diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9cde53b9a39..cadaa2294c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io"
 description = "Backend of crates.io"
 edition = "2018"
+default-run = "server"
 
 [workspace]
 
diff --git a/docker_entrypoint.sh b/docker_entrypoint.sh
index fcd9153f8b9..d4f564d5e1c 100755
--- a/docker_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker_entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ done
 
 ./script/init-local-index.sh
 
-cargo run --bin server
+cargo run
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 42c072cda12..167fc35ba8f 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Build and start the server by running this command (you'll need to stop this
 with `CTRL-C` and rerun this command every time you change the backend code):
 
 ```
-cargo run --bin server
+cargo run
 ```
 
 Then start the background worker (which will process uploaded READMEs):