diff --git a/api/server.js b/api/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2df9d52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// if you want to run the Just the API server without front-end run this file
+var Hapi    = require('hapi');
+var Basic   = require('hapi-auth-basic');
+var AuthJWT = require('hapi-auth-jwt2')
+var Joi     = require('joi');
+var lout    = require('lout');
+var ES      = require('esta');  // https://github.com/nelsonic/esta
+var port    = process.env.PORT || 1337; // heroku define port or use 1337
+var server  = new Hapi.Server();
+
+server.connection({ port: port });
+
+var routes = require('./routes.js');
+
+server.register([ {register: Basic}, {register: AuthJWT}, { register: lout } ], function (err) {
+
+  server.auth.strategy('basic', 'basic', {
+    validateFunc: require('./lib/auth_basic_validate.js')
+  });
+
+  server.auth.strategy('jwt', 'jwt', 'required',  {
+    key: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
+    validateFunc: require('./lib/auth_jwt_validate.js')
+  });
+
+  server.route(routes);
+
+});
+
+server.start();
+console.log('Now Visit: http://localhost:'+port);
+
+module.exports = server;
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 36a050cb..11b43bf9 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ server.register([ {register: Basic}, {register: AuthJWT} ], function (err) {
 
 });
 
-server.start(function() {
-    console.log('Now Visit: http://localhost:'+port);
-});
+server.start();
+console.log('Now Visit: http://localhost:'+port);
 
 module.exports = server;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b94e56c0..72c4b8c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 {
   "name": "atimer",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "description": "Track any time-based activity",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "api":"node ./api/server.js",
     "codeclimate": "CODECLIMATE_REPO_TOKEN=0839d00dd01047ffadfb3c56bf9c9baa0047179de582a47517e3f558ad4eafff ./node_modules/codeclimate-test-reporter/bin/codeclimate.js < ./coverage/lcov.info",
     "coverage": "./node_modules/.bin/istanbul cover ./node_modules/tape/bin/tape ./api/test/*.js | node_modules/tap-spec/bin/cmd.js && ./node_modules/.bin/istanbul check-coverage --statements 100 --functions 100 --lines 100 --branches 100",
     "jshint": "./node_modules/jshint/bin/jshint -c .jshintrc --exclude-path .gitignore .",
     "start": "node app.js",
     "test": "node ./node_modules/tape/bin/tape ./api/test/*.js | node_modules/tap-spec/bin/cmd.js",
     "spec": "node ./node_modules/tape/bin/tape ./api/test/*.js | node_modules/tap-spec/bin/cmd.js"
-
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@
     "aguid": "^1.0.3",
     "bcrypt": "^0.8.1",
     "boom": "^2.6.1",
-    "esta": "^3.0.1",
+    "esta": "^3.2.0",
     "hapi": "^8.2.0",
     "hapi-auth-basic": "^2.0.0",
     "hapi-auth-jwt2": "^3.2.1",
     "hoek": "^2.11.0",
     "joi": "^6.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^4.1.0",
+    "lout": "^6.2.1",
     "perma": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {