diff --git a/contract/create_contract.py b/contract/create_contract.py
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+import sys
+import json
+import urllib2, urllib
+from eth_rpc_client import Client
+
+
+def test_connectivity(ip):
+
+    client = Client(host=ip, port="54501")
+    coinbase = client.get_coinbase()
+    if coinbase: return coinbase
+    return False
+
+
+def get_balance(addr):
+    balance = Client.get_balance(addr, block="latest")
+    if balance: return balance
+    return False
+
+
+def get_compilers(addr, rpcport):
+
+    postdata = '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getCompilers","params":[],"id":1}'
+    service_url = "http://%s:%s" % (addr, rpcport)
+    req = urllib2.Request(service_url, postdata)
+
+    try:
+        handle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+        json_response = handle.read()
+        res = json.loads(json_response)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print e
+        return False
+
+    if res and res['result'][0] == "Solidity":
+        return True
+    return False
+
+    
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        addr = test_connectivity(sys.argv[1])
+        if addr > 0:
+            if get_compilers("127.0.0.1", "54501"):
+                print "Compiler exists."
+            else:
+                print "Compiler not loaded"
+                sys.exit(0)
+        
+    else:
+        print "Specify ip-address of RPC-server as first argument."
+        sys.exit()