diff --git a/tasks/options/connect.js b/tasks/options/connect.js
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+module.exports = function(config) {
+  return {
+    dev: {
+      options: {
+        port: 5601,
+        base: config.srcDir,
+        keepalive: true
+      }
+    },
+  }
+};
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diff --git a/tasks/server_task.js b/tasks/server_task.js
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+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+  grunt.registerTask('server', ['connect:dev']);
+};
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