diff --git a/node/src/cli.ts b/node/src/cli.ts
index 579527c..bf5aa5a 100644
--- a/node/src/cli.ts
+++ b/node/src/cli.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { resolveConfig, baseUrl, DEFAULT_PORT } from "./config.js";
-import { startServer } from "./server.js";
 import { autostartManager } from "./autostart/index.js";
 import { runStdioMcp } from "./mcp-stdio.js";
 import {
@@ -82,6 +81,7 @@ program
   .action(async (opts: { port?: number; bind?: string; dbPath?: string; config?: string }) => {
     const cfg = resolveConfig(opts);
     try {
+      const { startServer } = await import("./server.js");
       const { app } = await startServer(cfg);
       app.log.info(`ClaudeMailbox listening on ${baseUrl(cfg)} (db: ${cfg.dbPath})`);
     } catch (err) {