diff --git a/bin/sprinklers3 b/bin/sprinklers3
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cccd1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/sprinklers3
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { run } = require("@oclif/command");
+const flush = require("@oclif/command/flush");
+const handleError = require("@oclif/errors/handle");
+
+run()
+  .then(flush)
+  .catch(handleError);
diff --git a/client/env.js b/client/env.js
index 4559427..cf7b349 100644
--- a/client/env.js
+++ b/client/env.js
@@ -1,58 +1,45 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
+const dotenv = require("dotenv");
 const paths = require("../paths")
 
-const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV;
-if (!NODE_ENV) {
-  throw new Error(
-    "The NODE_ENV environment variable is required but was not specified.",
-  );
-}
-
-// https://github.com/bkeepers/dotenv#what-other-env-files-can-i-use
-const dotenvFiles = [
-  `${paths.dotenv}.${NODE_ENV}.local`,
-  `${paths.dotenv}.${NODE_ENV}`,
-  // Don"t include `.env.local` for `test` environment
-  // since normally you expect tests to produce the same
-  // results for everyone
-  NODE_ENV !== "test" && `${paths.dotenv}.local`,
-  paths.dotenv,
-].filter(Boolean);
+const validEnvs = ["production", "development"];
 
-// Load environment variables from .env* files. Suppress warnings using silent
-// if this file is missing. dotenv will never modify any environment variables
-// that have already been set.
-// https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
-dotenvFiles.forEach(dotenvFile => {
-  if (fs.existsSync(dotenvFile)) {
-    require("dotenv").config({
-      path: dotenvFile,
-    });
+exports.loadEnv = function loadEnv(env) {
+  if (validEnvs.indexOf(env) === -1) {
+    throw new Error("Must specify webpack --env as one of: " + validEnvs.join(','));
   }
-});
 
-// We support resolving modules according to `NODE_PATH`.
-// This lets you use absolute paths in imports inside large monorepos:
-// https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/253.
-// It works similar to `NODE_PATH` in Node itself:
-// https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_the_global_folders
-// Note that unlike in Node, only *relative* paths from `NODE_PATH` are honored.
-// Otherwise, we risk importing Node.js core modules into an app instead of Webpack shims.
-// https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/1023#issuecomment-265344421
-// We also resolve them to make sure all tools using them work consistently.
-const appDirectory = fs.realpathSync(process.cwd());
-process.env.NODE_PATH = (process.env.NODE_PATH || "")
-  .split(path.delimiter)
-  .filter(folder => folder && !path.isAbsolute(folder))
-  .map(folder => path.resolve(appDirectory, folder))
-  .join(path.delimiter);
+  const dotenvFiles = [
+    `${paths.dotenv}.${env}.local`,
+    `${paths.dotenv}.${env}`,
+    // Don"t include `.env.local` for `test` environment
+    // since normally you expect tests to produce the same
+    // results for everyone
+    env !== "test" && `${paths.dotenv}.local`,
+    paths.dotenv,
+  ].filter(Boolean);
+
+  dotenvFiles.forEach(dotenvFile => {
+    if (fs.existsSync(dotenvFile)) {
+      dotenv.config({
+        path: dotenvFile,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  delete require.cache[require.resolve("../paths")]; // so new env applies
+
+  return {
+    isProd: env === "production",
+    isDev: env === "development"
+  };
+}
 
 // Grab NODE_ENV and REACT_APP_* environment variables and prepare them to be
 // injected into the application via DefinePlugin in Webpack configuration.
 const REACT_APP = /^REACT_APP_/i;
 
-exports.getClientEnvironment = function getClientEnvironment(publicUrl) {
+exports.getClientEnvironment = function getClientEnvironment(env, publicUrl) {
   const raw = Object.keys(process.env)
     .filter(key => REACT_APP.test(key))
     .reduce(
@@ -62,7 +49,7 @@ exports.getClientEnvironment = function getClientEnvironment(publicUrl) {
       }, {
         // Useful for determining whether we’re running in production mode.
         // Most importantly, it switches React into the correct mode.
-        NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV || "development",
+        NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV || env,
         // Useful for resolving the correct path to static assets in `public`.
         // For example, <img src={process.env.PUBLIC_URL + "/img/logo.png"} />.
         // This should only be used as an escape hatch. Normally you would put
diff --git a/client/webpack.config.js b/client/webpack.config.js
index 42c1629..e47a42f 100644
--- a/client/webpack.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.config.js
@@ -11,53 +11,58 @@ const BundleAnalyzerPlugin = require("webpack-bundle-analyzer")
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
 const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require("fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin");
 
-const { getClientEnvironment } = require("./env");
-const paths = require("../paths");
+const { loadEnv, getClientEnvironment } = require("./env");
 
-// Webpack uses `publicPath` to determine where the app is being served from.
-// It requires a trailing slash, or the file assets will get an incorrect path.
-const publicPath = paths.publicPath;
-// `publicUrl` is just like `publicPath`, but we will provide it to our app
-// as %PUBLIC_URL% in `index.html` and `process.env.PUBLIC_URL` in JavaScript.
-// Omit trailing slash as %PUBLIC_URL%/xyz looks better than %PUBLIC_URL%xyz.
-const publicUrl = paths.publicUrl.slice(0, -1);
-// Source maps are resource heavy and can cause out of memory issue for large source files.
-const shouldUseSourceMap = process.env.GENERATE_SOURCEMAP !== "false";
-// Get environment variables to inject into our app.
-const environ = getClientEnvironment(publicUrl);
+function getConfig(env) {
+  const { isProd, isDev } = loadEnv(env);
 
-const postCssConfig = {
-  loader: require.resolve("postcss-loader"),
-  options: {
-    // Necessary for external CSS imports to work
-    // https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/2677
-    ident: "postcss",
-    plugins: () => [
-      require("postcss-flexbugs-fixes"),
-      require("postcss-preset-env")({
-        stage: 0
-      })
-    ]
-  }
-};
+  const paths = require("../paths");
 
-const sassConfig = {
-  loader: require.resolve("sass-loader"),
-  options: {}
-};
+  // Webpack uses `publicPath` to determine where the app is being served from.
+  // It requires a trailing slash, or the file assets will get an incorrect path.
+  const publicPath = paths.publicPath;
+  // `publicUrl` is just like `publicPath`, but we will provide it to our app
+  // as %PUBLIC_URL% in `index.html` and `process.env.PUBLIC_URL` in JavaScript.
+  // Omit trailing slash as %PUBLIC_URL%/xyz looks better than %PUBLIC_URL%xyz.
+  const publicUrl = paths.publicUrl.slice(0, -1);
+  // Source maps are resource heavy and can cause out of memory issue for large source files.
+  const shouldUseSourceMap = process.env.GENERATE_SOURCEMAP !== "false";
+  const shouldExtractCss = process.env.EXTRACT_CSS
+    ? process.env.EXTRACT_CSS === "true"
+    : isProd;
+  // Get environment variables to inject into our app.
+  const environ = getClientEnvironment(env, publicUrl);
+  
+  const postCssConfig = {
+    loader: require.resolve("postcss-loader"),
+    options: {
+      // Necessary for external CSS imports to work
+      // https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/issues/2677
+      ident: "postcss",
+      plugins: () => [
+        require("postcss-flexbugs-fixes"),
+        require("postcss-preset-env")({
+          stage: 0
+        })
+      ]
+    }
+  };
+
+  const sassConfig = {
+    loader: require.resolve("sass-loader"),
+    options: {}
+  };
 
-const rules = env => {
   // "postcss" loader applies autoprefixer to our CSS.
   // "css" loader resolves paths in CSS and adds assets as dependencies.
   // "style" loader turns CSS into JS modules that inject <style> tags.
   // In production, we use a plugin to extract that CSS to a file, but
   // in development "style" loader enables hot editing of CSS.
-  const styleLoader =
-    env === "prod"
-      ? {
-          loader: MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader
-        }
-      : require.resolve("style-loader");
+  const styleLoader = shouldExtractCss
+    ? {
+        loader: MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader
+      }
+    : require.resolve("style-loader");
   const cssRule = {
     test: /\.css$/,
     use: [
@@ -85,7 +90,8 @@ const rules = env => {
       sassConfig
     ]
   };
-  return [
+
+  const rules = [
     {
       // "oneOf" will traverse all following loaders until one will
       // match the requirements. when no loader matches it will fall
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ const rules = env => {
           test: [/\.bmp$/, /\.gif$/, /\.jpe?g$/, /\.png$/],
           loader: require.resolve("url-loader"),
           options: {
-            limit: env === "prod" ? 10000 : 0,
+            limit: env === "production" ? 10000 : 0,
             name: "static/media/[name].[hash:8].[ext]"
           }
         },
@@ -144,19 +150,6 @@ const rules = env => {
       ]
     }
   ];
-};
-
-const getConfig = (module.exports = env => {
-  const isProd = env === "prod";
-  const isDev = env === "dev";
-  // Assert this just to be safe.
-  // Development builds of React are slow and not intended for production.
-  if (
-    isProd &&
-    environ.stringified["process.env"].NODE_ENV !== '"production"'
-  ) {
-    throw new Error("Production builds must have NODE_ENV=production.");
-  }
 
   const plugins = [
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
@@ -191,7 +184,6 @@ const getConfig = (module.exports = env => {
         sourceMap: shouldUseSourceMap
       }),
     isDev && new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
-    new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(),
     new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({
       checkSyntacticErrors: true,
       tsconfig: paths.clientTsConfig,
@@ -248,9 +240,7 @@ const getConfig = (module.exports = env => {
         "@common": paths.commonDir
       }
     },
-    module: {
-      rules: rules(env)
-    },
+    module: { rules },
     plugins: plugins,
     optimization: {
       namedModules: isProd
@@ -268,4 +258,6 @@ const getConfig = (module.exports = env => {
       ]
     }
   };
-});
+}
+
+module.exports = getConfig;
diff --git a/common/browserLogger.ts b/common/browserLogger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efd5399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/browserLogger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import * as pino from "pino";
+
+// tslint:disable:no-console
+
+type Level = "default" | "60" | "50" | "40" | "30" | "20" | "10";
+
+const levels: { [level in Level]: string } = {
+  default: "USERLVL",
+  60: "FATAL",
+  50: "ERROR",
+  40: "WARN",
+  30: "INFO",
+  20: "DEBUG",
+  10: "TRACE"
+};
+
+const levelColors: { [level in Level]: string } = {
+  default: "text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;",
+  60: "text-decoration: underline; background-color: #FF0000;",
+  50: "text-decoration: underline; color: #FF0000;",
+  40: "text-decoration: underline; color: #FFFF00;",
+  30: "text-decoration: underline; color: #00FF00;",
+  20: "text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;",
+  10: "text-decoration: underline; color: #AAAAAA;"
+};
+
+interface ColoredString {
+  str: string;
+  args: any[];
+}
+
+function makeColored(str: string = ""): ColoredString {
+  return { str, args: [] };
+}
+
+function concatColored(...coloredStrings: ColoredString[]): ColoredString {
+  return coloredStrings.reduce(
+    (prev, cur) => ({
+      str: prev.str + cur.str,
+      args: prev.args.concat(cur.args)
+    }),
+    makeColored()
+  );
+}
+
+const standardKeys = [
+  "pid",
+  "hostname",
+  "name",
+  "level",
+  "time",
+  "v",
+  "source",
+  "msg"
+];
+
+export function write(value: any) {
+  let line = concatColored(
+    // makeColored(formatTime(value, " ")),
+    formatSource(value),
+    formatLevel(value),
+    makeColored(": ")
+  );
+
+  if (value.msg) {
+    line = concatColored(line, {
+      str: "%c" + value.msg,
+      args: ["color: #00FFFF"]
+    });
+  }
+  const args = [line.str]
+    .concat(line.args)
+    .concat([value.type === "Error" ? value.stack : filter(value)]);
+  let fn;
+  if (value.level >= 50) {
+    fn = console.error;
+  } else if (value.level >= 40) {
+    fn = console.warn;
+  } else {
+    fn = console.log;
+  }
+  fn.apply(null, args);
+}
+
+function filter(value: any) {
+  const keys = Object.keys(value);
+  const result: any = {};
+
+  for (const key of keys) {
+    if (standardKeys.indexOf(key) < 0) {
+      result[key] = value[key];
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+function formatSource(value: any): { str: string; args: any[] } {
+  if (value.source) {
+    return { str: "%c(" + value.source + ") ", args: ["color: #FF00FF"] };
+  } else {
+    return { str: "", args: [] };
+  }
+}
+
+function formatLevel(value: any): ColoredString {
+  const level = value.level as Level;
+  if (levelColors.hasOwnProperty(level)) {
+    return {
+      str: "%c" + levels[level] + "%c",
+      args: [levelColors[level], ""]
+    };
+  } else {
+    return {
+      str: levels.default,
+      args: [levelColors.default]
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+const browserLogger = {
+    serialize: true,
+    write,
+};
+
+export default browserLogger;
diff --git a/common/logger.ts b/common/logger.ts
index a2d7c68..de940c6 100644
--- a/common/logger.ts
+++ b/common/logger.ts
@@ -1,126 +1,10 @@
 import * as pino from "pino";
 
-// tslint:disable:no-console
-
-type Level = "default" | "60" | "50" | "40" | "30" | "20" | "10";
-
-const levels: { [level in Level]: string } = {
-  default: "USERLVL",
-  60: "FATAL",
-  50: "ERROR",
-  40: "WARN",
-  30: "INFO",
-  20: "DEBUG",
-  10: "TRACE"
-};
-
-const levelColors: { [level in Level]: string } = {
-  default: "text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;",
-  60: "text-decoration: underline; background-color: #FF0000;",
-  50: "text-decoration: underline; color: #FF0000;",
-  40: "text-decoration: underline; color: #FFFF00;",
-  30: "text-decoration: underline; color: #00FF00;",
-  20: "text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF;",
-  10: "text-decoration: underline; color: #AAAAAA;"
-};
-
-interface ColoredString {
-  str: string;
-  args: any[];
-}
-
-function makeColored(str: string = ""): ColoredString {
-  return { str, args: [] };
-}
-
-function concatColored(...coloredStrings: ColoredString[]): ColoredString {
-  return coloredStrings.reduce(
-    (prev, cur) => ({
-      str: prev.str + cur.str,
-      args: prev.args.concat(cur.args)
-    }),
-    makeColored()
-  );
-}
-
-const standardKeys = [
-  "pid",
-  "hostname",
-  "name",
-  "level",
-  "time",
-  "v",
-  "source",
-  "msg"
-];
-
-function write(value: any) {
-  let line = concatColored(
-    // makeColored(formatTime(value, " ")),
-    formatSource(value),
-    formatLevel(value),
-    makeColored(": ")
-  );
-
-  if (value.msg) {
-    line = concatColored(line, {
-      str: "%c" + value.msg,
-      args: ["color: #00FFFF"]
-    });
-  }
-  const args = [line.str]
-    .concat(line.args)
-    .concat([value.type === "Error" ? value.stack : filter(value)]);
-  let fn;
-  if (value.level >= 50) {
-    fn = console.error;
-  } else if (value.level >= 40) {
-    fn = console.warn;
-  } else {
-    fn = console.log;
-  }
-  fn.apply(null, args);
-}
-
-function filter(value: any) {
-  const keys = Object.keys(value);
-  const result: any = {};
-
-  for (const key of keys) {
-    if (standardKeys.indexOf(key) < 0) {
-      result[key] = value[key];
-    }
-  }
-
-  return result;
-}
-
-function formatSource(value: any): { str: string; args: any[] } {
-  if (value.source) {
-    return { str: "%c(" + value.source + ") ", args: ["color: #FF00FF"] };
-  } else {
-    return { str: "", args: [] };
-  }
-}
-
-function formatLevel(value: any): ColoredString {
-  const level = value.level as Level;
-  if (levelColors.hasOwnProperty(level)) {
-    return {
-      str: "%c" + levels[level] + "%c",
-      args: [levelColors[level], ""]
-    };
-  } else {
-    return {
-      str: levels.default,
-      args: [levelColors.default]
-    };
-  }
-}
+import browserLogger from "./browserLogger";
 
 const logger: pino.Logger = pino({
   serializers: pino.stdSerializers,
-  browser: { serialize: true, write },
+  browser: browserLogger,
   level: "trace"
 });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4e0112..fe55d83 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 {
   "name": "sprinklers3",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
-  "description": "A frontend for mqtt based IoT sprinklers systems",
-  "main": "dist/bin/server.js",
+  "description": "A SPA web app for mqtt based IoT sprinklers systems",
+  "bin": "./bin/sprinklers3",
+  "main": "./bin/sprinklers3",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "clean": "rm -rf ./dist ./build ./public",
-    "build:client": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config ./client/webpack.config.js --env prod",
+    "build:client": "webpack --config ./client/webpack.config.js --env production",
     "build:server": "tsc --build server",
     "build": "run-p build:*",
     "watch:client": "yarn build:client --watch",
     "watch:server": "yarn build:server --watch",
-    "start:dev-server": "NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --config ./client/webpack.config.js --env dev",
-    "start": "NODE_ENV=development node .",
-    "start:pretty": "yarn start | node dist/bin/prettyPrint.js",
-    "start:nodemon": "nodemon --delay 0.5 --exec \"env NODE_ENV=development node . | node dist/bin/prettyPrint.js\"",
+    "start:dev-server": "webpack-dev-server --config ./client/webpack.config.js --env development",
+    "start": "node . serve",
+    "start:pretty": "node . serve | node . prettyPrint",
+    "start:nodemon": "nodemon --delay 0.5 --exec \"node . serve | node . prettyPrint\"",
     "start:watch": "run-p watch:server start:nodemon",
     "start:dev": "run-p start:dev-server start:watch",
     "lint:client": "tslint --project client --force --format verbose",
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
     "lint": "run-p lint:*"
   },
   "files": [
+    "paths.js",
     "dist",
     "public"
   ],
@@ -36,11 +38,19 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/amikhalev/sprinklers3/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/amikhalev/sprinklers3#readme",
+  "oclif": {
+    "title": "sprinklers3",
+    "commands": "./dist/commands"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@oclif/command": "^1.5.0",
+    "@oclif/config": "^1.7.4",
+    "@oclif/plugin-help": "^2.1.1",
     "@types/split2": "^2.1.6",
     "bcrypt": "^3.0.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
     "chalk": "^2.4.1",
+    "cli-ux": "^4.8.1",
     "express": "^4.16.3",
     "express-pino-logger": "^4.0.0",
     "express-promise-router": "^3.0.3",
@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@
     "tslint-config-prettier": "^1.15.0",
     "tslint-consistent-codestyle": "^1.13.3",
     "tslint-react": "^3.6.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.0.3",
+    "typescript": "^3.1.0 || >=3.1.0-dev.20180901",
     "uglify-es": "^3.3.9",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.3.0",
     "url-loader": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/server/Database.ts b/server/Database.ts
index 3e5e9cb..124682b 100644
--- a/server/Database.ts
+++ b/server/Database.ts
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ export class Database {
   }
 
   async createAll() {
-    if (process.env.INSERT_TEST_DATA) {
-      await this.insertData();
-    }
   }
 
-  async insertData() {
+  async insertTestData() {
+
     const NUM = 100;
     const users: User[] = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < NUM; i++) {
diff --git a/server/bin/server.ts b/server/bin/server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4681825..0000000
--- a/server/bin/server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import * as http from "http";
-import * as WebSocket from "ws";
-
-import { createApp, ServerState, WebSocketApi } from "../";
-
-import log from "@common/logger";
-
-const state = new ServerState();
-const app = createApp(state);
-const webSocketApi = new WebSocketApi(state);
-
-const port = +(process.env.PORT || 8080);
-const host = process.env.HOST || "0.0.0.0";
-
-const server = new http.Server(app);
-const webSocketServer = new WebSocket.Server({ server });
-webSocketApi.listen(webSocketServer);
-
-state
-  .start()
-  .then(() => {
-    server.listen(port, host, () => {
-      log.info(`listening at ${host}:${port}`);
-    });
-  })
-  .catch(err => {
-    log.error({ err }, "error starting server");
-  });
diff --git a/server/commands/manage.ts b/server/commands/manage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ab80ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/commands/manage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import Command from "@oclif/command";
+
+import { createApp, ServerState, WebSocketApi } from "../";
+
+import log from "@common/logger";
+
+export default class ManageCommand extends Command {
+    run(): Promise<any> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/bin/prettyPrint.ts b/server/commands/pretty.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from server/bin/prettyPrint.ts
rename to server/commands/pretty.ts
index 21fb658..c3d5748 100644
--- a/server/bin/prettyPrint.ts
+++ b/server/commands/pretty.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Command } from "@oclif/command";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import * as pump from "pump";
 import * as split from "split2";
@@ -132,22 +133,26 @@ function asColoredLevel(value: any) {
   }
 }
 
-class PrettyPrintTranform extends Transform {
+export class PinoPrettyTransform extends Transform {
   _transform(chunk: any, encoding: string, cb: TransformCallback) {
     let value: any;
     try {
       value = JSON.parse(chunk.toString());
     } catch (e) {
-      process.stdout.write(chunk.toString() + "\n");
-      return cb();
+      return cb(undefined, chunk.toString() + "\n");
     }
     const line = formatter(value);
     if (!line) {
       return cb();
     }
-    process.stdout.write(line + "\n");
-    cb();
+    cb(undefined, line + "\n");
   }
 }
 
-pump(process.stdin, split(), new PrettyPrintTranform());
+export default class PrettyCommand extends Command {
+  static description = "Transforms sprinklers3 log output into a pretty, colorized format";
+
+  async run(): Promise<any> {
+    pump(process.stdin, split(), new PinoPrettyTransform(), process.stdout);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/commands/serve.ts b/server/commands/serve.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89bbc90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/commands/serve.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Command } from "@oclif/command";
+import * as http from "http";
+import * as WebSocket from "ws";
+
+import { createApp, ServerState, WebSocketApi } from "../";
+
+import log from "@common/logger";
+
+export default class ServeCommand extends Command {
+  static description = "Serves the sprinklers3 backend";
+
+  async run(): Promise<any> {
+    const state = new ServerState();
+    const app = createApp(state);
+    const webSocketApi = new WebSocketApi(state);
+
+    const port = +(process.env.PORT || 8080);
+    const host = process.env.HOST || "0.0.0.0";
+
+    const server = new http.Server(app);
+    const webSocketServer = new WebSocket.Server({ server });
+    webSocketApi.listen(webSocketServer);
+
+    try {
+      await state.start();
+      server.listen(port, host, () => {
+        log.info(`listening at ${host}:${port}`);
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      log.error({ err }, "error starting server");
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/state.ts b/server/state.ts
index 71d17a6..9982dc7 100644
--- a/server/state.ts
+++ b/server/state.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,25 @@ export class ServerState {
     this.database = new Database();
   }
 
-  async start() {
+  async startDatabase() {
     await this.database.connect();
-    await this.database.createAll();
-    logger.info("created database and tables");
+    logger.info("connected to database");
+
+    if (process.env.INSERT_TEST_DATA) {
+      await this.database.insertTestData();
+      logger.info("inserted test data");
+    }
+  }
 
+  async startMqtt() {
     this.mqttClient.username = SUPERUSER;
     this.mqttClient.password = await generateSuperuserToken();
     this.mqttClient.start();
   }
+
+  async start() {
+    await Promise.all([
+      this.startDatabase(), this.startMqtt(),
+    ]);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cfe8dca..77c884a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -39,6 +39,60 @@
   version "1.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@most/prelude/-/prelude-1.7.2.tgz#be4ed406518d4c8c220e45c39fa7251365425b73"
 
+"@oclif/command@^1.5.0":
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/command/-/command-1.5.0.tgz#d5276a19506349fff0254b0dd98e3b8a2bd971aa"
+  dependencies:
+    "@oclif/errors" "^1.1.2"
+    "@oclif/parser" "^3.6.0"
+    debug "^3.1.0"
+    semver "^5.5.0"
+
+"@oclif/config@^1.7.4":
+  version "1.7.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/config/-/config-1.7.4.tgz#5b7f779534a339de8c62a863b12f5740b15c41f5"
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^3.1.0"
+    tslib "^1.9.3"
+
+"@oclif/errors@^1.1.2", "@oclif/errors@^1.2.0":
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/errors/-/errors-1.2.0.tgz#4166952699724c25af2ab4528fe223e930655e72"
+  dependencies:
+    clean-stack "^1.3.0"
+    fs-extra "^7.0.0"
+    indent-string "^3.2.0"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+    wrap-ansi "^3.0.1"
+
+"@oclif/linewrap@^1.0.0":
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/linewrap/-/linewrap-1.0.0.tgz#aedcb64b479d4db7be24196384897b5000901d91"
+
+"@oclif/parser@^3.6.0":
+  version "3.6.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/parser/-/parser-3.6.1.tgz#dd0ad29d9178d75a2de30314874a6167675925ed"
+  dependencies:
+    "@oclif/linewrap" "^1.0.0"
+    chalk "^2.4.1"
+    tslib "^1.9.3"
+
+"@oclif/plugin-help@^2.1.1":
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/plugin-help/-/plugin-help-2.1.1.tgz#5bce32a8a9795827e4f0c6f18c3ff30010130e18"
+  dependencies:
+    "@oclif/command" "^1.5.0"
+    chalk "^2.4.1"
+    indent-string "^3.2.0"
+    lodash.template "^4.4.0"
+    string-width "^2.1.1"
+    widest-line "^2.0.0"
+    wrap-ansi "^4.0.0"
+
+"@oclif/screen@^1.0.2":
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@oclif/screen/-/screen-1.0.2.tgz#c9d7c84b0ea60ecec8dd7a9b22c012ba9967aed8"
+
 "@types/async@^2.0.49":
   version "2.0.49"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/async/-/async-2.0.49.tgz#92e33d13f74c895cb9a7f38ba97db8431ed14bc0"
@@ -437,7 +491,7 @@ ansi-colors@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-colors/-/ansi-colors-3.0.5.tgz#cb9dc64993b64fd6945485f797fc3853137d9a7b"
 
-ansi-escapes@^3.0.0:
+ansi-escapes@^3.0.0, ansi-escapes@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-escapes/-/ansi-escapes-3.1.0.tgz#f73207bb81207d75fd6c83f125af26eea378ca30"
 
@@ -463,6 +517,10 @@ ansi-styles@^3.2.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
   dependencies:
     color-convert "^1.9.0"
 
+ansicolors@~0.3.2:
+  version "0.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansicolors/-/ansicolors-0.3.2.tgz#665597de86a9ffe3aa9bfbe6cae5c6ea426b4979"
+
 any-promise@^1.0.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/any-promise/-/any-promise-1.3.0.tgz#abc6afeedcea52e809cdc0376aed3ce39635d17f"
@@ -1083,6 +1141,13 @@ capture-stack-trace@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/capture-stack-trace/-/capture-stack-trace-1.0.1.tgz#a6c0bbe1f38f3aa0b92238ecb6ff42c344d4135d"
 
+cardinal@^2.1.1:
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cardinal/-/cardinal-2.1.1.tgz#7cc1055d822d212954d07b085dea251cc7bc5505"
+  dependencies:
+    ansicolors "~0.3.2"
+    redeyed "~2.1.0"
+
 case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin@^2.1.2:
   version "2.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin/-/case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin-2.1.2.tgz#c899b52175763689224571dad778742e133f0192"
@@ -1197,6 +1262,10 @@ clean-css@4.2.x:
   dependencies:
     source-map "~0.6.0"
 
+clean-stack@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clean-stack/-/clean-stack-1.3.0.tgz#9e821501ae979986c46b1d66d2d432db2fd4ae31"
+
 cli-boxes@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-boxes/-/cli-boxes-1.0.0.tgz#4fa917c3e59c94a004cd61f8ee509da651687143"
@@ -1217,6 +1286,29 @@ cli-highlight@^1.2.3:
     parse5 "^3.0.3"
     yargs "^10.0.3"
 
+cli-ux@^4.8.1:
+  version "4.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-ux/-/cli-ux-4.8.1.tgz#aaaf3d9f0d48310955a208467800325fdeb67b7f"
+  dependencies:
+    "@oclif/errors" "^1.2.0"
+    "@oclif/linewrap" "^1.0.0"
+    "@oclif/screen" "^1.0.2"
+    ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
+    cardinal "^2.1.1"
+    chalk "^2.4.1"
+    clean-stack "^1.3.0"
+    extract-stack "^1.0.0"
+    fs-extra "^7.0.0"
+    hyperlinker "^1.0.0"
+    indent-string "^3.2.0"
+    is-wsl "^1.1.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.10"
+    password-prompt "^1.0.7"
+    semver "^5.5.1"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+    supports-color "^5.5.0"
+    supports-hyperlinks "^1.0.1"
+
 cli-width@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-width/-/cli-width-2.2.0.tgz#ff19ede8a9a5e579324147b0c11f0fbcbabed639"
@@ -2078,7 +2170,7 @@ eslint-scope@^4.0.0:
     esrecurse "^4.1.0"
     estraverse "^4.1.1"
 
-esprima@^4.0.0:
+esprima@^4.0.0, esprima@~4.0.0:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-4.0.1.tgz#13b04cdb3e6c5d19df91ab6987a8695619b0aa71"
 
@@ -2281,6 +2373,10 @@ extglob@^2.0.4:
     snapdragon "^0.8.1"
     to-regex "^3.0.1"
 
+extract-stack@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extract-stack/-/extract-stack-1.0.0.tgz#b97acaf9441eea2332529624b732fc5a1c8165fa"
+
 extract-zip@^1.6.5:
   version "1.6.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extract-zip/-/extract-zip-1.6.7.tgz#a840b4b8af6403264c8db57f4f1a74333ef81fe9"
@@ -2577,6 +2673,14 @@ fs-extra@^1.0.0:
     jsonfile "^2.1.0"
     klaw "^1.0.0"
 
+fs-extra@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-7.0.0.tgz#8cc3f47ce07ef7b3593a11b9fb245f7e34c041d6"
+  dependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
+    jsonfile "^4.0.0"
+    universalify "^0.1.0"
+
 fs-minipass@^1.2.5:
   version "1.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-minipass/-/fs-minipass-1.2.5.tgz#06c277218454ec288df77ada54a03b8702aacb9d"
@@ -2835,6 +2939,10 @@ has-cors@1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-cors/-/has-cors-1.1.0.tgz#5e474793f7ea9843d1bb99c23eef49ff126fff39"
 
+has-flag@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-2.0.0.tgz#e8207af1cc7b30d446cc70b734b5e8be18f88d51"
+
 has-flag@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz#b5d454dc2199ae225699f3467e5a07f3b955bafd"
@@ -3057,6 +3165,10 @@ https-browserify@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-browserify/-/https-browserify-1.0.0.tgz#ec06c10e0a34c0f2faf199f7fd7fc78fffd03c73"
 
+hyperlinker@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hyperlinker/-/hyperlinker-1.0.0.tgz#23dc9e38a206b208ee49bc2d6c8ef47027df0c0e"
+
 iconv-lite@0.4.19:
   version "0.4.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.19.tgz#f7468f60135f5e5dad3399c0a81be9a1603a082b"
@@ -3146,6 +3258,10 @@ indent-string@^2.1.0:
   dependencies:
     repeating "^2.0.0"
 
+indent-string@^3.2.0:
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indent-string/-/indent-string-3.2.0.tgz#4a5fd6d27cc332f37e5419a504dbb837105c9289"
+
 indexes-of@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indexes-of/-/indexes-of-1.0.1.tgz#f30f716c8e2bd346c7b67d3df3915566a7c05607"
@@ -3655,6 +3771,12 @@ jsonfile@^2.1.0:
   optionalDependencies:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
 
+jsonfile@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz#8771aae0799b64076b76640fca058f9c10e33ecb"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
+
 jsonify@~0.0.0:
   version "0.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.0.tgz#2c74b6ee41d93ca51b7b5aaee8f503631d252a73"
@@ -3898,7 +4020,7 @@ lodash.tail@^4.1.1:
   version "4.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.tail/-/lodash.tail-4.1.1.tgz#d2333a36d9e7717c8ad2f7cacafec7c32b444664"
 
-lodash.template@^4.2.4:
+lodash.template@^4.2.4, lodash.template@^4.4.0:
   version "4.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.template/-/lodash.template-4.4.0.tgz#e73a0385c8355591746e020b99679c690e68fba0"
   dependencies:
@@ -4891,6 +5013,13 @@ pascalcase@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pascalcase/-/pascalcase-0.1.1.tgz#b363e55e8006ca6fe21784d2db22bd15d7917f14"
 
+password-prompt@^1.0.7:
+  version "1.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/password-prompt/-/password-prompt-1.0.7.tgz#8e27748d3400bc9c9140d5ade705dfb7aeb7d91a"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-escapes "^3.1.0"
+    cross-spawn "^6.0.5"
+
 path-browserify@0.0.0:
   version "0.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-browserify/-/path-browserify-0.0.0.tgz#a0b870729aae214005b7d5032ec2cbbb0fb4451a"
@@ -5810,6 +5939,12 @@ redent@^1.0.0:
     indent-string "^2.1.0"
     strip-indent "^1.0.1"
 
+redeyed@~2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redeyed/-/redeyed-2.1.1.tgz#8984b5815d99cb220469c99eeeffe38913e6cc0b"
+  dependencies:
+    esprima "~4.0.0"
+
 reflect-metadata@^0.1.12:
   version "0.1.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/reflect-metadata/-/reflect-metadata-0.1.12.tgz#311bf0c6b63cd782f228a81abe146a2bfa9c56f2"
@@ -6173,7 +6308,7 @@ semver-diff@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     semver "^5.0.3"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.0.1, semver@^5.0.3, semver@^5.1.0, semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.5.0:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.0.1, semver@^5.0.3, semver@^5.1.0, semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.5.0, semver@^5.5.1:
   version "5.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.5.1.tgz#7dfdd8814bdb7cabc7be0fb1d734cfb66c940477"
 
@@ -6699,12 +6834,19 @@ supports-color@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-2.0.0.tgz#535d045ce6b6363fa40117084629995e9df324c7"
 
-supports-color@^5.1.0, supports-color@^5.2.0, supports-color@^5.3.0, supports-color@^5.4.0:
+supports-color@^5.0.0, supports-color@^5.1.0, supports-color@^5.2.0, supports-color@^5.3.0, supports-color@^5.4.0, supports-color@^5.5.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.5.0.tgz#e2e69a44ac8772f78a1ec0b35b689df6530efc8f"
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^3.0.0"
 
+supports-hyperlinks@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-hyperlinks/-/supports-hyperlinks-1.0.1.tgz#71daedf36cc1060ac5100c351bb3da48c29c0ef7"
+  dependencies:
+    has-flag "^2.0.0"
+    supports-color "^5.0.0"
+
 svg2png@~3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/svg2png/-/svg2png-3.0.1.tgz#a2644d68b0231ac00af431aa163714ff17106447"
@@ -6915,7 +7057,7 @@ ts-loader@^4.5.0:
     micromatch "^3.1.4"
     semver "^5.0.1"
 
-tslib@^1.7.1, tslib@^1.8.0, tslib@^1.8.1, tslib@^1.9.0:
+tslib@^1.7.1, tslib@^1.8.0, tslib@^1.8.1, tslib@^1.9.0, tslib@^1.9.3:
   version "1.9.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-1.9.3.tgz#d7e4dd79245d85428c4d7e4822a79917954ca286"
 
@@ -7003,9 +7145,9 @@ typeorm@^0.2.7:
     yargonaut "^1.1.2"
     yargs "^11.1.0"
 
-typescript@^3.0.3:
-  version "3.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-3.0.3.tgz#4853b3e275ecdaa27f78fda46dc273a7eb7fc1c8"
+"typescript@^3.1.0 || >=3.1.0-dev.20180901":
+  version "3.1.0-dev.20180901"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-3.1.0-dev.20180901.tgz#732cbb9ae31e39930bdf05a855868640609b8c83"
 
 ua-parser-js@^0.7.18:
   version "0.7.18"
@@ -7107,6 +7249,10 @@ unique-string@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     crypto-random-string "^1.0.0"
 
+universalify@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz#b646f69be3942dabcecc9d6639c80dc105efaa66"
+
 unpipe@1.0.0, unpipe@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz#b2bf4ee8514aae6165b4817829d21b2ef49904ec"
@@ -7520,6 +7666,21 @@ wrap-ansi@^2.0.0:
     string-width "^1.0.1"
     strip-ansi "^3.0.1"
 
+wrap-ansi@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-3.0.1.tgz#288a04d87eda5c286e060dfe8f135ce8d007f8ba"
+  dependencies:
+    string-width "^2.1.1"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+
+wrap-ansi@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-4.0.0.tgz#b3570d7c70156159a2d42be5cc942e957f7b1131"
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^3.2.0"
+    string-width "^2.1.1"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+
 wrappy@1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz#b5243d8f3ec1aa35f1364605bc0d1036e30ab69f"