diff --git a/cmd/main-server.go b/cmd/main-server.go
index 38b622c2..4e8dfc7e 100644
--- a/cmd/main-server.go
+++ b/cmd/main-server.go
@@ -348,15 +348,19 @@ func AuthKeyWrap(fn WebFnType) WebFnType {
 func runWebSocketServer() {
 	gr := mux.NewRouter()
 	gr.HandleFunc("/ws", HandleWs)
+	serverAddr := WebSocketServerAddr
+	if scbase.IsDevMode() {
+		serverAddr = WebSocketServerDevAddr
+	}
 	server := &http.Server{
-		Addr:           WebSocketServerAddr,
+		Addr:           serverAddr,
 		ReadTimeout:    HttpReadTimeout,
 		WriteTimeout:   HttpWriteTimeout,
 		MaxHeaderBytes: HttpMaxHeaderBytes,
 		Handler:        gr,
 	}
 	server.SetKeepAlivesEnabled(false)
-	log.Printf("Running websocket server on %s\n", WebSocketServerAddr)
+	log.Printf("Running websocket server on %s\n", serverAddr)
 	err := server.ListenAndServe()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[error] trying to run websocket server: %v\n", err)
@@ -453,15 +457,19 @@ func main() {
 	gr.HandleFunc("/api/run-command", AuthKeyWrap(HandleRunCommand)).Methods("POST")
 	gr.HandleFunc("/api/get-client-data", AuthKeyWrap(HandleGetClientData))
 	gr.HandleFunc("/api/set-winsize", AuthKeyWrap(HandleSetWinSize))
+	serverAddr := MainServerAddr
+	if scbase.IsDevMode() {
+		serverAddr = MainServerDevAddr
+	}
 	server := &http.Server{
-		Addr:           MainServerAddr,
+		Addr:           serverAddr,
 		ReadTimeout:    HttpReadTimeout,
 		WriteTimeout:   HttpWriteTimeout,
 		MaxHeaderBytes: HttpMaxHeaderBytes,
 		Handler:        http.TimeoutHandler(gr, HttpTimeoutDuration, "Timeout"),
 	}
 	server.SetKeepAlivesEnabled(false)
-	log.Printf("Running main server on %s\n", MainServerAddr)
+	log.Printf("Running main server on %s\n", serverAddr)
 	err = server.ListenAndServe()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("ERROR: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/pkg/scbase/scbase.go b/pkg/scbase/scbase.go
index b7028907..edc2827c 100644
--- a/pkg/scbase/scbase.go
+++ b/pkg/scbase/scbase.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ const PromptAuthKeyFileName = "prompt.authkey"
 var SessionDirCache = make(map[string]string)
 var BaseLock = &sync.Mutex{}
 
+func IsDevMode() bool {
+	pdev := os.Getenv(PromptDevVarName)
+	return pdev != ""
+}
+
 // must match js
 func GetPromptHomeDir() string {
 	scHome := os.Getenv(PromptHomeVarName)
diff --git a/pkg/sstore/sstore.go b/pkg/sstore/sstore.go
index eadecb22..4277c6cf 100644
--- a/pkg/sstore/sstore.go
+++ b/pkg/sstore/sstore.go
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ func GetDB(ctx context.Context) (*sqlx.DB, error) {
 		globalDB, globalDBErr = sqlx.Open("sqlite3", fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?cache=shared&mode=rwc&_journal_mode=WAL&_busy_timeout=5000", dbName))
 		if globalDBErr != nil {
 			globalDBErr = fmt.Errorf("opening db[%s]: %w", dbName, globalDBErr)
+			log.Printf("[db] error: %v\n", globalDBErr)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("[db] successfully opened db %s\n", dbName)
 		}
 	}
 	return globalDB, globalDBErr
diff --git a/scripthaus.md b/scripthaus.md
index 563af253..88dc22bd 100644
--- a/scripthaus.md
+++ b/scripthaus.md
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # SH2 Server Commands
 
 ```bash
-# @scripthaus command dump-schema
-sqlite3 /Users/mike/prompt/prompt.db .schema > db/schema.sql
+# @scripthaus command dump-schema-dev
+sqlite3 /Users/mike/prompt-dev/prompt.db .schema > db/schema.sql
 ```
 
 ```bash
-# @scripthaus command opendb
-sqlite3 /Users/mike/prompt/prompt.db
+# @scripthaus command opendb-dev
+sqlite3 /Users/mike/prompt-dev/prompt.db
 ```
 
 ```bash
 # @scripthaus command build
-go build -o ~/prompt/local-server cmd/main-server.go
+go build -o ~/prompt-dev/local-server cmd/main-server.go
 ```