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..61c6bfbd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+sandbox = "sandbox"   #where to locate builds, server configs and test data
+osm_data = "amager"   #name of OSM data file
+
+desc "Rebuild,  reprocess OSM data and run server"
+task :default => [:build, "data:process", :run]
+
+desc "Build with Scons"
+task :build do
+  raise "Error while building." unless system "scons"
+end
+
+
+file "#{sandbox}/amager.osm.pbf" => "amager.osm.pbf" do |t|
+  raise unless system "cp #{t.prerequisites.join} #{t.name}"
+end
+
+namespace :data do
+  desc "Process 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
+    raise "Error while extracting data." unless system "./osrm-extract amager.osm.pbf"
+    raise "Error while preparing data." unless system "./osrm-prepare amager.osrm amager.osrm.restrictions"
+    cd prev
+  end
+
+  desc "Download fresh OSM for the test data"
+  task :download => :setup do
+    start = Time.now
+    country = 'denmark'
+    bbox = 'top=55.6655 left=12.5589 bottom=55.6462 right=12.5963'
+    area = 'amager'
+
+    raise "Error while downloading data." unless system "curl http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe/#{country}.osm.pbf -o #{sandbox}/#{country}.osm.pbf"
+    raise "Error while cropping data." unless system "osmosis --read-pbf file=#{sandbox}/#{country}.osm.pbf --bounding-box #{bbox} --write-pbf file=#{sandbox}/#{area}.osm.pbf omitmetadata=true"
+  end
+end
+
+desc "Setup server files"
+task :setup => ["#{sandbox}/speedprofile.ini", "#{sandbox}/extractor.ini", "#{sandbox}/server.ini"]
+
+file "#{sandbox}/speedprofile.ini" => "speedprofile.ini" do |t|
+  raise unless system "cp #{t.prerequisites.join} #{t.name}"
+end
+
+file "#{sandbox}/extractor.ini" => "extractor.ini" do |t|
+  raise unless 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 test"
+task :test do
+  puts "Test would go here..."
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 5cbab86de..a6a6423b3 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -74,15 +74,20 @@ else:
 
 if sys.platform == 'darwin':	#Mac OS X
 	env.Append(CPPPATH = ['/usr/include/libxml2'] )		#comes with os x
-	#assume stxxl and boost are installed via homebrew.
-	#call out to brew to get the folder locations
+	#assume dependencies are installed with homebrew, and call out get folder locations
 	import subprocess
 	stxxl_prefix = subprocess.check_output(["brew", "--prefix", "libstxxl"]).strip()
-	boost_prefix = subprocess.check_output(["brew", "--prefix", "boost"]).strip()
 	env.Append(CPPPATH = [stxxl_prefix+"/include"] )
 	env.Append(LIBPATH = [stxxl_prefix+"/lib"] )
+	
+	boost_prefix = subprocess.check_output(["brew", "--prefix", "boost"]).strip()
 	env.Append(CPPPATH = [boost_prefix+"/include"] )
 	env.Append(LIBPATH = [boost_prefix+"/lib"] )	
+	
+	#libxml2_prefix = subprocess.check_output(["brew", "--prefix", "libxml2"]).strip()
+	#env.Append(CPPPATH = [libxml2_prefix+"/include"] )
+	#env.Append(LIBPATH = [libxml2_prefix+"/lib"] )	
+
 elif sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"):
 	env.ParseConfig('pkg-config --cflags --libs protobuf')
 	env.Append(CPPPATH = ['/usr/local/include', '/usr/local/include/libxml2'])
@@ -105,9 +110,11 @@ else:
 	env.Append(CPPPATH = ['/usr/include', '/usr/include/include', '/usr/include/libxml2/'])
 
 
-if not conf.CheckHeader('omp.h'):
-	print "Compiler does not support OpenMP. Exiting"
-	Exit(-1)
+if sys.platform != 'darwin':
+	if not conf.CheckHeader('omp.h'):
+		print "Compiler does not support OpenMP. Exiting"
+		Exit(-1)
+
 if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('xml2', 'libxml/xmlreader.h', 'CXX'):
 	print "libxml2 library or header not found. Exiting"
 	Exit(-1)
@@ -193,8 +200,8 @@ 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
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index 000000000..2d0dfd4bb
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