diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 265003d..27e0b78 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -66,5 +66,4 @@ for lib_path in libs_to_copy:
     installed_libs = env_client.Install(BIN_DIR, lib_path)
     env_client.Depends('%s/%s' % (BIN_DIR, client_name), installed_libs)
 env_client.Program('%s/%s' % (BIN_DIR, client_name), sources_client)
-# turn this back on when we have any server sources present
-#env_server.Program('%s/%s' % (BIN_DIR, server_name), sources_server)
+env_server.Program('%s/%s' % (BIN_DIR, server_name), sources_server)
diff --git a/src/server/main.cc b/src/server/main.cc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df10f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int port = 59243;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        static struct option long_options[] = {
+            {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
+            {NULL, 0, 0, 0}
+        };
+        int opt_index = 0;
+        int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "p:",
+                long_options, &opt_index);
+        if (c == -1)
+            break;
+        switch (c)
+        {
+            case 'p':
+                port = atoi(optarg);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* TODO: make this work... */
+#if 0
+    Server server(port);
+
+    server.run();
+#endif
+
+    return 0;
+}