diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 941c9a5..180efb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+misc/segments4
+misc/customprofiles
 target/
 *.BAK
 .classpath
 .project
 *.class
 .idea/
-*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
+*.iml
diff --git a/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh b/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh
index 9ea86a8..9a439ed 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 # maxRunningTime is the request timeout in seconds, set to 0 to disable timeout
 JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx128M -Xms128M -Xmn8M -DmaxRunningTime=300"
-CLASSPATH=../brouter.jar
 
-java $JAVA_OPTS -cp $CLASSPATH btools.server.RouteServer ../segments4 ../profiles2 ../customprofiles 17777 1 $BINDADDRESS
+# If paths are unset, first search in locations matching the directory structure
+# as found in the official BRouter zip archive
+CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH:-"../brouter.jar"}
+SEGMENTSPATH=${SEGMENTSPATH:-"../segments4"}
+PROFILESPATH=${PROFILESPATH:-"../profiles2"}
+CUSTOMPROFILESPATH=${CUSTOMPROFILESPATH:-"../customprofiles"}
+
+# Otherwise try to locate files inside the source checkout
+if [ ! -e "$CLASSPATH" ]; then
+    CLASSPATH="$(ls ../../../brouter-server/target/brouter-server-*jar-with-dependencies.jar | sort --reverse --version-sort | head --lines 1)"
+fi
+if [ ! -e "$SEGMENTSPATH" ]; then
+    SEGMENTSPATH="../../segments4"
+fi
+if [ ! -e "$PROFILESPATH" ]; then
+    PROFILESPATH="../../profiles2"
+fi
+if [ ! -e "$CUSTOMPROFILESPATH" ]; then
+    CUSTOMPROFILESPATH="../../customprofiles"
+fi
+
+java $JAVA_OPTS -cp $CLASSPATH btools.server.RouteServer "$SEGMENTSPATH" "$PROFILESPATH" "$CUSTOMPROFILESPATH" 17777 1 $BINDADDRESS