diff --git a/.cspell/words.txt b/.cspell/words.txt
index 6b8950d2..8b743f2b 100644
--- a/.cspell/words.txt
+++ b/.cspell/words.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ ncrypt
 nlohmann
 nlohmann_json
 nmakeprg
+nohup
 nominmax
 ntstatus
 nullptr
diff --git a/repertory/repertory/include/cli/ui.hpp b/repertory/repertory/include/cli/ui.hpp
index f7929d65..ea8a4873 100644
--- a/repertory/repertory/include/cli/ui.hpp
+++ b/repertory/repertory/include/cli/ui.hpp
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ ui(std::vector<const char *> args, const std::string & /*data_directory*/,
   }
 
   ui::mgmt_app_config config{};
-  ui::handlers handlers(&config, &server);
+  config.set_api_port(ui_port);
 
+  ui::handlers handlers(&config, &server);
   return exit_code::success;
 }
 } // namespace repertory::cli::actions
diff --git a/repertory/repertory/include/ui/handlers.hpp b/repertory/repertory/include/ui/handlers.hpp
index 437db1f0..36be0272 100644
--- a/repertory/repertory/include/ui/handlers.hpp
+++ b/repertory/repertory/include/ui/handlers.hpp
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ private:
 
   void handle_put_set_value_by_name(auto &&req, auto &&res);
 
-  auto read_process(provider_type prov, std::string_view name,
-                    std::string_view command) const -> std::vector<std::string>;
+  auto launch_process(provider_type prov, std::string_view name,
+                      std::string_view command, bool background = false) const
+      -> std::vector<std::string>;
 };
 } // namespace repertory::ui
 
diff --git a/repertory/repertory/include/ui/mgmt_app_config.hpp b/repertory/repertory/include/ui/mgmt_app_config.hpp
index 5bf2df86..92978254 100644
--- a/repertory/repertory/include/ui/mgmt_app_config.hpp
+++ b/repertory/repertory/include/ui/mgmt_app_config.hpp
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 namespace repertory::ui {
 class mgmt_app_config final {
 private:
-  std::string api_auth_{"test"};
-  std::uint16_t api_port_{default_ui_mgmt_port};
-  std::string api_user_{"test"};
+  atomic<std::string> api_auth_{"test"};
+  std::atomic<std::uint16_t> api_port_{default_ui_mgmt_port};
+  atomic<std::string> api_user_{"test"};
   std::unordered_map<provider_type,
                      std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>>
       locations_;
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public:
                                         std::string_view name) const
       -> std::string;
 
+  void set_api_port(std::uint16_t api_port);
+
   void set_mount_location(provider_type prov, std::string_view name,
                           std::string_view location);
 };
diff --git a/repertory/repertory/src/ui/handlers.cpp b/repertory/repertory/src/ui/handlers.cpp
index 416ad514..5cfb1b88 100644
--- a/repertory/repertory/src/ui/handlers.cpp
+++ b/repertory/repertory/src/ui/handlers.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "utils/path.hpp"
 #include "utils/string.hpp"
 
+#include "boost/process.hpp"
+
 namespace repertory::ui {
 handlers::handlers(mgmt_app_config *config, httplib::Server *server)
     : config_(config),
@@ -320,7 +322,14 @@ auto handlers::launch_process(provider_type prov, std::string_view name,
       fmt::format(R"({} {} {})", repertory_binary_, str_type, command);
 
   if (background) {
-    return "";
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    system(fmt::format(R"(start "" /b {})", cmd_line).c_str());
+#elif defined(__linux__) // defined(__linux__)
+    system(fmt::format("nohup {} 1>/dev/null 2>&1", cmd_line).c_str());
+#else                    // !defined(__linux__) && !defined(_WIN32)
+    build fails here
+#endif                   // defined(_WIN32)
+    return {};
   }
 
   auto *pipe = popen(cmd_line.c_str(), "r");
diff --git a/repertory/repertory/src/ui/mgmt_app_config.cpp b/repertory/repertory/src/ui/mgmt_app_config.cpp
index 668cf688..e880c786 100644
--- a/repertory/repertory/src/ui/mgmt_app_config.cpp
+++ b/repertory/repertory/src/ui/mgmt_app_config.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ auto mgmt_app_config::get_mount_location(provider_type prov,
   return "";
 }
 
+void mgmt_app_config::set_api_port(std::uint16_t api_port) {
+  api_port_ = api_port;
+}
+
 void mgmt_app_config::set_mount_location(provider_type prov,
                                          std::string_view name,
                                          std::string_view location) {