diff --git a/services/docstore/Gruntfile.coffee b/services/docstore/Gruntfile.coffee
index 6c4eaf711b..099955bc9b 100644
--- a/services/docstore/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/services/docstore/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ spawn = require("child_process").spawn
 
 module.exports = (grunt) ->
 	grunt.initConfig
+		forever:
+			app:
+				options:
+					index: "app.js"
 		coffee:
 			app_src:
 				expand: true,
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-shell'
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-execute'
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-bunyan'
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-forever'
 
 	grunt.registerTask 'compile:app', ['clean:app', 'coffee:app', 'coffee:app_src', 'coffee:smoke_tests']
 	grunt.registerTask 'run',         ['compile:app', 'bunyan', 'execute']
diff --git a/services/docstore/package.json b/services/docstore/package.json
index efad89535d..02466a9fd7 100644
--- a/services/docstore/package.json
+++ b/services/docstore/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "grunt-bunyan": "~0.5.0",
     "sinon": "~1.5.2",
     "sandboxed-module": "~0.3.0",
-    "chai": "~1.9.1"
+    "chai": "~1.9.1",
+    "grunt-forever": "~0.4.4"
   }
 }