diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
index eccd7b4a..9b55d532 100644
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target/
+/scratch/
 **/*.rs.bk
diff --git a/server/test-scratch-project b/server/test-scratch-project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9d498ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/test-scratch-project
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -d "scratch" ]
+then
+	rm -rf scratch
+fi
+
+mkdir -p scratch
+cp -r ../test-projects/test-model scratch
+cargo run -- serve scratch/test-model
\ No newline at end of file