diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c9ff8e66b..e94e097f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -130,3 +130,4 @@ output/*
 #OS X metadata files
 ._*
 
+_start
diff --git a/gulp/gulpFile.js b/gulp/gulpFile.js
index 0f90de37d..428fad285 100644
--- a/gulp/gulpFile.js
+++ b/gulp/gulpFile.js
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ require('./less.js');
 require('./stripBom.js');
 require('./imageMin.js');
 require('./webpack.js');
-
-
+require('./start.js');
diff --git a/gulp/start.js b/gulp/start.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3d5f7b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gulp/start.js
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// will download and run sonarr (server) in a non-windows enviroment
+// you can use this if you don't care about the server code and just want to work
+// with the web code.
+
+var http = require('http');
+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var targz = require('tar.gz');
+var del = require('del');
+var print = require('gulp-print');
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+function download(url, dest, cb) {
+  console.log('Downloading ' + url + ' to ' + dest);
+  var file = fs.createWriteStream(dest);
+  var request = http.get(url, function (response) {
+    response.pipe(file);
+    file.on('finish', function () {
+      console.log('Download completed');
+      file.close(cb);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function getLatest(cb) {
+  var req = http.get('http://services.sonarr.tv/v1/update/develop?os=osx', function (response) {
+    response.on('data', function (data) {
+      var updatePackage = JSON.parse(data).updatePackage;
+      console.log('Latest version avilable: ' + updatePackage.version + ' Release Date: ' + updatePackage.releaseDate);
+      cb(updatePackage);
+    });
+  });
+  req.on('error', function (e) {
+    console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
+  });
+}
+
+function extract(source, dest, cb) {
+  console.log('extracting download page to ' + dest);
+  new targz().extract(source, dest, function (err) {
+    if (err) {
+      console.log(err);
+    }
+    console.log('Update package extracted.');
+    cb();
+  });
+}
+
+gulp.task('getSonarr', function () {
+
+  //gulp.src('/Users/kayone/git/Sonarr/_start/2.0.0.3288/NzbDrone/*.*')
+  //  .pipe(print())
+  //  .pipe(gulp.dest('./_output
+
+  //return;
+  try {
+    fs.mkdirSync('./_start/');
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e.code != 'EEXIST') {
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  getLatest(function (package) {
+    var packagePath = "./_start/" + package.filename;
+    var dirName = "./_start/" + package.version;
+    download(package.url, packagePath, function () {
+      extract(packagePath, dirName, function () {
+        // clean old binaries
+        console.log('Cleaning old binaries')
+        del.sync(['./_output/*', '!./_output/UI/']);
+        console.log('copying binaries to target');
+        gulp.src(dirName + '/NzbDrone/*.*')
+          .pipe(gulp.dest('./_output/'));
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+gulp.task('startSonarr', function () {
+
+  var ls = spawn('mono', ['--debug', './_output/NzbDrone.exe']);
+
+  ls.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+    process.stdout.write('' + data);
+  });
+
+  ls.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+    process.stdout.write('' + data);
+  });
+
+  ls.on('close', function (code) {
+    console.log('child process exited with code ' + code);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5dcf6a48c..cc4cfd2ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
     "gulp-jshint": "1.11.2",
     "gulp-less": "3.0.3",
     "gulp-print": "1.1.0",
-    "gulp-replace": "0.5.2",
-    "gulp-stripbom": "1.0.4",
+    "gulp-replace": "0.5.3",
     "gulp-run": "1.6.8",
+    "gulp-stripbom": "1.0.4",
     "gulp-webpack": "1.5.0",
     "gulp-wrap": "0.11.0",
     "handlebars": "3.0.3",
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "jshint-stylish": "2.0.1",
     "run-sequence": "1.1.1",
     "streamqueue": "1.1.0",
+    "tar.gz": "^0.1.1",
     "webpack": "1.10.1"
   }
 }