } from 'fs-extra'
+// import ReleaseGoldArtifactfrom '../../ReleaseGold.json'
 import { BaseCommand } from '../base'
 import { Flags } from './command'
 
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ export abstract class ReleaseGoldBaseCommand extends BaseCommand {
   static flags = {
     ...BaseCommand.flags,
     contract: Flags.address({ required: true, description: 'Address of the ReleaseGold Contract' }),
+    // verifyBytecode: flags.boolean({ required: false, default: false, description: 'Verify bytecode of contract'}),
+    // verifyStorage: flags.string({ required: false, description: 'Path to json where grant is specified'}),
   }
 
   private _contractAddress: string | null = null
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ export abstract class ReleaseGoldBaseCommand extends BaseCommand {
   get contractAddress() {
     if (!this._contractAddress) {
       const res: ParserOutput<any, any> = this.parse()
-      this._contractAddress = String(res.flags.contract)
+      this._contractAddress = res.flags.contract as string
     }
     return this._contractAddress
   }
@@ -32,16 +36,22 @@ export abstract class ReleaseGoldBaseCommand extends BaseCommand {
   async init() {
     await super.init()
     if (!this._releaseGoldWrapper) {
-      const runtimeBytecode = await this.web3.eth.getCode(this.contractAddress)
-      if (runtimeBytecode !== ReleaseGoldArtifact.deployedBytecode) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Contract at ${this.contractAddress} does not match expected ReleaseGold bytecode`
-        )
-      }
+      // const res: ParserOutput<any, any> = this.parse()
+      // if (res.flags.verifyBytecode as boolean) {
+      //   const runtimeBytecode = await this.web3.eth.getCode(this.contractAddress)
+      //   if (runtimeBytecode !== ReleaseGoldArtifact.deployedBytecode) {
+      //     throw new Error(
+      //       `Contract at ${this.contractAddress} does not match expected ReleaseGold bytecode`
+      //     )
+      //   }
+      // }
       this._releaseGoldWrapper = new ReleaseGoldWrapper(
         this.kit,
         newReleaseGold(this.kit.connection.web3, this.contractAddress)
       )
+      // if (res.flags.verifyStorage) {
+      //   const grant = readJsonSync(res.flags.verifyStorage, {})
+      // }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
index 6af7123508d..c231fb9ff65 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     "target": "es6",
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
-  "include": ["src", "../contractkit/types", "types/hw-transport-node-hid.d.ts"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "../contractkit/types", "types/hw-transport-node-hid.d.ts", ],
   "references": [{ "path": "../sdk/utils" }, { "path": "../sdk/contractkit" }]
 }