diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7db3eff..bad9c7a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
         "uuid": "9.0.0",
         "ws": "8.12.0"
       },
+      "bin": {
+        "dwn-server": "dist/esm/src/main.js"
+      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "^4.2.0",
         "@types/bytes": "3.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c41d8c6..462e847 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
       "require": "./dist/cjs/index.js"
     }
   },
+  "bin": {
+    "dwn-server": "./dist/esm/src/main.js"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/TBD54566975/dwn-server.git"
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index df58215..ee0e51e 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 // node.js 18 and earlier, needs globalThis.crypto polyfill. needed for dwn-sdk-js
 import { webcrypto } from 'node:crypto';