diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/client/src/components/output-tab.tsx b/tools/webide/packages/client/src/components/output-tab.tsx
index 0f6cad87e..22e0a397c 100644
--- a/tools/webide/packages/client/src/components/output-tab.tsx
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/client/src/components/output-tab.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export const OutputTabComponent = (props: {
 
   return (
     <Container visible={props.selected}>
-      {output.length !== 0 && (
+      {!(loading.loading || output.length === 0) && (
         <OutputToolbarComponent
           onCopy={() => copyOutput(preRef.current)}
           onDownload={() => downloadOutput(preRef.current)}
diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/client/src/redux/actions/deploy.ts b/tools/webide/packages/client/src/redux/actions/deploy.ts
index e8b8c2d9e..ffc62c966 100644
--- a/tools/webide/packages/client/src/redux/actions/deploy.ts
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/client/src/redux/actions/deploy.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Tezos } from '@taquito/taquito';
 import { TezBridgeSigner } from '@taquito/tezbridge-signer';
 import { Dispatch } from 'redux';
 
-import { compileContract, compileExpression, deploy, getErrorMessage } from '../../services/api';
+import { compileContract, compileStorage, deploy, getErrorMessage } from '../../services/api';
 import { AppState } from '../app';
 import { MichelsonFormat } from '../compile';
 import { DoneLoadingAction, UpdateLoadingAction } from '../loading';
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ export class DeployAction extends CancellableAction {
     }
 
     dispatch({ ...new UpdateLoadingAction('Compiling storage...') });
-    const michelsonStorage = await compileExpression(
+    const michelsonStorage = await compileStorage(
       editorState.language,
+      editorState.code,
+      deployState.entrypoint,
       deployState.storage,
       MichelsonFormat.Json
     );
diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/client/src/services/api.ts b/tools/webide/packages/client/src/services/api.ts
index 14d89b391..39defca87 100644
--- a/tools/webide/packages/client/src/services/api.ts
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/client/src/services/api.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ export async function compileExpression(
   return response.data;
 }
 
+export async function compileStorage(
+  syntax: Language,
+  code: string,
+  entrypoint: string,
+  storage: string,
+  format?: string
+) {
+  const response = await axios.post('/api/compile-storage', {
+    syntax,
+    code,
+    entrypoint,
+    storage,
+    format
+  });
+  return response.data;
+}
+
 export async function dryRun(
   syntax: Language,
   code: string,
diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/common-utils.js b/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/common-utils.js
index 4b6c53cc1..68cddbadc 100644
--- a/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/common-utils.js
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/common-utils.js
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ exports.verifyAllExamples = async (action, done) => {
   done();
 };
 
+exports.verifyWithParameter = async (command, parameter, value, action, done) => {
+  await page.click('#command-select');
+  await page.click(`#${command}`);
+
+  await page.click(`#${parameter}`);
+  await exports.clearText(page.keyboard);
+  await page.keyboard.type(value);
+
+  expect(await action()).toEqual(`Error: "${parameter}" is not allowed to be empty`);
+
+  done();
+}
+
 exports.verifyWithBlankParameter = async (command, parameter, action, done) => {
   await page.click('#command-select');
   await page.click(`#${command}`);
diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/deploy.spec.js b/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/deploy.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba0424565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/e2e/test/deploy.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const commonUtils = require('./common-utils');
+
+const API_HOST = commonUtils.API_HOST;
+
+const runCommandAndGetOutputFor = commonUtils.runCommandAndGetOutputFor;
+const clearText = commonUtils.clearText;
+
+const COMMAND = 'deploy';
+const COMMAND_ENDPOINT = 'deploy';
+
+async function deploy() {
+  return await runCommandAndGetOutputFor(COMMAND, COMMAND_ENDPOINT);
+}
+
+describe('Deploy contract', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => jest.setTimeout(60000));
+
+  beforeEach(async () => await page.goto(API_HOST));
+
+  it('should deploy', async done => {
+    expect(await deploy()).toContain('The contract was successfully deployed to the babylonnet test network.');
+
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('should fail to deploy contract with invalid storage', async done => {
+    await page.click('#command-select');
+    await page.click(`#deploy`);
+
+    await page.click(`#storage`);
+    await clearText(page.keyboard);
+    await page.keyboard.type('asdf');
+
+    expect(await deploy()).toContain('Error: ');
+
+    done();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/server/src/ligo-compiler.ts b/tools/webide/packages/server/src/ligo-compiler.ts
index b239cab73..53b575b3c 100644
--- a/tools/webide/packages/server/src/ligo-compiler.ts
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/server/src/ligo-compiler.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export class LigoCompiler {
     format: string
   ) {
     const { name, remove } = await this.createTemporaryFile(code);
+
     try {
       const result = await this.execPromise(this.ligoCmd, [
         'compile-contract',
@@ -148,6 +149,33 @@ export class LigoCompiler {
     return result;
   }
 
+  async compileStorage(
+    syntax: string,
+    code: string,
+    entrypoint: string,
+    format: string,
+    storage: string
+  ) {
+    const { name, remove } = await this.createTemporaryFile(code);
+
+    try {
+      const result = await this.execPromise(this.ligoCmd, [
+        'compile-storage',
+        '--michelson-format',
+        format,
+        '-s',
+        syntax,
+        name,
+        entrypoint,
+        storage
+      ]);
+
+      return result;
+    } finally {
+      remove();
+    }
+  }
+
   async dryRun(
     syntax: string,
     code: string,
diff --git a/tools/webide/packages/server/test/ligo-compiler.spec.ts b/tools/webide/packages/server/test/ligo-compiler.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5dbd0109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/webide/packages/server/test/ligo-compiler.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { LigoCompiler } from '../src/ligo-compiler';
+
+const PASCALIGO_CODE = `
+type action is
+| Increment of int
+| Decrement of int
+
+function add (const a : int ; const b : int) : int is
+  block { skip } with a + b
+
+function subtract (const a : int ; const b : int) : int is
+  block { skip } with a - b
+
+function main (const p : action ; const s : int) :
+  (list(operation) * int) is
+  block { skip } with ((nil : list(operation)),
+  case p of
+  | Increment(n) -> add(s, n)
+  | Decrement(n) -> subtract(s, n)
+  end)
+`;
+
+describe('Ligo compiler', () => {
+  it('should compile storage', async done => {
+    const michelsonCode = await new LigoCompiler().compileStorage(
+      'pascaligo',
+      PASCALIGO_CODE,
+      'main',
+      'json',
+      '0'
+    );
+
+    expect(michelsonCode.trim()).toEqual('{ "int": "0" }');
+
+    done();
+  });
+});