diff --git a/src/node_main.cc b/src/node_main.cc
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+++ b/src/node_main.cc
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+// Copyright 2010 Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>
+
+#include <node.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return node::Start(argc, argv);
+}