diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 951d8b5..7420bed 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ set dotenv-load
 run:
     cargo run -p server
 
+# Build the web SPA + run the server in release mode with the SPA embedded (served at /)
+run-release:
+    # build.rs embeds web/dist, so the frontend must be built first
+    cd web && pnpm build
+    cargo run -p server --release --features embed-web
+
 # Seed the baseline Spectrum cataloguing vocabularies + field definitions (idempotent)
 seed:
     cargo run -p server -- seed