diff --git a/src/cli/utils.ts b/src/cli/utils.ts
index 7d1fedc..f8c99a2 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils.ts
+++ b/src/cli/utils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import * as Mocha from 'mocha';
 import * as mkdirpCallback from 'mkdirp';
 import * as rimrafCallback from 'rimraf';
 import * as qrcode from 'qrcode-terminal';
-import { writeFile as writeFileCallback, exists as existsCallback } from 'fs';
+import {
+	writeFile as writeFileCallback,
+	exists as existsCallback,
+	readFile as readFileCallback,
+} from 'fs';
 import * as globCallback from 'glob';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ const glob = promisify(globCallback);
 const mkdirp = promisify(mkdirpCallback);
 const rimraf = promisify(rimrafCallback);
 const writeFile = promisify(writeFileCallback);
+const readFile = promisify(readFileCallback);
 
 // It's nice to give people proper stack traces when they have a problem with their code.
 // Trace shows async traces, and Clarify removes internal Node entries.
@@ -389,7 +394,7 @@ export const pathToIdentifier = (filePath: string) => filePath.substr(0, filePat
  */
 export const build = async (contractPath: string) => {
 	// Get the base filename from path and log status
-	const basename = path.basename(contractPath, '.cpp');
+	// const basename = path.basename(contractPath, '.cpp'); // Never Used
 	// Compile contract at path
 	await compileContract(contractPath);
 	// Generate Typescript definitions for contract
@@ -433,6 +438,17 @@ export const compileContract = async (contractPath: string) => {
 	}
 
 	const outputPath = outputPathForContract(contractPath);
+	const buildFlagsPathComponents = path.parse(contractPath);
+	const buildFlagsPath =
+		buildFlagsPathComponents.dir + '/' + buildFlagsPathComponents.name + '.lamflags';
+	let buildFlags = '';
+
+	if (await exists(buildFlagsPath)) {
+		const data = await readFile(buildFlagsPath);
+
+		console.log('\n Adding build flags to compile command: ' + data.toString());
+		buildFlags = data.toString();
+	}
 
 	// Run the compile contract script inside our docker container.
 	await docker
@@ -444,7 +460,7 @@ export const compileContract = async (contractPath: string) => {
 				'bin',
 				'project',
 				contractPath
-			)}" "${outputPath}" "${basename}"`
+			)}" "${outputPath}" "${basename}" ${buildFlags}`
 		)
 		.catch(err => {
 			spinner.fail('Failed to compile');
diff --git a/src/eosManager.ts b/src/eosManager.ts
index 2e60625..2e0af3e 100644
--- a/src/eosManager.ts
+++ b/src/eosManager.ts
@@ -131,9 +131,12 @@ export class EOSManager {
 				return value;
 			})
 			.catch(error => {
-				logOutput(chalk.red('Threw error: ') + error);
-				console.log(
-					chalk.cyan('Payload causing the above error: ') + JSON.stringify(transaction, null, 4)
+				logOutput(
+					chalk.red('Threw error: ') +
+						error +
+						'\n' +
+						chalk.cyan('Payload causing the above error: ') +
+						JSON.stringify(transaction, null, 4)
 				);
 				throw error;
 			});
diff --git a/src/scripts/compile_contract.sh b/src/scripts/compile_contract.sh
index e26f430..0e7baa4 100755
--- a/src/scripts/compile_contract.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/compile_contract.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ PATH="$PATH:/opt/eosio/bin"
 filename="$1"
 outputPath="$2"
 contractName="$3"
+addedBuildFlags="$4"
 
 # Ensure the output directory exists
 mkdir -p "project/$outputPath"
 
 # compile smart contract to wasm and abi files using EOSIO.CDT (Contract Development Toolkit)
 # https://github.com/EOSIO/eosio.cdt
-eosio-cpp -abigen "$filename" -o "project/$outputPath/$contractName.wasm" --contract "$contractName"
+eosio-cpp -abigen "$filename" -o "project/$outputPath/$contractName.wasm" --contract "$contractName" $4
+
+
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 9c97415..57aded7 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ const assertExpectedEOSError = async (
 	try {
 		await operation;
 	} catch (error) {
-		if (verbose_logging) {
-			console.log('Verbose error output: ' + JSON.stringify(error, null, 4));
-		}
 		if (error.json && error.json.error && error.json.error.name) {
 			// Compare error and fail if the error doesn't match the expected
 			assert(