diff --git a/src/Grinder/Program.fs b/src/Grinder/Program.fs
index 6e1154e..37c2756 100644
--- a/src/Grinder/Program.fs
+++ b/src/Grinder/Program.fs
@@ -140,7 +140,32 @@ module Program =
                         sprintf "Error on upserting new users %A" users
                         |> logExn e
                 )
-    }    
+    }
+    
+    let azureLoop(botAsync: Async<Unit>) =
+        botAsync
+        |> Async.Start
+        
+        logInfo "Bot started"
+        
+        // Needed for azure web app deploy check. We have to response with anything on port 80
+        use listener = new HttpListener()
+        listener.Prefixes.Add("http://*:80/")
+        listener.Start()
+        
+        let buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes "OK"
+        
+        while true do
+            let ctx = listener.GetContext()
+            let output = ctx.Response.OutputStream
+            output.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
+            output.Close()
+            logInfo "Sending OK on HTTP request"
+
+    let localLoop(botAsync: Async<Unit>) =
+        logInfo "Bot started"
+        botAsync
+        |> Async.RunSynchronously
                 
     let onUpdate (settings: BotSettings) (botApi: IBotApi) (dataApi: IDataAccessApi) (context: UpdateContext) =
         async {
@@ -272,24 +297,14 @@ module Program =
         |> logInfo
         
         logInfo "Starting bot"
-        startBot botConfiguration (onUpdate settings (createBotApi botConfiguration settings) dataApi) None
-        |> Async.Start
+        let bot = startBot botConfiguration (onUpdate settings (createBotApi botConfiguration settings) dataApi) None
 
-        logInfo "Bot started"
-        
-        // Needed for azure web app deploy check. We have to response with anything on port 80
-        use listener = new HttpListener()
-        listener.Prefixes.Add("http://*:80/")
-        listener.Start()
-        
-        let buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes "OK"
-        
-        while true do
-            let ctx = listener.GetContext()
-            let output = ctx.Response.OutputStream
-            output.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
-            output.Close()
-            logInfo "Sending OK on HTTP request"
+        match Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNETRU_IS_AZURE") with
+        | null -> localLoop bot
+        | isAzureStr ->
+            match bool.TryParse isAzureStr with
+            | true, true -> azureLoop bot
+            | _ -> localLoop bot
         
         logInfo "Bot exited"
-        0 // return an integer exit code
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+        0 // return an integer exit code