diff --git a/base/web/serve.go b/base/web/serve.go
index 123429ae..4f022269 100644
--- a/base/web/serve.go
+++ b/base/web/serve.go
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ func init() {
 			cli.START:  {Name: "start dev proto host port=9020 nodename username usernick", Hand: func(m *ice.Message, arg ...string) { _serve_start(m) }},
 			SERVE_START: {Hand: func(m *ice.Message, arg ...string) {
 				kit.If(m.Option(ice.DEMO) == ice.TRUE, func() { m.Cmd(CHAT_HEADER, ice.DEMO) })
+				switch cb := m.Optionv(SERVE_START).(type) {
+				case func():
+					cb()
+				}
 				m.Go(func() {
 					ssh.PrintQRCode(m, tcp.PublishLocalhost(m, _serve_address(m)))
 					cli.Opens(m, mdb.Config(m, cli.OPEN))
diff --git a/misc/webview/webview.go b/misc/webview/webview.go
index 709c6d31..f17d42c9 100644
--- a/misc/webview/webview.go
+++ b/misc/webview/webview.go
@@ -93,3 +93,13 @@ func Run(cb func(*WebView) ice.Any) {
 	}
 	kit.If(!view.Menu(), func() { view.navigate(ice.Pulse.Cmdv(web.SPIDE, ice.OPS, web.CLIENT_ORIGIN)) })
 }
+func RunServe() {
+	kit.Setenv(cli.PATH, "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin")
+	kit.Chdir(kit.HomePath(ice.CONTEXTS))
+	wait := make(chan bool, 1)
+	ice.Pulse.Optionv(web.SERVE_START, func() { wait <- true })
+	go ice.Run(ice.SERVE, ice.START)
+	defer ice.Pulse.Cmd(ice.EXIT)
+	defer Run(nil)
+	<-wait
+}