diff --git a/api-webapp/pom.xml b/api-webapp/pom.xml
index 9f884e0..1a29b18 100644
--- a/api-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/api-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
                     </classpathDependencyExcludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <webApp>
+                        <contextPath>/api/</contextPath>
+                    </webApp>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>            
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt b/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
index 1688dc9..c54b77a 100644
--- a/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
+++ b/api-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class WebappManager : ServletContextListener, ServletContextAttributeListener, H
     /* ServletContextListener interface */
     override fun contextInitialized(sce: ServletContextEvent) {
         context = sce.servletContext
-        logger.info("---------- Starting Web Application ----------")
+        logger.info("---------- Starting Pairgoth Server ----------")
         context.setAttribute("manager", this)
         webappRoot = context.getRealPath("/")
         try {
diff --git a/view-webapp/pom.xml b/view-webapp/pom.xml
index bfa5175..43a4e1a 100644
--- a/view-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/view-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@
                     <!-- <includePath>${basedir}/src/main/sass/plugins/</includePath> -->
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <scan>0</scan>
+                    <systemProperties>
+                        <systemProperty>
+                            <name>pairgoth.webapp.url</name>
+                            <value>http://localhost:8080</value>
+                        </systemProperty>
+                    </systemProperties>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/view-webapp/src/main/config/pairgoth.default.properties b/view-webapp/src/main/config/pairgoth.default.properties
index 48e854b..d8376ef 100644
--- a/view-webapp/src/main/config/pairgoth.default.properties
+++ b/view-webapp/src/main/config/pairgoth.default.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # webapp
-webapp.env = dev
+env = dev
 webapp.url = https://localhost:8080
+api.url = https://localhost:8085
 
 # store
 store = file
diff --git a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/view/ApiTool.kt b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/view/ApiTool.kt
index ec0b58d..0294f9e 100644
--- a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/view/ApiTool.kt
+++ b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/view/ApiTool.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import okhttp3.internal.EMPTY_REQUEST
 class ApiTool {
     companion object {
         const val JSON = "application/json"
-        val apiRoot = System.getProperty("pairgoth.webapp.url").let { base ->
+        val apiRoot = System.getProperty("pairgoth.api.url").let { base ->
             if (base.endsWith('/')) "${base}api/"
             else "${base}/api/"
         }
diff --git a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/LanguageFilter.kt b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/LanguageFilter.kt
index 20cce78..be413a4 100644
--- a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/LanguageFilter.kt
+++ b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/LanguageFilter.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class LanguageFilter : Filter {
                 // the request must be redirected
                 val preferredLanguage = getPreferredLanguage(request)
                 val destination = if (lang != null) target else uri
-                response.sendRedirect("${preferredLanguage}${destination}")
+                response.sendRedirect("/${preferredLanguage}${destination}")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
index 1688dc9..ccb3987 100644
--- a/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
+++ b/view-webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/web/WebappManager.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class WebappManager : ServletContextListener, ServletContextAttributeListener, H
     /* ServletContextListener interface */
     override fun contextInitialized(sce: ServletContextEvent) {
         context = sce.servletContext
-        logger.info("---------- Starting Web Application ----------")
+        logger.info("---------- Starting Pairgoth Web Client ----------")
         context.setAttribute("manager", this)
         webappRoot = context.getRealPath("/")
         try {
diff --git a/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt b/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt
index 8fb9bdf..f0223ef 100644
--- a/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt
+++ b/webserver/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/application/Pairgoth.kt
@@ -79,12 +79,25 @@ private fun getResourceProperty(key: String) = serverProps.getProperty(key)?.let
 
 private fun launchServer() {
 
-    // create webapps contexts
-    val apiContext = createContext("api", "/api")
-    val viewContext = createContext("view", "/")
+    // read default properties and provided ones, if any
+    readProperties()
 
-    // handle properties
-    readProperties(apiContext, viewContext)
+    // create webapps contexts
+    val webAppContexts = mutableListOf<WebAppContext>()
+    val mode = serverProps["mode"] ?: throw Error("missing property: mode")
+    if (mode == "server" || mode == "standalone") webAppContexts.add(createContext("api", "/api"))
+    if (mode == "client" || mode == "standalone") webAppContexts.add(createContext("view", "/"))
+
+    // special handling for logger properties
+    serverProps.stringPropertyNames().asSequence().filter { propName ->
+        propName.startsWith("logger.")
+    }.forEach { propName ->
+        val key = "webapp-slf4j-logger.${propName.substring(7)}"
+        val value = serverProps.getProperty(propName)
+        webAppContexts.forEach { context ->
+            context.setInitParameter(key, value)
+        }
+    }
 
     val webappUrl = serverProps.getProperty("webapp.url")?.let { URL(it) } ?: throw Error("missing property webapp.url")
     val secure = webappUrl.protocol == "https"
@@ -96,7 +109,7 @@ private fun launchServer() {
 
     server.apply {
         // register webapps
-        handler = ContextHandlerCollection(apiContext, viewContext)
+        handler = ContextHandlerCollection(*webAppContexts.toTypedArray())
         if (secure) {
             val connector = buildSecureConnector(server, webappUrl.port)
             addConnector(connector)
@@ -112,7 +125,7 @@ private fun createContext(webapp: String, contextPath: String) = WebAppContext()
     context.contextPath = contextPath
 }
 
-private fun readProperties(vararg contexts: WebAppContext) {
+private fun readProperties() {
     val defaultProps = getResource("/server.default.properties") ?: throw Error("missing default server properties")
     defaultProps.openStream().use {
         serverProps.load(InputStreamReader(it, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
@@ -123,13 +136,7 @@ private fun readProperties(vararg contexts: WebAppContext) {
         serverProps.entries.forEach { entry ->
             val property = entry.key as String
             val value = entry.value as String
-            if (property.startsWith("logger.")) {
-                // special handling for logger properties
-                val webappLoggerPropKey = "webapp-slf4j-logger.${property.substring(7)}"
-                contexts.forEach { context ->
-                    context.setInitParameter(webappLoggerPropKey, value)
-                }
-            } else if (property.startsWith("webapp.ssl.")) {
+            if (!property.startsWith("webapp.ssl.")) {
                 // do not propagate ssl properties further
             } else {
                 System.setProperty("pairgoth.$property", value)
diff --git a/webserver/src/main/resources/server.default.properties b/webserver/src/main/resources/server.default.properties
index c996630..3357646 100644
--- a/webserver/src/main/resources/server.default.properties
+++ b/webserver/src/main/resources/server.default.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 webapp.url = https://localhost:8443
 webapp.ssl.key = jar:file:$jar!/ssl/localhost.key
-# webapp.ssl.pass = foobar (not supported for now)
+webapp.ssl.pass =
 webapp.ssl.cert = jar:file:$jar!/ssl/localhost.crt
+mode = standalone