diff --git a/services/package.json b/services/package.json
index 6c3308826..87e9978dd 100644
--- a/services/package.json
+++ b/services/package.json
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 {
   "name": "services",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "scripts": {
     "build-all": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build",
     "build-base-image": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh",
     "run-tunnelbroker-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh tunnelbroker",
     "test-tunnelbroker-service": "./scripts/test_service.sh tunnelbroker",
     "build-backup-base": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build backup-base",
     "run-backup-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh backup",
     "test-backup-service": "./scripts/test_service.sh backup",
     "run-backup-service-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/run_server_image.sh backup",
     "test-backup-service-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/test_service.sh backup",
     "build-blob-base": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build blob-base",
     "run-blob-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh blob",
     "test-blob-service": "./scripts/test_service.sh blob",
     "run-blob-service-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/run_server_image.sh blob",
     "test-blob-service-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/test_service.sh blob",
     "run-all-services": "./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
     "test-all-services": "./scripts/test_all_services.sh",
     "test-all-services-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/test_all_services.sh",
-    "run-all-services-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/run_all_services.sh"
+    "run-all-services-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
+    "run-local-cloud": "./scripts/run_local_cloud.sh"
   }
 }
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_local_cloud.sh b/services/scripts/run_local_cloud.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9ac151ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scripts/run_local_cloud.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# use the commented-out command to force container recreation
+# docker-compose up -d --force-recreate localstack
+docker-compose up -d localstack
+
+pushd terraform
+
+./run.sh
+
+popd # terraform