diff --git a/sdk/js/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/js/ContractTemplate.scala b/sdk/js/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/js/ContractTemplate.scala
index 7b3d1dd19a..941b181f46 100644
--- a/sdk/js/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/js/ContractTemplate.scala
+++ b/sdk/js/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/js/ContractTemplate.scala
@@ -112,12 +112,8 @@ object ContractTemplate extends js.Object {
     * @return a new contract template.
     */
   def fromJsonString(json: String): ContractTemplate = {
-    io.circe.parser.parse(json) match {
-      case Left(err) => throw err
-      case Right(json) =>
-        val ct = sdk.ContractTemplate.jsonEncoder.decoder(json.hcursor).toOption.get
-        ContractTemplate.isoToSdk.from(ct)
-    }
+    val ct = sdk.ContractTemplate.fromJsonString(json)
+    ContractTemplate.isoToSdk.from(ct)
   }
 
   private val constsIso = isoUndefOr(isoArrayToIndexed(isoUndefOr(sigma.ast.js.isoValueToConstant)))
diff --git a/sdk/shared/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/ContractTemplate.scala b/sdk/shared/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/ContractTemplate.scala
index 8da420bee6..60d906e31c 100644
--- a/sdk/shared/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/ContractTemplate.scala
+++ b/sdk/shared/src/main/scala/org/ergoplatform/sdk/ContractTemplate.scala
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package org.ergoplatform.sdk
 
-import cats.syntax.either._  // required for Scala 2.11
+import cats.syntax.either._ // required for Scala 2.11
 import debox.cfor
 import io.circe._
 import io.circe.syntax.EncoderOps
+import org.ergoplatform.sdk
 import org.ergoplatform.sdk.utils.SerializationUtils.{parseString, serializeString}
 import org.ergoplatform.sdk.utils.Zero
 import sigma.Evaluation
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import sigma.ast.ErgoTree.{ZeroHeader, headerWithVersion, setConstantSegregation
 import sigma.ast._
 import sigma.ast.syntax.SigmaPropValue
 import sigma.serialization._
+
 import java.util.Objects
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
@@ -206,6 +208,21 @@ object ContractTemplate {
     new ContractTemplate(None, name, description, constTypes, constValues, parameters, expressionTree)
   }
 
+  /** Create a new contract template from a JSON string.
+    *
+    * @param json JSON string representing a contract template.
+    * @return a new contract template.
+    */
+  def fromJsonString(json: String): ContractTemplate = {
+    io.circe.parser.parse(json) match {
+      case Left(err) => throw err
+      case Right(json) =>
+        val ct = sdk.ContractTemplate.jsonEncoder.decoder(json.hcursor).toOption.get
+        ct
+    }
+  }
+
+
   object serializer extends SigmaSerializer[ContractTemplate, ContractTemplate] {
 
     override def serialize(data: ContractTemplate, w: SigmaByteWriter): Unit = {