diff --git a/src/contract-load.ts b/src/contract-load.ts
index 9168fa5..1a7440b 100644
--- a/src/contract-load.ts
+++ b/src/contract-load.ts
@@ -63,13 +63,12 @@ export function createContractExecutionEnvironment(
   contractSrc: string,
   contractId: string,
   contractOwner: string,
+  customReadContract?: any,
 ) {
   const returningSrc = normalizeContractSource(contractSrc);
-  const swGlobal = new SmartWeaveGlobal(arweave, { id: contractId, owner: contractOwner });
+  const swGlobal = new SmartWeaveGlobal(arweave, { id: contractId, owner: contractOwner, customReadContract });
   const getContractFunction = new Function(returningSrc); // eslint-disable-line
 
-  // console.log(returningSrc);
-
   return {
     handler: getContractFunction(swGlobal, BigNumber, clarity) as ContractHandler,
     swGlobal,
diff --git a/src/contract-step.ts b/src/contract-step.ts
index 8f042ea..331a56d 100644
--- a/src/contract-step.ts
+++ b/src/contract-step.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export interface ContractInteractionResult {
  * @param contractSrc   the source code of the contract
  * @param input         the input interaction, should be a plain Js object
  * @param state         the current state of the contract
- * @param caller        the wallet address of the caller who is interacting with the contract
  */
 export async function execute(
   handler: ContractHandler,
diff --git a/src/smartweave-global.ts b/src/smartweave-global.ts
index 7ce2f0c..07258eb 100644
--- a/src/smartweave-global.ts
+++ b/src/smartweave-global.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ export class SmartWeaveGlobal {
     return !this._activeTx;
   }
 
-  constructor(arweave: Arweave, contract: { id: string; owner: string }) {
+  constructor(
+    arweave: Arweave,
+    contract: {
+      id: string;
+      owner: string;
+      customReadContract: (arweave: Arweave, contractId: string, height?: number, returnValidity?: boolean) => any;
+    },
+  ) {
     this.unsafeClient = arweave;
     this.arweave = {
       ar: arweave.ar,
@@ -57,9 +64,12 @@ export class SmartWeaveGlobal {
     this.contract = contract;
     this.transaction = new Transaction(this);
     this.block = new Block(this);
+
+    const readContractFn = contract.customReadContract || readContract;
+
     this.contracts = {
       readContractState: (contractId: string, height?: number, returnValidity?: boolean) =>
-        readContract(
+        readContractFn(
           arweave,
           contractId,
           height || (this._isDryRunning ? Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY : this.block.height),