diff --git a/run_mlflow_server.ps1 b/run_mlflow_server.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e050933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_mlflow_server.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+$BACKEND_STORE_DB_PATH = "./mlflow/mlruns.sqlite"
+$DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_ROOT = "./mlflow/mlartifacts/"
+
+$MLFLOW_PORT = if ($env:MLFLOW_PORT) { $env:MLFLOW_PORT } else { 5000 }
+
+$BACKEND_URI = "sqlite:///$BACKEND_STORE_DB_PATH"
+
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $DEFAULT_ARTIFACTS_ROOT | Out-Null
+
+& mlflow server `
+    --backend-store-uri="$BACKEND_URI" `
+    --default-artifact-root="$DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_ROOT" `
+    -p $MLFLOW_PORT
diff --git a/run_mlflow_server.sh b/run_mlflow_server.sh
index 39744b5..1d20505 100755
--- a/run_mlflow_server.sh
+++ b/run_mlflow_server.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
-# Must be a relative path to be used in an option for mlflow server.
-BACKEND_STORE_DB_PATH="./mlflow/mlruns.sqlite"
-DEFAULT_ARTIFACTS_ROOT="./mlflow/"
-
-mlflow server \
-    --backend-store-uri="sqlite:///$BACKEND_STORE_DB_PATH"  \
-    --default-artifacts-root="$DEFAULT_ARTIFACTS_ROOT" \
-    -p 5000
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+DEFAULT_ARTIFACTS_ROOT="./mlflow/mlartifacts/"
+
+: "${MLFLOW_PORT:=5000}"
+
+BACKEND_URI="sqlite:///$BACKEND_STORE_DB_PATH"
+
+mkdir -p "${DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_ROOT}"
+
+exec mlflow server \
+    --backend-store-uri="$BACKEND_URI"  \
+    --default-artifact-root="$DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_ROOT" \
+    -p "$MLFLOW_PORT"