diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/pluginManager.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/pluginManager.test.ts
index bd3225535b..037b24e168 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/pluginManager.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/pluginManager.test.ts
@@ -150,5 +150,6 @@ module.exports = {
     })
     .end()
   },
+  
   tearDown: sauce
 }
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/publishContract.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/publishContract.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2be4ac981d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/publishContract.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+'use strict'
+import { NightwatchBrowser } from "nightwatch"
+import init from '../helpers/init'
+import sauce from './sauce'
+
+module.exports = {
+  before: function (browser: NightwatchBrowser, done: VoidFunction) {
+    init(browser, done)
+  },
+
+  '@sources': function () {
+    return []
+  },
+
+  'Publish on IPFS': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
+    .clickLaunchIcon('fileExplorers')
+    .openFile('browser/3_Ballot.sol')
+    .verifyContracts(['Ballot'])
+    .click('#publishOnIpfs')
+    .getModalBody((value, done) => {
+      if (value.indexOf('Metadata of "ballot" was published successfully.') === -1) browser.assert.fail('ipfs deploy failed', '', '')
+      if (value.indexOf('dweb:/ipfs') === -1) browser.assert.fail('ipfs deploy failed', '', '')
+      done()
+    })
+    .modalFooterOKClick()
+  },
+
+  'Publish on Swarm': '' + function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .click('#publishOnSwarm')
+    .getModalBody((value, done) => {
+      if (value.indexOf('Metadata of "ballot" was successfully.') === -1) browser.assert.fail('swarm deploy failed', '', '')
+      if (value.indexOf('bzz') === -1) browser.assert.fail('swarm deploy failed', '', '')
+      done()
+    })
+    .modalFooterOKClick()
+  },
+
+  'Should publish contract metadata to ipfs on deploy': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('fileExplorers')
+    .openFile('browser/1_Storage.sol')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
+    .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="contractDropdownIpfsCheckbox"]')
+    .click('*[data-id="contractDropdownIpfsCheckbox"]')
+    .click('*[data-id="Deploy - transact (not payable)"]')
+    .pause(5000)
+    .assert.containsText('*[data-id="modalDialogModalBody"]', 'Metadata of "storage" was published successfully.')
+    .modalFooterOKClick()
+  },
+
+  'Should remember choice after page refresh': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+    .refresh()
+    .openFile('browser/1_Storage.sol')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
+    .waitForElementVisible('*[data-id="contractDropdownIpfsCheckbox"]')
+    .verify.elementPresent('*[data-id="contractDropdownIpfsCheckbox"]:checked')
+    .end()
+  },
+
+  tearDown: sauce
+}