diff --git a/src/main/nim/strawboss.nim b/src/main/nim/strawboss.nim
index 6e8c997..4e086a1 100644
--- a/src/main/nim/strawboss.nim
+++ b/src/main/nim/strawboss.nim
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Options
                 else: "strawboss.config.json"
 
   var cfg = loadStrawBossConfig(cfgFile)
+  cfg.pathToExe = paramStr(0)
   if not existsDir(cfg.artifactsRepo):
     echo "Artifacts repo (" & cfg.artifactsRepo & ") does not exist. Creating..."
     createDir(cfg.artifactsRepo)
diff --git a/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/configuration.nim b/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/configuration.nim
index d7f9b72..fbc604f 100644
--- a/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/configuration.nim
+++ b/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/configuration.nim
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ type
   StrawBossConfig* = object
     artifactsRepo*: string
     authSecret*: string
+    filePath*: string
     debug*: bool
+    pathToExe*: string
     projects*: seq[ProjectDef]
     pwdCost*: int8
     users*: seq[UserRef]
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ proc loadStrawBossConfig*(cfgFile: string): StrawBossConfig =
     raiseEx "strawboss config file not found: " & cfgFile
 
   result = parseStrawBossConfig(parseFile(cfgFile))
+  result.filePath = cfgFile
 
 proc loadProjectConfig*(cfgFile: string): ProjectConfig =
   if not existsFile(cfgFile):
diff --git a/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/server.nim b/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/server.nim
index 9d401d4..adc7011 100644
--- a/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/server.nim
+++ b/src/main/nim/strawbosspkg/server.nim
@@ -77,12 +77,16 @@ proc extractSession(cfg: StrawBossConfig, request: Request): Session =
 
   result = fromJWT(cfg, headerVal[7..^1])
 
-proc spawnWorker(req: RunRequest): Worker =
+proc spawnWorker(cfg: StrawBossConfig, req: RunRequest): Worker =
+  ## Kick off a new worker process with the given run information
+
   let dir = mkdtemp()
-  var args = @["run", req.projectName, req.stepName, "-r", req.buildRef, "-w", dir]
+  var args = @["run", req.projectName, req.stepName, "-r", req.buildRef,
+               "-w", dir, "-c", cfg.filePath]
   if req.forceRebuild: args.add("-f")
+  debug "Launching worker: " & cfg.pathToExe & " " & args.join(" ")
   result = Worker(
-    process: startProcess("strawboss", ".", args, loadEnv(), {poUsePath}),
+    process: startProcess(cfg.pathToExe, ".", args, loadEnv(), {poUsePath}),
     workingDir: dir)
 
 proc hashPwd*(pwd: string, cost: int8): string =
@@ -248,7 +252,18 @@ proc start*(cfg: StrawBossConfig): void =
         projectName: @"projectName",
         stepName: @"stepName",
         buildRef: if @"buildRef" != "": @"buildRef" else: nil,
-        forceRebuild: false)))  # TODO support this with optional query params
+        forceRebuild: false) # TODO support this with optional query params
+
+      # TODO: instead of immediately spawning a worker, add the request to a
+      # queue to be picked up by a worker. Allows capping the number of worker
+      # prcesses, distributing, etc.
+      let worker = spawnWorker(cfg, runRequest)
+      workers.add(worker)
+
+      resp($(%*{
+        "runRequest": runRequest,
+        "status": { "state": "accepted", "details": "Run request has been queued." }
+      }))
 
     post "/service/debug/stop":
       if not cfg.debug: resp(Http404, makeJsonResp(Http404), JSON)
diff --git a/src/test/nim/functional/tserver.nim b/src/test/nim/functional/tserver.nim
index f174f9a..f5884c3 100644
--- a/src/test/nim/functional/tserver.nim
+++ b/src/test/nim/functional/tserver.nim
@@ -87,9 +87,22 @@ suite "strawboss server":
     let returnedVersions = parseJson(resp.body).getElems.mapIt(it.getStr)
     check sameContents(expectedVersions, returnedVersions)
 
-  #test "enqueue a build":
-  #  let http = newAuthenticatedHttpClient(apibase, "bob@builder.com", "password")
-  #  let resp = http.get(apiBase & "/project/" & testProjName & "
+  test "run a successful build with artifacts":
+    let http = newAuthenticatedHttpClient(apibase, "bob@builder.com", "password")
+    let resp = http.get(apiBase & "/project/" & testProjName & "/step/build/run/0.1.0"
+    check resp.status.startsWith("200")
+
+    # TODO
+    # check that the project directory has been created in the artifacts repo
+    # check that the run status file has been created in the artifacts repo
+    # check that the run status is not failed
+    # wait for the build to complete
+    # check that the status is "complete"
+    # check that the artifacts we expect are present
+    check false
+
+  test "run a time-consuming build and check the status via the API"
+    check false
 
   # Last-chance catch to kill the server in case some test err'ed and didn't
   # reach it's teardown handler
diff --git a/src/test/nim/unit/tconfiguration.nim b/src/test/nim/unit/tconfiguration.nim
index 6054377..148317f 100644
--- a/src/test/nim/unit/tconfiguration.nim
+++ b/src/test/nim/unit/tconfiguration.nim
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import ../../../main/nim/strawbosspkg/configuration
 suite "load and save configuration objects":
 
   # suite setup & common data
-  let testProjDefStr = """{ "name": "test-project-1", "repo":
+  let testProjDefStr = """{ "name": "dummy-project", "repo":
                             "/non-existent/dir",
                             "cfgFilePath": "strawhat.json",
                             "defaultBranch": "deploy",
                             "envVars": { "VAR1": "value" } }"""
 
   let testProjDef = ProjectDef(
-    name: "test-project-1",
+    name: "dummy-project",
     repo: "/non-existent/dir",
     cfgFilePath: "strawhat.json",
     defaultBranch: "deploy",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ suite "load and save configuration objects":
     let pd = parseProjectDef(parseJson(testProjDefStr))
 
     check:
-      pd.name == "test-project-1"
+      pd.name == "dummy-project"
       pd.repo == "/non-existent/dir"
       pd.cfgFilePath == "strawhat.json"
       pd.defaultBranch == "deploy"
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ suite "load and save configuration objects":
     let expectedUsers = @[UserRef(name: "bob@builder.com", hashedPwd: "testvalue"),
                           UserRef(name: "sam@sousa.com", hashedPwd: "testvalue")]
     let expectedProjects = @[
-      ProjectDef(name: "test-project-1",
+      ProjectDef(name: "dummy-project",
                  repo: "/non-existent/dir",
                  defaultBranch: "deploy",
                  cfgFilePath: "strawhat.json",
                  envVars: newStringTable("VAR1", "value", modeCaseSensitive)),
-      ProjectDef(name: "test-strawboss",
-                 repo: "https://git.jdb-labs.com:jdb/test-strawboss.git",
+      ProjectDef(name: "test-project",
+                 repo: "",
                  defaultBranch: "master",
                  cfgFilePath: "strawboss.json",
                  envVars: newStringTable(modeCaseSensitive))]
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ suite "load and save configuration objects":
       sameContents(expectedProjects, cfg.projects)
 
   test "loadProjectConfig":
-    let pc = loadProjectConfig("src/test/json/test-project-1.config.json")
+    let pc = loadProjectConfig("src/test/json/dummy-project.config.json")
 
     check:
-      pc.name == "test-project-1"
+      pc.name == "dummy-project"
       pc.versionCmd == "git describe --all --always"
       pc.steps.len == 2
 
diff --git a/src/test/test-project.tar.gz b/src/test/test-project.tar.gz
index 1767c98..c0654a2 100644
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