diff --git a/src/cli/cpl/cli/command/project/run.py b/src/cli/cpl/cli/command/project/run.py
index 3f88babe..5bbd5aba 100644
--- a/src/cli/cpl/cli/command/project/run.py
+++ b/src/cli/cpl/cli/command/project/run.py
@@ -1,17 +1,51 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import click
 
 from cpl.cli.cli import cli
 from cpl.cli.utils.structure import get_project_by_name_or_path
+from cpl.cli.utils.venv import get_venv_python, ensure_venv
+from cpl.core.configuration import Configuration
 from cpl.core.console import Console
 
 
 @cli.command("run", aliases=["r"])
 @click.argument("args", nargs=-1)
 @click.option("--project", "-p", type=str)
-def run(project: str, args: list[str]):
+@click.option("--dev", "-d", is_flag=True, help="Use sources instead of build output")
+@click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help="Enable verbose output")
+def run(project: str, args: list[str], dev: bool, verbose: bool):
     project = get_project_by_name_or_path(project or "./")
     if project.main is None:
         Console.error(f"Project {project.name} has no executable")
         return
 
-    Console.write_line(project.main, args)
+    path = str(Path(project.path).parent.resolve().absolute())
+    executable = project.main
+    if not dev:
+        dist_path = Path(project.path).parent / "dist"
+
+        if Configuration.get("workspace") is not None:
+            dist_path = Path(Configuration.get("workspace").path).parent / "dist"
+
+        dist_path = Path(dist_path).resolve().absolute()
+        if verbose:
+            Console.write_line(f"Creating dist folder at {dist_path}...")
+
+        os.makedirs(dist_path, exist_ok=True)
+        project.do_build(dist_path, verbose)
+        path = dist_path / project.name
+        main = project.main.replace(project.directory, "").lstrip("/\\")
+
+        executable = path / main
+
+    python = str(get_venv_python(ensure_venv()).absolute())
+    Console.write_line(f"\nStarting project {project.name}...")
+    if verbose:
+        Console.write_line(f"    with args {args}...")
+
+    Console.write_line("\n\n")  # add some space before output
+
+    subprocess.run([python, executable, *args], cwd=path)