diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef9130a..d074a3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
+SKIP_SERVICES = []
+
 all:
-	nix-build -A entrypoint --arg baseConfig '(import ./config.nix) // { staticProxyURL = ""; }'
+	nix-build -A entrypoint \
+		--arg baseConfig '(import ./config.nix)' \
+		--arg baseSkipServices '${SKIP_SERVICES}'
+
+run: all
+	./result
 
 all.prod:
-	nix-build -A entrypoint --arg baseConfig '(import ./prod.config.nix)'
+	nix-build -A entrypoint \
+		--arg baseConfig '(import ./prod.config.nix)' \
+		--arg baseSkipServices '${SKIP_SERVICES}'
+
+run.prod: all.prod
+	./result
 
 install.prod:
 	nix-build -A install --arg baseConfig '(import ./prod.config.nix)'
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 4352e5c..fac1871 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     }) {},
 
     baseConfig ? import ./config.nix,
+    baseSkipServices ? [],
 
 }: rec {
 
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@
         redisListenPath = "${config.runDir}/redis";
     };
 
+    skipServices = baseSkipServices ++ (
+        if baseConfig.staticProxyURL == ""
+        then [ "static" ]
+        else []
+    );
+
     static = (import ./static) { inherit pkgs; };
 
     srv = (import ./srv) {
@@ -38,20 +45,37 @@
         exec ${pkgs.redis}/bin/redis-server ${redisCfg}
     '';
 
-    circusCfg = pkgs.writeText "mediocre-blog-circusCfg" ''
-        [circus]
-        endpoint = tcp://127.0.0.1:0
-        pubsub_endpoint = tcp://127.0.0.1:0
-
+    srvCircusCfg = ''
         [watcher:srv]
         cmd = ${srv.bin}
         numprocesses = 1
+    '';
 
+    redisCircusCfg = ''
         [watcher:redis]
         cmd = ${redisBin}
         numprocesses = 1
     '';
 
+    staticCircusCfg = ''
+        [watcher:static]
+        cmd = ${static.serve}/bin/static-serve
+        numprocesses = 1
+        working_dir = ./static
+    '';
+
+    circusCfg = pkgs.writeText "mediocre-blog-circusCfg" ''
+        [circus]
+        endpoint = tcp://127.0.0.1:0
+        pubsub_endpoint = tcp://127.0.0.1:0
+
+        ${if (!builtins.elem "srv" skipServices) then srvCircusCfg else ""}
+
+        ${if (!builtins.elem "redis" skipServices) then redisCircusCfg else ""}
+
+        ${if (!builtins.elem "static" skipServices) then staticCircusCfg else ""}
+    '';
+
     entrypoint = pkgs.writeScript "mediocre-blog-entrypoint" ''
         #!/bin/sh
         mkdir -p ${config.runDir}
diff --git a/srv/default.nix b/srv/default.nix
index eaf6ddc..a36739a 100644
--- a/srv/default.nix
+++ b/srv/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "-listen-proto=${config.listenProto}"
         "-listen-addr=${config.listenAddr}"
         "-redis-proto=unix"
-        "-redis-addr=${config.runDir}/redis"
+        "-redis-addr=${config.redisListenPath}"
     ] ++ (
         if config.staticProxyURL == ""
         then [ "-static-dir=${staticBuild}" ]
diff --git a/static/default.nix b/static/default.nix
index 7c50dfa..04bd077 100644
--- a/static/default.nix
+++ b/static/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         gemdir = ./.;
     };
 
-
     build = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
         name = "mediocre-blog-static";
         src = ./src;