diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76e4dd3..453bcff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# starts the app in :dev mode
+run:
+	lein run dev
+
 server:
 	lein cljsbuild auto &
 	redis-server &
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 26388eb..963ac75 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
                            [noir "1.3.0-beta1"]]
             :plugins [[lein-cljsbuild "0.1.10"]]
             :hooks [leiningen.cljsbuild]
+            :aot [NoteHub.views.* NoteHub.crossover.*]
             :jvm-opts ["-Dfile.encoding=utf-8"]
             :cljsbuild
             {:crossovers [NoteHub.crossover],
diff --git a/src/NoteHub/server.clj b/src/NoteHub/server.clj
index 107d18a..953f45a 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/server.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/server.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 (server/load-views "src/NoteHub/views/")
 
 (defn -main [& m]
-  (let [mode (keyword (or (first m) :dev))
+  (let [mode (keyword (or (first m) :prod))
         port (Integer. (get (System/getenv) "PORT" "8080"))]
     (server/start port {:mode mode
                         :ns 'NoteHub})))