diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..097fc0825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+app: gunicorn -c conf/gunicorn_local.py application:application
+webpack: npm run watch
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9813f2b15..fd78efa2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,9 +120,14 @@ The username and password of the admin test account is `devtable` and `password`
 
 ### Local Scripts
 
+Running the web server locally requires [goreman](https://github.com/mattn/goreman):
+```
+go get github.com/mattn/goreman
+```
+
 * `local-run` runs the web server for testing
 * `local-test` runs the unit test suite
-* `npm run build` builds front end dependencies (webpack, typescript, react)
+* `npm run build` builds front end dependencies
 * `npm run watch` a watcher for webpack
 
 ### Development inside Docker
diff --git a/local-run.sh b/local-run.sh
index 543305903..84679d83d 100755
--- a/local-run.sh
+++ b/local-run.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-gunicorn -c conf/gunicorn_local.py application:application
+goreman start