diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/extra.js b/packages/contract-cli/extra.js
index 3037529ee7b43eaedfebf1ebe9773cb40328dc9a..edde258a042c0d46eaaf3a4262bba6c0d5d1dfdc 100644
--- a/packages/contract-cli/extra.js
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/extra.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // so make this available in different places
 const fsx = require('fs-extra')
 const { join } = require('path')
+const nbSplitTasks = require('nb-split-tasks')
+
 const contractApi = require('./index')
 const { DEFAULT_CONTRACT_FILE_NAME, PUBLIC_CONTRACT_FILE_NAME } = require('jsonql-constants')
 
@@ -42,8 +44,25 @@ const contractGenerator = function(opts, pub = false, start = false) {
   })
 }
 
+/**
+ * Export a new function that will call the split.js file
+ * and run the call in the another process
+ * @param {object} config configuration
+ * @param {boolean} [pub=false] default private contract, true for public
+ * @return {promise} resolve the contract
+ */
+const splitContractGenerator = function(config, pub = false) {
+  const pathToFn = join(__dirname, 'split.js')
+  const args = [config, pub]
+  const returnType = config.returnAs === 'json' ? 'object' : 'array'
+  return nbSplitTasks(pathToFn, [args], returnType)
+    .then(contract => returnType === 'array' ? contract[0] : contract) 
+}
+
+
 // export
 module.exports = {
   contractGenerator,
-  readContract
+  readContract,
+  splitContractGenerator
 }
diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/package.json b/packages/contract-cli/package.json
index 6a401d9baaeeb81a6635cb3dce23a37934447d56..9c383f6297d872723565bf3e87676bf031196a0a 100755
--- a/packages/contract-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/package.json
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "jsonql-contract",
-  "version": "1.8.2",
+  "version": "1.8.3",
   "description": "JS API / command line tool to generate the contract.json for jsonql",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
     "src",
     "cli.js",
     "index.js",
-    "extra.js"
+    "extra.js",
+    "split.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "DEBUG=jsonql-contract:* node ./test.js",
diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/split.js b/packages/contract-cli/split.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..301fbd3b2fbe5698fcd565b3645dfaf3336cfdb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/split.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// try to create a self reference split-task file
+const { contractGenerator, readContract } = require('./extra')
+
+/**
+ * For split task to import this method
+ * @param {object} config configuration
+ * @param {boolean} pub public or not
+ * @return {promise} resolve the contract
+ */
+module.exports = function splitGetContract(config, pub) {
+  return new Promise((resolver, rejecter) => {
+    if (config) {
+      let contract = readContract(config.contractDir, pub)
+      if (contract !== false) {
+        return resolver(contract)
+      }
+      contractGenerator(config, pub)
+        .then(contract => {
+          resolver(contract)
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
+          rejecter(error)
+        })
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/contract-cli/tests/split-task.test.js b/packages/contract-cli/tests/split-task.test.js
index 4678a1735a344a436babc23486de6e83632b6aef..e1363dc366c67dcb082d78c332ad4b36c5b50ffa 100644
--- a/packages/contract-cli/tests/split-task.test.js
+++ b/packages/contract-cli/tests/split-task.test.js
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ const { join } = require('path')
 const debug = require('debug')('jsonql-contract:test:split')
 const { EXT } = require('jsonql-constants')
 const nbSplitTasks = require('nb-split-tasks')
+const fsx = require('fs-extra')
 // import method frr testing
 const { getResolverFiles } = require('../src/generator/read-files-out-contract')
 const { splitTask } = require('../src/generator/split-task')
+const { splitContractGenerator } = require('../extra')
+
 const { applyDefaultOptions } = require('../src')
 const {
   getResolver,
@@ -16,50 +19,52 @@ const {
 } = require('../src/generator/get-resolver')
 
 const resolverDir = join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'koa-resolvers')
+const contractDir = join(__dirname, 'tmp', 'split-test')
 
 test.before(t => {
-
+  fsx.removeSync(contractDir)
 })
 
-test.cb.skip(`First test the splitTask in a different environment`, t => {
-  t.plan(1)
-  const pathToFn = join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'generator', 'sub', 'test.js')
-  let args = [];
-  for (let i=0; i<10; ++i) {
-    args.push([{idx: i+1}])
-  }
-
-  nbSplitTasks(pathToFn, args, 'array')
-    .then(result => {
-      t.true(Array.isArray(result))
-      t.end()
-    })
+test.after(t=> {
+  fsx.removeSync(contractDir)
 })
 
 test.cb(`It should able to split the task and return an array`, t => {
   t.plan(2)
 
-  applyDefaultOptions({
-    resolverDir
-  })
-  .then(config => {
-    return getResolverFiles(resolverDir, EXT)
-      .then(files => {
-        // prepare the payloads
-        t.truthy(files.length)
-        // create payload for task
-        const payload = {
-          files,
-          config,
-          resolverDir, // we should take this option out later
-          fileType: EXT // this also should be taken out
-        }
-        return splitTask('pre', payload)
-      })
-      .then(result => {
-        debug(result)
-        t.pass()
-        t.end()
+  applyDefaultOptions({ resolverDir })
+    .then(config => {
+      return getResolverFiles(resolverDir, EXT)
+        .then(files => {
+          // prepare the payloads
+          t.truthy(files.length)
+          // create payload for task
+          const payload = {
+            files,
+            config,
+            resolverDir, // we should take this option out later
+            fileType: EXT // this also should be taken out
+          }
+          return splitTask('pre', payload)
+        })
+        .then(result => {
+          debug(result)
+          t.pass()
+          t.end()
+        })
       })
+})
+
+test.only(`It should able to call a self reference splitContractGenerator`, async t => {
+  const contract = await splitContractGenerator({
+    resolverDir,
+    contractDir,
+    returnAs: 'json'
   })
+
+  // debug(contract)
+  t.pass()
+  // if return as is NOT json then it will be the path to the json
+  // t.true(fsx.existsSync(join(contractDir, 'contract.json')))
+
 })
diff --git a/packages/koa/contract.js b/packages/koa/contract.js
index 2bf5d0755d44f8bd9142cc29212159b5780aa2b1..d05b99e76eb5e960d2cdfc62aeee7e803e99487e 100644
--- a/packages/koa/contract.js
+++ b/packages/koa/contract.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // @1.1.4 We move the contract generator to the top level
 // so you could do import generator from 'jsonql-koa/contract'
 // and pre-generate the contract to supply both the koa / ws setup
-const { configCheck } = require('./src');
-const contractApi = require('jsonql-contract');
+const { configCheck } = require('./src')
+const contractApi = require('jsonql-contract')
 
 /**
  * Wrap this in a promise
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ module.exports = function(config, pub = false) {
       resolverDir,
       enableAuth
     })
-  );
-};
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/node-client/package.json b/packages/node-client/package.json
index 25c9e7e69c9f5237bbe5c4bfad9a209f4be2c6df..fd53c816461431bda10f6ebb2fc83d14e721d67a 100755
--- a/packages/node-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/node-client/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "^2.4.0",
-    "jsonql-contract": "^1.8.1",
+    "jsonql-contract": "^1.8.2",
     "jsonql-koa": "^1.4.0",
     "jsonql-ws-server": "^1.3.5",
     "nyc": "^14.1.1",
diff --git a/packages/node-client/tests/jwt.test.js b/packages/node-client/tests/jwt.test.js
index f834295646bc1bee24a9fc97accc2cade9d14e00..1ed43f4afebba97bf2a27e413535064dbe821fbd 100644
--- a/packages/node-client/tests/jwt.test.js
+++ b/packages/node-client/tests/jwt.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const port = 8890;
 const username = 'joel';
 
 test.before(async t => {
+  // make sure the folder is clean
+  fsx.removeSync(contractDir)
+  
   const { stop } = await server(port, {
     contractDir,
     keysDir,