diff --git a/build b/build
index 8340eae..a90ce5f 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ lantern_path="./lantern-build-engine";
 
 config="./.eleventy.js"; # relative to src/
 output_dir="${PWD}/public";
+port_number="5726"
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ if [[ "$#" -lt 1 ]]; then
 	echo -e "    ${CACTION}setup${RS}    - Perform initial setup";
 	echo -e "    ${CACTION}build${RS}    - Build the static site";
 	echo -e "    ${CACTION}watch${RS}    - Watch for changes and rebuild automatically";
+	echo -e "    ${CACTION}server${RS}   - Start a development busybox http server";
+	echo -e "    ${CACTION}launch${RS}   - Do both ${CACTION}server${RS} and ${CACTION}watch${RS}";
 	echo -e "    ${CACTION}serve${RS}    - Start a livereload server";
 	echo -e "";
 	
@@ -84,6 +87,30 @@ task_watch() {
 		stage_end 0;
 	done
 }
+
+task_server() {
+	task_begin "Starting server";
+	busybox httpd -vv -f -p "${port_number}" -h "${output_dir}" &
+	pid="$!"
+	task_end "$?";
+	echo -e "Server started on ${HC}http://$(hostname -I | tr ' ' '\n' | head -n1):${port_number}/${RS}"
+	
+	on_exit() {
+		task_begin "Stopping server";
+		kill "${pid}";
+		task_end "$?";
+	}
+	trap on_exit EXIT;
+	
+	wait
+}
+
+task_launch() {
+	tasks_run server &
+	tasks_run watch &
+	wait
+}
+
 task_serve() {
 	tasks_run watch &
 	sleep 0.2;