diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c8ce53e..2920eef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 data/
+server.log
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..315ad56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# launch (or restart) the ani-web server
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1
+[ -x .venv/bin/python ] || { echo "no .venv — run: uv venv .venv && uv pip install --python .venv/bin/python -r requirements.txt"; exit 1; }
+pkill -f "[u]vicorn app:app" 2>/dev/null; sleep 1
+nohup .venv/bin/python -m uvicorn app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8321 > server.log 2>&1 &
+echo "ani-web on http://localhost:8321 (pid $!)"