diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 817ee9a..c5b8d96 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
-dev:
+nomad-dev:
 	@read -p 'enter your vault token:' VAULT_TOKEN;\
 	nomad agent -dev -bind 0.0.0.0 -dc homelab -vault-address "http://active.vault.service.consul:8200" -vault-create-from-role "nomad-cluster" -vault-enabled -vault-token $$VAULT_TOKEN
+
+vault-dev:
+	if [ -z "$(FILE)"]; then \
+		./vault/standalone_vault.sh; \
+	else \
+		./vault/standalone_vault.sh $(FILE);\
+	fi
diff --git a/vault/standalone_vault.sh b/vault/standalone_vault.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cd1757c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vault/standalone_vault.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR=http://127.0.0.1:8500
+
+echo "launch consul dev server"
+nohup consul agent -dev & 
+if [ "$1" ]; then
+
+  echo "restore snapshot $1"
+  sleep 5
+  consul snapshot restore -http-addr=$CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR $1
+
+fi
+
+tee /tmp/standalone-vault-dev.hcl << EOF
+
+storage "consul" {
+  address = "127.0.0.1:8500"
+  path    = "vault"
+}
+
+listener "tcp" {
+address     = "0.0.0.0:8200"
+  tls_disable = 1
+}
+ui= true
+
+
+EOF
+
+echo "starting vault server please unseal before use "
+vault server -config "/tmp/standalone-vault-dev.hcl"