diff --git a/.stripesclirc.js b/.stripesclirc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b2e3fb61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stripesclirc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const webpack = require('webpack');
+
+const miragePlugin = {
+  // Standard yargs options object
+  options: {
+    'mirage [scenario]': {
+      describe: 'Enable Mirage Server and specify a scenario',
+      type: 'string',
+      group: 'Mirage Server'
+    },
+  },
+
+  // Stripes CLI hook into "webpackOverrides"
+  beforeBuild: (options) => {
+    const mirageOption = options.mirage === true ? 'default' : options.mirage;
+
+    return (config) => {
+      config.plugins.push(new webpack.EnvironmentPlugin({
+        MIRAGE_SCENARIO: mirageOption || 'default'
+      }));
+
+      if (!!mirageOption) {
+        console.info('Using Mirage Server'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+
+        return Object.assign({}, config, {
+          entry: ['./test/bigtest/network/boot'].concat(config.entry)
+        });
+      } else {
+        return config;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  hasAllPerms: true,
+
+  aliases: {
+    '@folio/stripes-core': '.'
+  },
+
+  // Custom command extension
+  plugins: {
+    serve: miragePlugin
+  }
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e740e616..355a595e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "stripescore": "./stripes.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "start": "stripes serve",
     "clean": "rimraf static",
     "test": "stripes test karma",
     "lint": "eslint . && stylelint \"src/**/*.css\"",
diff --git a/test/bigtest/network/config.js b/test/bigtest/network/config.js
index 3054d2b01..14aea1547 100644
--- a/test/bigtest/network/config.js
+++ b/test/bigtest/network/config.js
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ export default function configure() {
     configs: []
   });
 
+  this.get('/users', {});
+
   this.post('/bl-users/login', () => {
     return new Response(201, {
       'X-Okapi-Token': `myOkapiToken:${Date.now()}`
     }, {
       user: {
+        id: 'test',
         username: 'testuser',
         personal: {
           lastName: 'User',
@@ -46,9 +49,6 @@ export default function configure() {
     totalRecords: 0
   });
 
-  // translation bundle passthrough
-  this.pretender.get(`${__webpack_public_path__}translations/:rand.json`, this.pretender.passthrough); // eslint-disable-line
-
   // hot-reload passthrough
   this.pretender.get('/:rand.hot-update.json', this.pretender.passthrough);
 }
diff --git a/test/bigtest/network/scenarios/default.js b/test/bigtest/network/scenarios/default.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4ad5839c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bigtest/network/scenarios/default.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import withTranslations from '../../helpers/translations';
+
+export default function defaultScenarion(server) {
+  withTranslations(server);
+}
diff --git a/test/bigtest/network/start.js b/test/bigtest/network/start.js
index 5f322bffb..22f92e416 100644
--- a/test/bigtest/network/start.js
+++ b/test/bigtest/network/start.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const modules = req.keys().reduce((acc, modulePath) => {
 }, {});
 
 export default function startMirage(...scenarioNames) {
-  const { scenarios, ...options } = modules;
+  const { scenarios = {}, ...options } = modules;
   const server = new Mirage(assign(options, { baseConfig, environment }));
 
   // mirage only loads a `default` scenario for us out of the box, so