diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 397689e..2859eaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ work in progress...
 * Dashboard (builds list, projects autocomlete)
 * Build page (build info, console)
 * Awesome build output (very close to terminal)
-* Url for trigger build run
+* ~~Url for trigger build run~~
 * ~~YAML project and server(executors count, etc) configs~~
 * ~~Persistent build and console output information~~
 * ~~Project relations (blocks, triggers, etc)~~
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 9473912..c3254ba 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ Steppy(
 
 		// init resources
 		require('./resources')(app);
+
+		require('./httpApi').register(app);
 	},
 	function(err) {
 		if (err) throw err;
diff --git a/data/config.yaml b/data/config.yaml
index b4af7d2..3c30a60 100644
--- a/data/config.yaml
+++ b/data/config.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ nodes:
       maxExecutorsCount: 2
 
 notify: {}
+
+httpApi:
+    host: 127.0.0.1
+    port: 3030
diff --git a/httpApi/index.js b/httpApi/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab2950c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpApi/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var Steppy = require('twostep').Steppy,
+	_ = require('underscore'),
+	http = require('http');
+
+/*
+ * Pure rest api on pure nodejs follows below
+ */
+exports.register = function(app) {
+	var config = app.config.httpApi,
+		projects = app.projects,
+		distributor = app.distributor;
+
+	var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+		Steppy(
+			function() {
+				var stepCallback = this.slot();
+
+				req.setEncoding('utf-8');
+				var bodyString = '';
+				req.on('data', function(data) {
+					bodyString += data;
+				});
+				req.on('end', function() {
+					var body = JSON.parse(bodyString);
+					stepCallback(null, body);
+				});
+				req.on('error', stepCallback);
+			},
+			function(err, body) {
+				res.statusCode = 404;
+
+				// run building of a project
+				if (req.url === '/builds' && req.method === 'POST') {
+					var projectName = body.project,
+						project = _(projects).findWhere({name: projectName});
+
+					if (project) {
+						res.statusCode = 204;
+						distributor.run({
+							projectName: projectName,
+							initiator: {type: 'httpApi'}
+						}, _.noop);
+					}
+
+				}
+				res.end();
+			},
+			function(err) {
+				console.log('Error occurred during request: ', err.stack || err);
+			}
+		);
+	});
+
+	server.listen(config.port, config.host);
+};
diff --git a/resources/projects.js b/resources/projects.js
index be5cab7..3d1c42e 100644
--- a/resources/projects.js
+++ b/resources/projects.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
 		}
 	});
 
+	// expose distributor to the app
+	app.distributor = distributor;
+
 	var getBuildLogPath = function(buildId) {
 		return path.join(app.config.paths.builds, buildId + '.log');
 	};
diff --git a/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade b/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade
index 274c85e..edb2128 100644
--- a/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade
+++ b/static/js/app/components/builds/view.jade
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ if this.state.build
 			span= initiator.project.name
 			span  build #
 			span= initiator.number
+		else
+			span= initiator.type
 
 	if this.state.build.startDate
 		div