diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
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index 00000000..c2658d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.gitignore
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+node_modules/
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
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+++ b/server/index.js
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+'use strict';
+
+var path = require('path');
+
+var express = require('express');
+var app = express();
+
+var port = process.env.PORT || 80;
+
+app.use('/lacuna', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '..')));
+
+app.listen(port, function() {
+  console.log('Listening on http://localhost:' + port + ' for requests.');
+});
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
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+++ b/server/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "server",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Quick server to serve the files required to run the client.",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "author": "Nathan McCallum <onevasari@gmail.com> (https://github.com/1vasari)",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.12.3"
+  }
+}