diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d82026a43..e5d81496b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ SconsBuilder*
 .scon*
 .build
 
-# Rake build directory #
+# sandbox directory #
 #######################
-build
+sandbox
 
 # Eclipse related files #
 #########################
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e28fec545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+sandbox = "sandbox"   #where to locate builds, server configs and test data
+osm_data = "amager"   #name of OSM data file
+
+desc "Recompile,  reprocess OSM data and run server"
+task :default => [:compile, :process, :run]
+
+desc "Compile"
+task :compile do
+  system "scons"
+end
+
+
+file "#{sandbox}/amager.osm.pbf" => "amager.osm.pbf" do |t|
+  system "cp #{t.prerequisites.join} #{t.name}"
+end
+
+desc "Reprocess OSM test data"
+task :process => ["#{sandbox}/amager.osm.pbf", :setup] do
+  prev = Dir.pwd
+  cd sandbox    #we must be in the sandbox folder to use the speedprofile.ini in that folder
+  system "./osrm-extract amager.osm.pbf"
+  system "./osrm-prepare amager.osrm amager.osrm.restrictions"
+  cd prev
+end
+
+desc "Setup server files"
+task :setup => ["#{sandbox}/speedprofile.ini", "#{sandbox}/extractor.ini", "#{sandbox}/server.ini"]
+
+file "#{sandbox}/speedprofile.ini" => "speedprofile.ini" do |t|
+  system "cp #{t.prerequisites.join} #{t.name}"
+end
+
+file "#{sandbox}/extractor.ini" => "extractor.ini" do |t|
+  system "cp #{t.prerequisites.join} #{t.name}"
+end
+
+file "#{sandbox}/server.ini" => "server.ini" do |t|
+  #first time the file is copied, we adjusts server settings to point to data files in our sandbox folder
+  text = File.read(t.prerequisites.join)
+  text.gsub!('/opt/osm/germany', "#{Dir.pwd}/sandbox/#{osm_data}")
+  file = File.new( t.name, "w+")
+  file.puts text
+  file.close
+end
+
+desc "Run the OSRM server"
+task :run => :setup do
+  cd sandbox
+  system "osrm-routed"
+end
+
+desc "Run all test"
+task :test do
+  puts "Test would go here..."
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 5cbab86de..21022ac5b 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ env.Protobuf('DataStructures/pbf-proto/osmformat.proto')
 env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-lboost_regex', '-lboost_iostreams', '-lbz2', '-lz', '-lprotobuf'])
 #env.Append(LINKFLAGS = ['-lboost_system'])
 
-env.Program(target = 'osrm-extract', source = ["extractor.cpp", 'DataStructures/pbf-proto/fileformat.pb.cc', 'DataStructures/pbf-proto/osmformat.pb.cc'])
-env.Program(target = 'osrm-prepare', source = ["createHierarchy.cpp", 'Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.cpp'])
-env.Program(target = 'osrm-routed', source = ["routed.cpp", 'Descriptors/DescriptionFactory.cpp'])
+env.Program(target = 'sandbox/osrm-extract', source = ["extractor.cpp", 'DataStructures/pbf-proto/fileformat.pb.cc', 'DataStructures/pbf-proto/osmformat.pb.cc'])
+env.Program(target = 'sandbox/osrm-prepare', source = ["createHierarchy.cpp", 'Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.cpp'])
+env.Program(target = 'sandbox/osrm-routed', source = ["routed.cpp", 'Descriptors/DescriptionFactory.cpp'])
 env = conf.Finish()
 
diff --git a/amager.osm.pbf b/amager.osm.pbf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfcb5b654
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