diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c99b022f..7ca45418 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-shared/**/*.js
-shared/**/*.js.map
-server/**/*.js
-server/**/*.js.map
+server/build/
 logs/*
 !.gitkeep
 node_modules/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 215d95dd..2b24c660 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "server-build-and-test": "npm run server-build && npm run server-test",
     "server-start": "nodemon start-server.js",
     "server-start:dev": "NODE_ENV=test nodemon --watch server/ --inspect start-server.js",
-    "server-test": "mocha --require source-map-support/register --recursive server/tests",
+    "server-test": "mocha --require source-map-support/register --recursive server/build/server",
     "server-test:w": "npm run server-test -- --watch"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/server/build/app b/server/build/app
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..11b6fc7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/build/app
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../app
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/build/node_modules b/server/build/node_modules
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..02d9ad64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/build/node_modules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/tsconfig.json b/server/tsconfig.json
index 506ea101..f4fb6794 100644
--- a/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         "../shared/**/*.ts"
     ],
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "build",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
diff --git a/start-server.js b/start-server.js
index 6a07265d..0222fc1a 100755
--- a/start-server.js
+++ b/start-server.js
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 if (!process.env.NODE_ENV) {
    process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
 }
-require('./server/start-server');
+require('./server/build/server/start-server');