diff --git a/templates/app.js b/templates/app.js
index c8637a1c..f7eff0e9 100644
--- a/templates/app.js
+++ b/templates/app.js
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ app.enableAuth();
  * (only if this module is the main module)
  */
 
-if(require.main === module) {
-  require('http').createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), app.get('host'),
+app.start = function() {
+  return require('http').createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), app.get('host'),
     function(){
       var baseUrl = 'http://' + app.get('host') + ':' + app.get('port');
       if (explorerConfigured) {
@@ -150,3 +150,7 @@ if(require.main === module) {
     }
   );
 }
+
+if(require.main === module) {
+  app.start();
+}
diff --git a/templates/package.js b/templates/package.js
index b05a7df9..4c7275fa 100644
--- a/templates/package.js
+++ b/templates/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "main": "app.js",
+  "bin": "server.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node app.js"
   },
diff --git a/templates/server.js b/templates/server.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0287d506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+require('./').start();