diff --git a/swh/search/cli.py b/swh/search/cli.py
--- a/swh/search/cli.py
+++ b/swh/search/cli.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 # WARNING: do not import unnecessary things here to keep cli startup time under
 # control
+import logging
+
 import click
 
 from swh.core.cli import CONTEXT_SETTINGS
@@ -40,6 +42,41 @@
     print("Done.")
 
 
+@search_cli_group.command(name="rpc-serve")
+@click.option(
+    "--host",
+    default="0.0.0.0",
+    metavar="IP",
+    show_default=True,
+    help="Host ip address to bind the server on",
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--port",
+    default=5010,
+    type=click.INT,
+    metavar="PORT",
+    show_default=True,
+    help="Binding port of the server",
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--debug/--no-debug",
+    default=True,
+    help="Indicates if the server should run in debug mode",
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def serve(ctx, host, port, debug):
+    """Software Heritage Storage RPC server.
+
+    Do NOT use this in a production environment.
+    """
+    from swh.search.api.server import app
+
+    if "log_level" in ctx.obj:
+        logging.getLogger("werkzeug").setLevel(ctx.obj["log_level"])
+    app.config.update(ctx.obj["config"])
+    app.run(host, port=int(port), debug=bool(debug))
+
+
 @search_cli_group.group("journal-client")
 @click.pass_context
 def journal_client(ctx):
diff --git a/swh/search/translator.py b/swh/search/translator.py
--- a/swh/search/translator.py
+++ b/swh/search/translator.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     def __init__(self):
         ql_rel_paths = [
             "static/swh_ql.so",  # installed
-            "../../query_language/static/swh_ql.so",  # development
+            "../../query_language/swh_ql.so",  # development
         ]
         for ql_rel_path in ql_rel_paths:
             ql_path = resource_filename("swh.search", ql_rel_path)