diff --git a/config/server.sh b/config/server.sh
index 7398b2fd8..64d989275 100644
--- a/config/server.sh
+++ b/config/server.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 # Included by script/server
 #
 THIN_PORT=3000
-SOCKET_PORT=8080
 
 # Choose one mode by uncommenting
 export RAILS_ENV='development'
-#export RAILS_ENV='production'
+export RAILS_ENV='production'
 
 # See thin -h for possible values.
 DEFAULT_THIN_ARGS="-p $THIN_PORT -e $RAILS_ENV"
diff --git a/lib/app_config.rb b/lib/app_config.rb
index 7fefcf93d..53ad6de8c 100644
--- a/lib/app_config.rb
+++ b/lib/app_config.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+# Copyright (c) 2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
 # licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 # the COPYRIGHT file.
 
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class AppConfig
     config_vars[key] = value
   end
 
+  def self.has_key?(key)
+    config_vars.has_key?(key)
+  end
+
   def self.configure_for_environment(env)
     load_config_for_environment(env)
     generate_pod_uri
diff --git a/script/get_config.rb b/script/get_config.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1f0067965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/get_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# Copyright (c) 2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+# licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+# the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'yaml'
+
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/keys'
+
+class Rails
+  def self.root
+    File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..")
+  end
+  
+  def self.env
+    env = 'development'
+    env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] if ENV.has_key?('RAILS_ENV')
+    env = ARGV[1] if ARGV.length == 2
+    env.downcase
+  end
+end
+
+require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib', 'app_config')
+
+
+if ARGV.length >= 1
+  key = ARGV[0].to_sym
+  AppConfig.configure_for_environment(Rails.env)
+  if AppConfig.has_key?(key)
+    print AppConfig[key]
+  else
+    puts "Invalid option #{ARGV[0]}"
+    exit 2
+  end
+else
+  puts "Usage: ./script/get_config.rb option [environment]"
+  puts ""
+  puts "envrionment defaults to development"
+  exit 1
+end
diff --git a/script/server b/script/server
index d94da6d15..8b6270b75 100755
--- a/script/server
+++ b/script/server
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ OS=`uname -s`
 
 [ -e config/server.sh ] && source config/server.sh
 
+export SOCKET_PORT=$(./script/get_config.rb socket_port $RAILS_ENV)
 
 function init_public
 # Create all dynamically generated files in public/ folder
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p -v log/thin/
 bundle exec ruby ./script/websocket_server.rb&
-redis-server config/redis.conf &>log/redis-console.log &
-QUEUE=* bundle exec rake resque:work&
+if [ "$(./script/get_config.rb single_process_mode $RAILS_ENV)" = "false" ]; then
+    redis-server config/redis.conf &>log/redis-console.log &
+    QUEUE=* bundle exec rake resque:work&
+fi
 bundle exec thin start $args