diff --git a/habitat/config/config.json b/habitat/config/config.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/config/config.json
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+{
+ "listen": {
+   "address": "{{cfg.listen.address}}",
+   "port": {{cfg.listen.port}}
+ },
+ "storage": {
+   "path": "{{cfg.storage.path}}"
+ }
+}
diff --git a/habitat/default.toml b/habitat/default.toml
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index 0000000..41738e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/default.toml
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+[listen]
+address = "0.0.0.0"
+port = 8228
+
+[storage]
+path = "/srv/leverage/leverage.sqlite"
diff --git a/habitat/hooks/init b/habitat/hooks/init
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/hooks/init
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+#!/bin/sh
+ln -sf {{pkg.path}}/package.json {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
+ln -sf {{pkg.path}}/app.js {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
+ln -sf {{pkg.path}}/node_modules {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
+ln -sf {{pkg.path}}/lib {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
+ln -sf {{pkg.path}}/controllers {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
+ln -sf {{pkg.svc_config_path}}/config.json {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
diff --git a/habitat/hooks/run b/habitat/hooks/run
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/habitat/hooks/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd {{pkg.svc_var_path}}
+exec node app.js 2>&1
diff --git a/habitat/plan.sh b/habitat/plan.sh
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+++ b/habitat/plan.sh
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+pkg_origin=leverage
+pkg_name=leverage-api
+pkg_version=0.1.0
+pkg_maintainer="Chris Alfano <chris@codeforphilly.org>"
+pkg_license=(MIT)
+pkg_upstream_url=https://github.com/Lever-age/api
+pkg_source=leverage-api.tar.gz
+pkg_deps=(bochener/node)
+pkg_expose=(8228)
+pkg_build_deps=(core/coreutils)
+
+do_download() {
+  return 0
+}
+
+do_verify() {
+  return 0
+}
+
+do_unpack() {
+  return 0
+}
+
+do_prepare() {
+  # This hack deals with some npm package build scripts having
+  # /usr/bin/env hardcoded instead of using env from PATH by
+  # temporarily creating a symlink at /usr/bin/env within
+  # the build environment that links to the env executable
+  # provided by the coreutils package
+  #
+  # Habitat provides a minimal environment for builds where every
+  # available package has its bin folder added to PATH rather than
+  # its contents copied to a global /usr/bin directory
+
+  if [[ ! -r /usr/bin/env ]]; then
+    ln -sv "$(pkg_path_for coreutils)/bin/env" /usr/bin/env
+    _clean_env=true
+  fi
+}
+
+do_build() {
+  # Copy files from wherever this plan is being run from to the
+  # temporary build space for this package
+  cp -vr $PLAN_CONTEXT/../* $HAB_CACHE_SRC_PATH/$pkg_dirname
+
+  # cd into the temporary build space and populate node_modules/
+  cd $HAB_CACHE_SRC_PATH/$pkg_dirname
+  npm install
+}
+
+do_install() {
+  # Copy the things we want to distribute from the current
+  # directory (this package's temporary build space) to the
+  # root for this package's build
+  cp -v package.json ${pkg_prefix}
+  cp -v app.js ${pkg_prefix}
+  cp -vr controllers ${pkg_prefix}
+  cp -vr lib ${pkg_prefix}
+  cp -r node_modules ${pkg_prefix}
+}
+
+do_end() {
+  # Clean up the `env` link, if we set it up.
+  if [[ -n "$_clean_env" ]]; then
+    rm -fv /usr/bin/env
+  fi
+}