diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/run_server_locally b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/run_server_locally
index 391deff6..6e8482d8 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/run_server_locally
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/run_server_locally
@@ -9,17 +9,19 @@ set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
 port="${SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PORT:-7000}"
 
-proces_model_dir="${1:-}"
-if [[ "$proces_model_dir" == "acceptance" ]]; then
+process_model_dir="${1:-}"
+if [[ "$process_model_dir" == "acceptance" ]]; then
   export SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_LOAD_FIXTURE_DATA=true
   export SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME=acceptance_tests.yml
   SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR=$(./bin/find_sample_process_models)
-elif [[ "$proces_model_dir" == "localopenid" ]]; then
+elif [[ "$process_model_dir" == "localopenid" ]]; then
   export SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL="http://localhost:$port/openid"
   export SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_PERMISSIONS_FILE_NAME="example.yml"
   SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR=$(./bin/find_sample_process_models)
+elif [[ -n "$process_model_dir" ]]; then
+  SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR="$process_model_dir"
 else
-  SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR="$proces_model_dir"
+  SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR=$(./bin/find_sample_process_models)
 fi
 export SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR