diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b0d7b1f3a..327b22fe2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -100,3 +100,9 @@ nomulus.iws
 node_modules/**
 !node_modules/soyutils_usegoog.js
 /repos/
+
+# Compiled JS/CSS code
+core/**/registrar_bin*.js
+core/**/registrar_dbg*.js
+core/**/registrar_bin*.css
+core/**/registrar_dbg*.css
diff --git a/config/presubmits.py b/config/presubmits.py
index 20364eac1..f0a6732d8 100644
--- a/config/presubmits.py
+++ b/config/presubmits.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ PRESUBMITS = {
         r".*Copyright 20\d{2} The Nomulus Authors\. All Rights Reserved\.",
         ("java", "js", "soy", "sql", "py", "sh", "gradle"), {
             ".git", "/build/", "/generated/", "node_modules/",
-            "JUnitBackports.java"
+            "JUnitBackports.java", "registrar_bin.", "registrar_dbg."
         }, REQUIRED):
         "File did not include the license header.",
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ PRESUBMITS = {
     PresubmitCheck(
         r".*(innerHTML|outerHTML)\s*(=|[+]=)([^=]|$)",
         "js",
-        {"/node_modules/"},
+        {"/node_modules/", "registrar_bin."},
     ):
         "Do not assign directly to the dom. Use goog.dom.setTextContent to set"
         " to plain text, goog.dom.removeChildren to clear, or "
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ PRESUBMITS = {
     PresubmitCheck(
         r".*console\.(log|info|warn|error)",
         "js",
-        {"/node_modules/", "google/registry/ui/js/util.js"},
+        {"/node_modules/", "google/registry/ui/js/util.js", "registrar_bin."},
     ):
         "JavaScript files should not include console logging."
 }
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index bc430dc54..d0b0e7014 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -651,5 +651,19 @@ task buildToolImage(dependsOn: nomulus, type: Exec) {
   commandLine 'docker', 'build', '-t', 'nomulus-tool', '.'
 }
 
+task copyJsFilesForTestServer(dependsOn: assemble, type: Copy) {
+  // Unfortunately the test server relies on having some compiled JS/CSS
+  // in place, so copy it over here
+  from "${resourcesDir}/google/registry/ui/"
+  include '**/*.js'
+  include '**/*.css'
+  into "${project.projectDir}/src/main/resources/google/registry/ui/"
+}
+
+task runTestServer(dependsOn: copyJsFilesForTestServer, type: JavaExec) {
+  main = 'google.registry.server.RegistryTestServerMain'
+  classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
+}
+
 project.build.dependsOn buildToolImage
 project.build.dependsOn ':stage'
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/server/RegistryTestServerMain.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/server/RegistryTestServerMain.java
index 9b974587e..de9f55f61 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/server/RegistryTestServerMain.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/server/RegistryTestServerMain.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public final class RegistryTestServerMain {
   @Parameter(
       names = "--mode",
       description = "UI console debug mode. RAW allows live editing; DEBUG allows rename testing.")
-  private ConsoleDebug mode = ConsoleDebug.RAW;
+  private ConsoleDebug mode = ConsoleDebug.PRODUCTION;
 
   @Parameter(
       names = "--address",