diff --git a/api/api.php b/api/api.php
index fc8babb..c14d5be 100644
--- a/api/api.php
+++ b/api/api.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function exceptionHandler($exception) {
 };
 set_exception_handler('exceptionHandler');
 
-R::setup('sqlite:taskboard.db');
+R::setup('sqlite:'.__DIR__.'/taskboard.db');
 createInitialUser();
 
 $app->notFound(function() use ($app, $jsonResponse) {
diff --git a/devrouter.php b/devrouter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb68fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devrouter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+$root = __DIR__;
+$file = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+
+if(file_exists($root.'/'.$file)){
+    return false;
+}
+
+$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = str_replace('/api/', '/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
+$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = str_replace('/api', '/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
+
+$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = '/';
+
+$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
+
+require_once 'api/api.php';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 234a1a4..99b800d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ The server must have `sqlite` and `php5-sqlite` installed, as well as the `rewri
 
 **Optional:** to build minimized JavaScript and CSS (Install step 2) you must have a jre installed, tested with `openjdk-7-jre` and `openjdk-8-jre`.
 
+### Development instance
+
+You can start a simple development environment with the php internal webserver.
+
+`php -S 127.0.0.1:8080 devrouter.php`
+
+After launching the internal webserver go to http://127.0.0.1:8080/
+
 ###Install
 Installing TaskBoard is as easy as 1, 2, 3!