diff --git a/build b/build
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/build
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+if [ ! -d output ]; then
+	
+	mkdir output
+	
+fi
+
+dotnet build
+if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+ASSET_UIHTML_VERSION=2024.27.5
+
+THEME_NAME=avondale
+
+for each in mocha-dotnet/src/assets/ui-html/css/common/*.less mocha-dotnet/src/assets/ui-html/css/$THEME_NAME/*.less; do cat $each; echo ""; done | lessc --plugin=less-plugin-clean-css=advanced - output/assets/ui-html/$ASSET_UIHTML_VERSION/css/mochaApp.css
+cp mocha-dotnet/src/app/Mocha.ServerApplication/bin/Debug/net8.0/* output/
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/cup b/cup
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+++ b/cup
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+AUTO_REBUILD=1
+
+# CONFIDENCE_LEVEL=Debug
+# DOTNET_VERSION=8.0
+# APP_PATH=mocha-dotnet/src/app/Mocha.ServerApplication/bin/$CONFIDENCE_LEVEL/net$DOTNET_VERSION
+APP_PATH=./output/
+APP_NAME=Mocha.ServerApplication
+
+if [ $AUTO_REBUILD -eq 1 ]; then
+
+	# dotnet build
+	./build
+
+	if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+
+		echo "There were build errors. Please fix the errors and re-run Mocha CUP."
+		exit
+
+	fi
+
+fi
+
+$APP_PATH/$APP_NAME
+