diff --git a/services/web/Gruntfile.coffee b/services/web/Gruntfile.coffee
index 63d0eb6f79..4307621af5 100644
--- a/services/web/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/services/web/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 	grunt.registerTask 'test:modules:unit', 'Run the unit tests for the modules', ['compile:modules:server', 'compile:modules:unit_tests'].concat(moduleUnitTestTasks)
 
 	grunt.registerTask 'run', "Compile and run the web-sharelatex server", ['compile', 'env:run', 'parallel']
+	grunt.registerTask 'runq', "Compile and run the web-sharelatex server", ['compile', 'env:run', 'exec']
 
 	grunt.registerTask 'default', 'run'