diff --git a/dotfiles/.local/bin/commands b/dotfiles/.local/bin/commands
index d45aae4..efaee5a 100755
--- a/dotfiles/.local/bin/commands
+++ b/dotfiles/.local/bin/commands
@@ -1056,6 +1056,12 @@ def http_server(argv):
         action='store_true',
         default=False,
     )
+    parser.add_option(
+        '--force',
+        dest='force',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=False,
+    )
     parser.add_option(
         '--token',
         dest='token',
@@ -1068,6 +1074,12 @@ def http_server(argv):
         type='int',
         default=80,
     )
+    parser.add_option(
+        '--no_docker',
+        dest='docker',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=None,
+    )
     parser.add_option(
         '-H', '--header',
         dest='response_headers',
@@ -1101,7 +1113,19 @@ def http_server(argv):
         raise RuntimeError('invalid ip address %s' % options.host)
 
 
+    if options.docker is None:
+        options.docker = True
+
     index_section = 'autoindex on;'
+    if options.docker:
+        DATA_DIR = '/usr/share/nginx'
+        APP_DIR = '/app'
+        CONF_DIR = '/etc/nginx'
+    else:
+        DATA_DIR = '/opt/nginx/%s/data/' % options.token
+        CONF_DIR = '/opt/nginx/%s/conf/' % options.token
+        APP_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.curdir)
+
     if options.public:
         location_section = 'location / {%s}' % index_section
     else:
@@ -1133,34 +1157,62 @@ def http_server(argv):
             'deny all;'
             '}'
             'location /%s/ {'
-            'alias /app/;'
+            'alias %s/;'
             '%s'
             '%s'
             '}'
         ) % (
             path,
+            APP_DIR,
             '\n'.join([
                 'add_header %s;' % o
                 for o in options.response_headers
             ]),
             index_section
         )
-    subprocess.check_call(
-        r'''
-            sudo docker run \
-                -p %s:%d:80 \
-                -u root \
-                -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash \
-                -v $PWD:/app:ro \
-                --log-driver none \
-                nginx:latest \
-                -c 'echo "server{listen 80; charset UTF-8; root /app; %s}" > /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf; nginx -g "daemon off;"'
-        ''' % (
-            options.host,
-            options.port,
-            location_section,
-        ),
-        shell=True)
+
+    if options.docker:
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            r'''
+                sudo docker run \
+                    -p %s:%d:80 \
+                    -u root \
+                    -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash \
+                    -v $PWD:%s:ro \
+                    --log-driver none \
+                    nginx:latest \
+                    -c 'echo "server{listen 80; charset UTF-8; root /app; %s}" > /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf; nginx -g "daemon off;"'
+            ''' % (
+                options.host,
+                options.port,
+                APP_DIR,
+                location_section,
+            ),
+            shell=True
+        )
+    else:
+        if os.path.exists(CONF_DIR):
+            assert options.force
+            shutil.rmtree(CONF_DIR)
+
+        if os.path.exists(DATA_DIR):
+            assert options.force
+            shutil.rmtree(DATA_DIR)
+
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            r'''
+                mkdir -p $CONF_DIR;
+                echo "server{listen 80; charset UTF-8; root $DATA_DIR; %s}" >
+                    $CONF_DIR/default.conf;
+                exec nginx -c $CONF_DIR -p $DATA_DIR -g "daemon off;"
+            ''',
+            env=dict(
+                CONF_DIR=CONF_DIR,
+                DATA_DIR=DATA_DIR,
+                APP_DIR=APP_DIR,
+            ),
+            shell=True,
+        )
 
 def pass_ssh_osx(argv):
     assert isinstance(argv, list) and all([isinstance(o, str) for o in argv])