diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e7d3703..453f8ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
     "react-router-dom": "^6.6.2",
     "stream-browserify": "^3.0.0",
     "styled-components": "^6.0.0-beta.9",
-    "styled-normalize": "^8.0.7"
+    "styled-normalize": "^8.0.7",
+    "yargs": "^17.6.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/express": "^4.17.15",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.10",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.3",
     "@types/styled-components": "^5.1.26",
+    "@types/yargs": "^17.0.20",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.48.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.48.1",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^11.0.0",
diff --git a/src/server/main.ts b/src/server/main.ts
index d11b9dd..d137bf1 100644
--- a/src/server/main.ts
+++ b/src/server/main.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@ import { createLogger } from './logger.js';
 import { server } from './server.js';
 import { createSettingsHelper } from './settings.js';
 import { createFileWatcher } from './watcher.js';
+import yargs from 'yargs/yargs';
 
 const logger = createLogger('server');
 
+const args = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
+  .options({
+    p: { type: 'number', alias: 'port', default: 8000 },
+  })
+  .parseSync();
+
 const start = () => {
   logger.info('starting services...');
 
@@ -49,8 +56,8 @@ const start = () => {
   /**
    * Start the web server
    */
-  httpServer.listen(8000);
-  logger.success('server listening on', 8000);
+  httpServer.listen(args.p);
+  logger.success('server listening on', args.p);
 };
 
 start();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 564ba7e..f6e4b0d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1390,6 +1390,18 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/yargs-parser@*":
+  version "21.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-21.0.0.tgz#0c60e537fa790f5f9472ed2776c2b71ec117351b"
+  integrity sha512-iO9ZQHkZxHn4mSakYV0vFHAVDyEOIJQrV2uZ06HxEPcx+mt8swXoZHIbaaJ2crJYFfErySgktuTZ3BeLz+XmFA==
+
+"@types/yargs@^17.0.20":
+  version "17.0.20"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/yargs/-/yargs-17.0.20.tgz#107f0fcc13bd4a524e352b41c49fe88aab5c54d5"
+  integrity sha512-eknWrTHofQuPk2iuqDm1waA7V6xPlbgBoaaXEgYkClhLOnB0TtbW+srJaOToAgawPxPlHQzwypFA2bhZaUGP5A==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/yargs-parser" "*"
+
 "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@^5.48.1":
   version "5.48.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin/-/eslint-plugin-5.48.1.tgz#deee67e399f2cb6b4608c935777110e509d8018c"
@@ -1703,7 +1715,7 @@ ansi-styles@^3.2.1:
   dependencies:
     color-convert "^1.9.0"
 
-ansi-styles@^4.1.0:
+ansi-styles@^4.0.0, ansi-styles@^4.1.0:
   version "4.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz#edd803628ae71c04c85ae7a0906edad34b648937"
   integrity sha512-zbB9rCJAT1rbjiVDb2hqKFHNYLxgtk8NURxZ3IZwD3F6NtxbXZQCnnSi1Lkx+IDohdPlFp222wVALIheZJQSEg==
@@ -1997,6 +2009,15 @@ clean-css@^5.2.2:
   dependencies:
     source-map "~0.6.0"
 
+cliui@^8.0.1:
+  version "8.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cliui/-/cliui-8.0.1.tgz#0c04b075db02cbfe60dc8e6cf2f5486b1a3608aa"
+  integrity sha512-BSeNnyus75C4//NQ9gQt1/csTXyo/8Sb+afLAkzAptFuMsod9HFokGNudZpi/oQV73hnVK+sR+5PVRMd+Dr7YQ==
+  dependencies:
+    string-width "^4.2.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
+    wrap-ansi "^7.0.0"
+
 clone-deep@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clone-deep/-/clone-deep-4.0.1.tgz#c19fd9bdbbf85942b4fd979c84dcf7d5f07c2387"
@@ -2337,6 +2358,11 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.4.251:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.4.284.tgz#61046d1e4cab3a25238f6bf7413795270f125592"
   integrity sha512-M8WEXFuKXMYMVr45fo8mq0wUrrJHheiKZf6BArTKk9ZBYCKJEOU5H8cdWgDT+qCVZf7Na4lVUaZsA+h6uA9+PA==
 
+emoji-regex@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz#e818fd69ce5ccfcb404594f842963bf53164cc37"
+  integrity sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A==
+
 emojis-list@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emojis-list/-/emojis-list-3.0.0.tgz#5570662046ad29e2e916e71aae260abdff4f6a78"
@@ -2866,6 +2892,11 @@ gensync@^1.0.0-beta.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gensync/-/gensync-1.0.0-beta.2.tgz#32a6ee76c3d7f52d46b2b1ae5d93fea8580a25e0"
   integrity sha512-3hN7NaskYvMDLQY55gnW3NQ+mesEAepTqlg+VEbj7zzqEMBVNhzcGYYeqFo/TlYz6eQiFcp1HcsCZO+nGgS8zg==
 
+get-caller-file@^2.0.5:
+  version "2.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-caller-file/-/get-caller-file-2.0.5.tgz#4f94412a82db32f36e3b0b9741f8a97feb031f7e"
+  integrity sha512-DyFP3BM/3YHTQOCUL/w0OZHR0lpKeGrxotcHWcqNEdnltqFwXVfhEBQ94eIo34AfQpo0rGki4cyIiftY06h2Fg==
+
 get-intrinsic@^1.0.2, get-intrinsic@^1.1.1, get-intrinsic@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-intrinsic/-/get-intrinsic-1.1.3.tgz#063c84329ad93e83893c7f4f243ef63ffa351385"
@@ -3286,6 +3317,11 @@ is-extglob@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-extglob/-/is-extglob-2.1.1.tgz#a88c02535791f02ed37c76a1b9ea9773c833f8c2"
   integrity sha512-SbKbANkN603Vi4jEZv49LeVJMn4yGwsbzZworEoyEiutsN3nJYdbO36zfhGJ6QEDpOZIFkDtnq5JRxmvl3jsoQ==
 
+is-fullwidth-code-point@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0.tgz#f116f8064fe90b3f7844a38997c0b75051269f1d"
+  integrity sha512-zymm5+u+sCsSWyD9qNaejV3DFvhCKclKdizYaJUuHA83RLjb7nSuGnddCHGv0hk+KY7BMAlsWeK4Ueg6EV6XQg==
+
 is-glob@^4.0.0, is-glob@^4.0.1, is-glob@^4.0.3, is-glob@~4.0.1:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-glob/-/is-glob-4.0.3.tgz#64f61e42cbbb2eec2071a9dac0b28ba1e65d5084"
@@ -4240,6 +4276,11 @@ renderkid@^3.0.0:
     lodash "^4.17.21"
     strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
 
+require-directory@^2.1.1:
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz#8c64ad5fd30dab1c976e2344ffe7f792a6a6df42"
+  integrity sha512-fGxEI7+wsG9xrvdjsrlmL22OMTTiHRwAMroiEeMgq8gzoLC/PQr7RsRDSTLUg/bZAZtF+TVIkHc6/4RIKrui+Q==
+
 require-from-string@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-from-string/-/require-from-string-2.0.2.tgz#89a7fdd938261267318eafe14f9c32e598c36909"
@@ -4568,6 +4609,15 @@ stream-browserify@^3.0.0:
     inherits "~2.0.4"
     readable-stream "^3.5.0"
 
+string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
+  version "4.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
+  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
+  dependencies:
+    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
+    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
+
 string.prototype.matchall@^4.0.8:
   version "4.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string.prototype.matchall/-/string.prototype.matchall-4.0.8.tgz#3bf85722021816dcd1bf38bb714915887ca79fd3"
@@ -4614,7 +4664,7 @@ string_decoder@~1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
-strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
@@ -5094,6 +5144,15 @@ word-wrap@^1.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.3.tgz#610636f6b1f703891bd34771ccb17fb93b47079c"
   integrity sha512-Hz/mrNwitNRh/HUAtM/VT/5VH+ygD6DV7mYKZAtHOrbs8U7lvPS6xf7EJKMF0uW1KJCl0H701g3ZGus+muE5vQ==
 
+wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
+  integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^4.0.0"
+    string-width "^4.1.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
+
 wrappy@1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz#b5243d8f3ec1aa35f1364605bc0d1036e30ab69f"
@@ -5104,6 +5163,11 @@ ws@^8.4.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.12.0.tgz#485074cc392689da78e1828a9ff23585e06cddd8"
   integrity sha512-kU62emKIdKVeEIOIKVegvqpXMSTAMLJozpHZaJNDYqBjzlSYXQGviYwN1osDLJ9av68qHd4a2oSjd7yD4pacig==
 
+y18n@^5.0.5:
+  version "5.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-5.0.8.tgz#7f4934d0f7ca8c56f95314939ddcd2dd91ce1d55"
+  integrity sha512-0pfFzegeDWJHJIAmTLRP2DwHjdF5s7jo9tuztdQxAhINCdvS+3nGINqPd00AphqJR/0LhANUS6/+7SCb98YOfA==
+
 yallist@^3.0.2:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-3.1.1.tgz#dbb7daf9bfd8bac9ab45ebf602b8cbad0d5d08fd"
@@ -5114,6 +5178,24 @@ yallist@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz#9bb92790d9c0effec63be73519e11a35019a3a72"
   integrity sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==
 
+yargs-parser@^21.1.1:
+  version "21.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-21.1.1.tgz#9096bceebf990d21bb31fa9516e0ede294a77d35"
+  integrity sha512-tVpsJW7DdjecAiFpbIB1e3qxIQsE6NoPc5/eTdrbbIC4h0LVsWhnoa3g+m2HclBIujHzsxZ4VJVA+GUuc2/LBw==
+
+yargs@^17.6.2:
+  version "17.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-17.6.2.tgz#2e23f2944e976339a1ee00f18c77fedee8332541"
+  integrity sha512-1/9UrdHjDZc0eOU0HxOHoS78C69UD3JRMvzlJ7S79S2nTaWRA/whGCTV8o9e/N/1Va9YIV7Q4sOxD8VV4pCWOw==
+  dependencies:
+    cliui "^8.0.1"
+    escalade "^3.1.1"
+    get-caller-file "^2.0.5"
+    require-directory "^2.1.1"
+    string-width "^4.2.3"
+    y18n "^5.0.5"
+    yargs-parser "^21.1.1"
+
 yn@3.1.1:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yn/-/yn-3.1.1.tgz#1e87401a09d767c1d5eab26a6e4c185182d2eb50"