diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b77e7a9..ecb32ac1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ install-cloudapi-graphql:
 install-frontend:
 	$(MAKE) -C frontend install
 
+.PHONY: install-backend
+install-backend:
+	$(MAKE) -C backend install
+
 .PHONY: install
-install: install-cloudapi-graphql install-frontend
+install: install-cloudapi-graphql install-frontend install-backend
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0455fba5..6e817320 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ We will also include multiple PoC's of various bits of functionality from UI's p
 ```
 .
 ├── frontend
+├── backend
 ├── cloudapi-graphql
 └── spikes
 ```
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ An implementation of the [Joyent CloudAPI](https://apidocs.joyent.com/cloudapi/)
 
 The client side code with a dev-server.
 
+### backend
+
+A simple backend for frontend that serves the static files and fallbacks to `/static/index.html`. To be used in production.
+
 ## spikes
 
 Implementation examples from spikes.
diff --git a/backend/.eslintignore b/backend/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9b9f952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/node_modules
+coverage
+.nyc_output
+static
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/.eslintrc b/backend/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35855997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "extends": "semistandard",
+  "rules": {
+    "space-before-function-paren": [2, "never"],
+    "object-curly-newline": ["error", {
+      "minProperties": 1
+    }],
+    "sort-vars": ["error", {
+      "ignoreCase": true
+    }]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/.tern-project b/backend/.tern-project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d78dea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.tern-project
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "libs": [
+    "ecmascript"
+  ],
+  "plugins": {
+    "doc_comment": true,
+    "local-scope": true,
+    "node": true
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdc33c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM node:slim
+
+RUN set -x \
+    && apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv D101F7899D41F3C3 \
+    && echo "deb http://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list \
+    && apt-get update && apt-get install -y git yarn --no-install-recommends \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && groupadd -g 433 -r nodejs \
+    && useradd -u 431 -r -g nodejs -d /home/nodejs -s /sbin/nologin -c "Docker image user" nodejs \
+    && mkdir -p /home/nodejs/ \
+    && chown -R nodejs:nodejs /home/nodejs/
+
+# Get and configure containerpilot
+ENV CONTAINERPILOT_VERSION 2.4.1
+ENV CONTAINERPILOT file:///etc/containerpilot.json
+
+RUN export CP_SHA1=198d96c8d7bfafb1ab6df96653c29701510b833c \
+    && curl -Lso /tmp/containerpilot.tar.gz \
+         "https://github.com/joyent/containerpilot/releases/download/${CONTAINERPILOT_VERSION}/containerpilot-${CONTAINERPILOT_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
+    && echo "${CP_SHA1}  /tmp/containerpilot.tar.gz" | sha1sum -c \
+    && tar zxf /tmp/containerpilot.tar.gz -C /bin \
+    && rm /tmp/containerpilot.tar.gz
+
+COPY ./etc/containerpilot.json /etc/
+
+USER nodejs
+WORKDIR /home/nodejs/
+ADD package.json .
+RUN npm install # yarn
+ADD . .
+
+CMD [ "/bin/containerpilot", "node", "src/index.js" ]
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43b891a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	./node_modules/.bin/ava
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	npm install --quiet --no-spin
+	$(MAKE) compile-frontent
+
+# I'm not sure this is the best idea, let's see how this works out for us
+# and then go with something better once we find pain points
+.PHONY: compile-frontent
+compile-frontent:
+	$(MAKE) -C ../frontend compile
+	cp -r ../frontend/static/* ./static
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb9815d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Joyent Dashboard Backend
+
+## start
+
+```
+npm run start
+```
+
+## test
+
+```
+npm run test
+```
diff --git a/backend/etc/containerpilot.json b/backend/etc/containerpilot.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f61da1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/etc/containerpilot.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "consul": "{{ .CONSUL }}:8500",
+  "services": [
+    {
+      "name": "joyent-dashboard-backend",
+      "port": 8000,
+      "health": "/usr/bin/curl -o /dev/null --fail -s http://localhost:8000/",
+      "poll": 3,
+      "ttl": 10
+    }
+  ],
+  "backends": [
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0439a379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "joyent-dashboard-backend",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "license": "private",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node .",
+    "lint": "eslint .",
+    "open": "nyc report --reporter=html & open coverage/index.html",
+    "coverage": "nyc check-coverage --statements 100 --functions 100 --lines 100 --branches 100"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "^4.14.0",
+    "st": "^1.2.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "eslint": "^3.8.1",
+    "eslint-config-semistandard": "^7.0.0",
+    "eslint-config-standard": "^6.2.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.3.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^2.0.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/index.js b/backend/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4f73e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const express = require('express');
+const st = require('st');
+
+const app = express();
+
+var mount = st({
+  path: path.join(__dirname, '../static'),
+  url: 'static/',
+  index: 'index.html',
+  dot: false,
+  passthrough: false,
+  gzip: true,
+  cors: false
+});
+
+app.use(mount);
+
+app.get('/*', (req, res, next) => {
+  mount(Object.assign(req, {
+    sturl: '/static/index.html'
+  }), res, next);
+});
+
+app.listen(8000, (err, address) => {
+  if (err) {
+    throw err;
+  }
+
+  console.log('Server running at: http://localhost:8000');
+});
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2ccd71f1..fe6b2a0e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ cloudapi:
     - PORT=3000
   ports:
     - 3000:3000
+#############################################################################
+#  Frontend
+#############################################################################
+cloudapi:
+  build: ./backend
+  mem_limit: 128m
+  labels:
+    - triton.cns.services=backend
+  env_file: .env
+  environment:
+    - PORT=8000
+  ports:
+    - 8000:8000
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile b/frontend/Makefile
index 00a4df7a..35fc320a 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile
+++ b/frontend/Makefile
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ test:
 .PHONY: install
 install:
 	npm install --quiet --no-spin
+
+.PHONY: compile
+compile: install
+	NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack/index.js
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 32903e47..1182e4b2 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "joyent-dashboard",
+  "name": "joyent-dashboard-frontend",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "private",
diff --git a/local-compose.yml b/local-compose.yml
index cd34a095..284e7af9 100644
--- a/local-compose.yml
+++ b/local-compose.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ cloudapi:
     - PORT=3000
     - ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000
     - CONSUL=consul
+backend:
+  extends:
+    file: docker-compose.yml
+    service: backend
+  links:
+    - consul:consul
+  environment:
+    - PORT=8000
+    - ROOT_URL=http://localhost:8000
+    - CONSUL=consul