diff --git a/remix-simulator/bin/ethsim b/remix-simulator/bin/ethsim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remix-simulator/bin/ethsim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/remix-simulator/package.json b/remix-simulator/package.json
index 6f4e497247..719f0f1d27 100644
--- a/remix-simulator/package.json
+++ b/remix-simulator/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   ],
   "main": "./index.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
+    "express": "^4.16.3",
     "remix-lib": "latest",
     "standard": "^10.0.3",
     "web3": "1.0.0-beta.27"
@@ -70,4 +72,3 @@
     ]
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/remix-simulator/src/provider.js b/remix-simulator/src/provider.js
index 31f3f99fee..f9939d2b2e 100644
--- a/remix-simulator/src/provider.js
+++ b/remix-simulator/src/provider.js
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ var Provider = function () {
 
 Provider.prototype.sendAsync = function (payload, callback) {
   const self = this
+  console.dir("payload method is ")
+  console.dir(payload.method)
 
   if (payload.method === 'eth_accounts') {
+    console.dir('eth_accounts');
     return callback(null, jsonRPCResponse(payload.id, this.accounts.map((x) => x.address)))
   }
   if (payload.method === 'eth_estimateGas') {
@@ -61,11 +64,42 @@ Provider.prototype.sendAsync = function (payload, callback) {
     let address = payload.params[0]
     // let block = payload.params[1]
 
-    callback(null, jsonRPCResponse(payload.id, self.deployedContracts[address]))
+    callback(null, jsonRPCResponse(payload.id, self.deployedContracts[address] || "0x"))
   }
   if (payload.method === 'eth_call') {
     processTx(this.accounts, payload, true, callback)
   }
+  if (payload.method === 'web3_clientVersion') {
+    callback(null, jsonRPCResponse(payload.id, "Remix Simulator/0.0.1"))
+  }
+  if (payload.method === 'shh_version') {
+    callback(null, jsonRPCResponse(payload.id, 5))
+  }
+  if (payload.method === 'eth_getBlockByNumber') {
+    let b = {
+      "difficulty": "0x0",
+      "extraData": "0x",
+      "gasLimit": "0x7a1200",
+      "gasUsed": "0x0",
+      "hash": "0xdb731f3622ef37b4da8db36903de029220dba74c41185f8429f916058b86559f",
+      "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "miner": "0x3333333333333333333333333333333333333333",
+      "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
+      "number": "0x0",
+      "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+      "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+      "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
+      "size": "0x1f8",
+      "stateRoot": "0xb7917653f92e62394d2207d0f39a1320ff1cb93d1cee80d3c492627e00b219ff",
+      "timestamp": "0x0",
+      "totalDifficulty": "0x0",
+      "transactions": [],
+      "transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
+      "uncles": []
+    }
+    callback(null, jsonRPCResponse(payload.id, b))
+  }
 }
 
 Provider.prototype.isConnected = function () {
diff --git a/remix-simulator/src/server.js b/remix-simulator/src/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f833713307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remix-simulator/src/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const express = require('express')
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
+const app = express()
+const Provider = require('./provider')
+
+var provider = new Provider()
+
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}))
+app.use(bodyParser.json())
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.send('Welcome to remix-simulator')
+});
+
+app.use(function(req,res) { 
+  // url, body, params, method
+  console.log("request ", req.method, req.body)
+  provider.sendAsync(req.body, (err, jsonResponse) => {
+    console.dir("response is ")
+    console.dir(jsonResponse)
+    res.send(jsonResponse)
+  });
+});
+
+app.listen(8545, () => console.log('Example app listening on port 8545!'))
+