diff --git a/src/contract/deploy/CreateContract.ts b/src/contract/deploy/CreateContract.ts
index 67a5105..bd7f2a9 100644
--- a/src/contract/deploy/CreateContract.ts
+++ b/src/contract/deploy/CreateContract.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { JWKInterface } from 'arweave/node/lib/wallet';
 import { SignatureType } from '../../contract/Signature';
 import { Source } from './Source';
+import {EvaluationOptions} from "../../core/modules/StateEvaluator";
+import {WarpPluginType} from "../../core/WarpPlugin";
 
 export type Tags = { name: string; value: string }[];
 
@@ -18,6 +20,11 @@ export const emptyTransfer: ArTransfer = {
   winstonQty: '0'
 };
 
+export type EvaluationManifest = {
+  evaluationOptions: Partial<EvaluationOptions>;
+  plugins: WarpPluginType[]
+}
+
 export interface CommonContractData {
   wallet: ArWallet | SignatureType;
   initState: string;
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ export interface CommonContractData {
     'Content-Type': string;
     body: string | Uint8Array | ArrayBuffer;
   };
+  evaluationManifest?: EvaluationManifest
 }
 
 export interface ContractData extends CommonContractData {
diff --git a/src/contract/deploy/impl/DefaultCreateContract.ts b/src/contract/deploy/impl/DefaultCreateContract.ts
index 3c404f3..0dedc08 100644
--- a/src/contract/deploy/impl/DefaultCreateContract.ts
+++ b/src/contract/deploy/impl/DefaultCreateContract.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class DefaultCreateContract implements CreateContract {
   }
 
   async deploy(contractData: ContractData, disableBundling?: boolean): Promise<ContractDeploy> {
-    const { wallet, initState, tags, transfer, data } = contractData;
+    const { wallet, initState, tags, transfer, data, evaluationManifest } = contractData;
 
     const effectiveUseBundler =
       disableBundling == undefined ? this.warp.definitionLoader.type() == 'warp' : !disableBundling;
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ export class DefaultCreateContract implements CreateContract {
         initState,
         tags,
         transfer,
-        data
+        data,
+        evaluationManifest
       },
       !effectiveUseBundler,
       srcTx
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ export class DefaultCreateContract implements CreateContract {
     srcTx: Transaction = null
   ): Promise<ContractDeploy> {
     this.logger.debug('Creating new contract from src tx');
-    const { wallet, srcTxId, initState, tags, transfer, data } = contractData;
+    const { wallet, srcTxId, initState, tags, transfer, data, evaluationManifest } = contractData;
     this.signature = new Signature(this.warp, wallet);
     const signer = this.signature.signer;
 
@@ -94,6 +95,10 @@ export class DefaultCreateContract implements CreateContract {
       contractTX.addTag(SmartWeaveTags.WARP_TESTNET, '1.0.0');
     }
 
+    if (contractData.evaluationManifest) {
+      contractTX.addTag(SmartWeaveTags.MANIFEST, JSON.stringify(contractData.evaluationManifest));
+    }
+
     await signer(contractTX);
 
     let responseOk: boolean;
diff --git a/src/core/ContractDefinition.ts b/src/core/ContractDefinition.ts
index 82e73f7..4d012aa 100644
--- a/src/core/ContractDefinition.ts
+++ b/src/core/ContractDefinition.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This type contains all data and meta-data of the given contact.
  */
 
-import { ContractType } from '../contract/deploy/CreateContract';
+import {ContractType, EvaluationManifest} from '../contract/deploy/CreateContract';
 
 export class ContractMetadata {
   dtor: number;
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export type ContractDefinition<State> = {
   owner: string;
   contractType: ContractType;
   metadata?: ContractMetadata;
+  manifest?: EvaluationManifest;
   contractTx: any;
   srcTx: any;
   testnet: string | null;
diff --git a/src/core/SmartWeaveTags.ts b/src/core/SmartWeaveTags.ts
index 044cd37..d0a5ed8 100644
--- a/src/core/SmartWeaveTags.ts
+++ b/src/core/SmartWeaveTags.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ export enum SmartWeaveTags {
   WASM_META = 'Wasm-Meta',
   REQUEST_VRF = 'Request-Vrf',
   SIGNATURE_TYPE = 'Signature-Type',
-  WARP_TESTNET = 'Warp-Testnet'
+  WARP_TESTNET = 'Warp-Testnet',
+  MANIFEST = 'Contract-Manifest'
 }
diff --git a/src/core/modules/impl/ContractDefinitionLoader.ts b/src/core/modules/impl/ContractDefinitionLoader.ts
index c4558ef..9facd92 100644
--- a/src/core/modules/impl/ContractDefinitionLoader.ts
+++ b/src/core/modules/impl/ContractDefinitionLoader.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ export class ContractDefinitionLoader implements DefinitionLoader {
       throw new Error('Trying to use non-testnet contract in a testnet env.');
     }
     const minFee = this.tagsParser.getTag(contractTx, SmartWeaveTags.MIN_FEE);
+    let manifest = null;
+    const rawManifest = this.tagsParser.getTag(contractTx, SmartWeaveTags.MANIFEST);
+    if (rawManifest) {
+      manifest = JSON.parse(rawManifest);
+    }
+
     this.logger.debug('Tags decoding', benchmark.elapsed());
     benchmark.reset();
     const s = await this.evalInitialState(contractTx);
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ export class ContractDefinitionLoader implements DefinitionLoader {
       owner,
       contractType,
       metadata,
+      manifest,
       contractTx: contractTx.toJSON(),
       srcTx,
       testnet
diff --git a/src/core/modules/impl/WarpGatewayContractDefinitionLoader.ts b/src/core/modules/impl/WarpGatewayContractDefinitionLoader.ts
index 45091bc..b08c72a 100644
--- a/src/core/modules/impl/WarpGatewayContractDefinitionLoader.ts
+++ b/src/core/modules/impl/WarpGatewayContractDefinitionLoader.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import { ArweaveWrapper } from '../../../utils/ArweaveWrapper';
 import { stripTrailingSlash } from '../../../utils/utils';
 import { DefinitionLoader } from '../DefinitionLoader';
 import { WasmSrc } from './wasm/WasmSrc';
-import { CacheOptions } from '../../WarpFactory';
-import { MemoryLevel } from 'memory-level';
-import { Level } from 'level';
 import { WarpEnvironment } from '../../Warp';
 import { TagsParser } from './TagsParser';
 import { SortKeyCache } from '../../../cache/SortKeyCache';