diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b475dba..8c01374 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ where = src
 console_scripts =
     capport-control = capport.control.run:main
     capport-stats = capport.stats:main
+    capport-webui = capport.api.hypercorn_run:main
diff --git a/src/capport/api/hypercorn_conf.py b/src/capport/api/hypercorn_conf.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4661c0a..0000000
--- a/src/capport/api/hypercorn_conf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import capport.config
-
-_config = capport.config.Config.load_default_once()
-
-worker_class = 'trio'
-
-if _config.server_names:
-    server_names = _config.server_names
-elif not _config.debug:
-    raise Exception("production setup requires server-names in config (list of accepted hostnames in http requests)")
diff --git a/src/capport/api/hypercorn_run.py b/src/capport/api/hypercorn_run.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c922fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/capport/api/hypercorn_run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hypercorn.config
+import hypercorn.trio.run
+import hypercorn.utils
+
+import capport.config
+
+
+def run(config: hypercorn.config.Config) -> None:
+    sockets = config.create_sockets()
+    assert config.worker_class == 'trio'
+
+    hypercorn.trio.run.trio_worker(config=config, sockets=sockets)
+
+    for sock in sockets.secure_sockets:
+        sock.close()
+    for sock in sockets.insecure_sockets:
+        sock.close()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    _config = capport.config.Config.load_default_once()
+
+    hypercorn_config = hypercorn.config.Config()
+    hypercorn_config.application_path = 'capport.api.app'
+    hypercorn_config.worker_class = 'trio'
+
+    if _config.server_names:
+        hypercorn_config.server_names = _config.server_names
+    elif not _config.debug:
+        raise Exception(
+            "production setup requires server-names in config (list of accepted hostnames in http requests)"
+        )
+
+    run(hypercorn_config)
diff --git a/start-api.sh b/start-api.sh
index 5bb91de..ae69070 100755
--- a/start-api.sh
+++ b/start-api.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -e
 base=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 cd "${base}"
 
-exec ./venv/bin/hypercorn --config python:capport.api.hypercorn_conf capport.api.app "$@"
+exec ./venv/bin/capport-webui "$@"