diff --git a/backend/bin/repl b/backend/bin/repl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..697f13c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bin/repl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+clojure -Ojmx-remote -A:dev -e "(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)" -m rebel-readline.main