diff --git a/functions/src/api.ts b/functions/src/api.ts
index c683ff3b..b967d2d1 100644
--- a/functions/src/api.ts
+++ b/functions/src/api.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as admin from 'firebase-admin'
-import { logger } from 'firebase-functions/v2'
-import { HttpsOptions, onRequest, Request } from 'firebase-functions/v2/https'
+import { Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express'
+import { error } from 'firebase-functions/logger'
+import { HttpsOptions } from 'firebase-functions/v2/https'
 import { log } from './utils'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import { APIError } from '../../common/api'
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export const parseCredentials = async (req: Request): Promise<Credentials> => {
         return { kind: 'jwt', data: await auth.verifyIdToken(payload) }
       } catch (err) {
         // This is somewhat suspicious, so get it into the firebase console
-        logger.error('Error verifying Firebase JWT: ', err)
+        error('Error verifying Firebase JWT: ', err)
         throw new APIError(403, 'Error validating token.')
       }
     case 'Key':
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ export const zTimestamp = () => {
   }, z.date())
 }
 
+export type EndpointDefinition = {
+  opts: EndpointOptions & { method: string }
+  handler: RequestHandler
+}
+
 export const validate = <T extends z.ZodTypeAny>(schema: T, val: unknown) => {
   const result = schema.safeParse(val)
   if (!result.success) {
@@ -114,26 +120,28 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTS = {
 
 export const newEndpoint = (endpointOpts: EndpointOptions, fn: Handler) => {
   const opts = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_OPTS, endpointOpts)
-  return onRequest(opts, async (req, res) => {
-    log('Request processing started.')
-    try {
-      if (opts.method !== req.method) {
-        throw new APIError(405, `This endpoint supports only ${opts.method}.`)
-      }
-      const authedUser = await lookupUser(await parseCredentials(req))
-      log('User credentials processed.')
-      res.status(200).json(await fn(req, authedUser))
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (e instanceof APIError) {
-        const output: { [k: string]: unknown } = { message: e.message }
-        if (e.details != null) {
-          output.details = e.details
+  return {
+    opts,
+    handler: async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+      log('Request processing started.')
+      try {
+        if (opts.method !== req.method) {
+          throw new APIError(405, `This endpoint supports only ${opts.method}.`)
+        }
+        const authedUser = await lookupUser(await parseCredentials(req))
+        res.status(200).json(await fn(req, authedUser))
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e instanceof APIError) {
+          const output: { [k: string]: unknown } = { message: e.message }
+          if (e.details != null) {
+            output.details = e.details
+          }
+          res.status(e.code).json(output)
+        } else {
+          error(e)
+          res.status(500).json({ message: 'An unknown error occurred.' })
         }
-        res.status(e.code).json(output)
-      } else {
-        logger.error(e)
-        res.status(500).json({ message: 'An unknown error occurred.' })
       }
-    }
-  })
+    },
+  } as EndpointDefinition
 }
diff --git a/functions/src/index.ts b/functions/src/index.ts
index df311886..7a6dfb71 100644
--- a/functions/src/index.ts
+++ b/functions/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import * as admin from 'firebase-admin'
+import { onRequest } from 'firebase-functions/v2/https'
+import { EndpointDefinition } from './api'
 
 admin.initializeApp()
 
@@ -25,20 +27,63 @@ export * from './on-delete-group'
 export * from './score-contracts'
 
 // v2
-export * from './health'
-export * from './transact'
-export * from './change-user-info'
-export * from './create-user'
-export * from './create-answer'
-export * from './place-bet'
-export * from './cancel-bet'
-export * from './sell-bet'
-export * from './sell-shares'
-export * from './claim-manalink'
-export * from './create-contract'
-export * from './add-liquidity'
-export * from './withdraw-liquidity'
-export * from './create-group'
-export * from './resolve-market'
-export * from './unsubscribe'
-export * from './stripe'
+import { health } from './health'
+import { transact } from './transact'
+import { changeuserinfo } from './change-user-info'
+import { createuser } from './create-user'
+import { createanswer } from './create-answer'
+import { placebet } from './place-bet'
+import { cancelbet } from './cancel-bet'
+import { sellbet } from './sell-bet'
+import { sellshares } from './sell-shares'
+import { claimmanalink } from './claim-manalink'
+import { createmarket } from './create-contract'
+import { addliquidity } from './add-liquidity'
+import { withdrawliquidity } from './withdraw-liquidity'
+import { creategroup } from './create-group'
+import { resolvemarket } from './resolve-market'
+import { unsubscribe } from './unsubscribe'
+import { stripewebhook, createcheckoutsession } from './stripe'
+
+const toCloudFunction = ({ opts, handler }: EndpointDefinition) => {
+  onRequest(opts, handler as any)
+}
+const healthFunction = toCloudFunction(health)
+const transactFunction = toCloudFunction(transact)
+const changeUserInfoFunction = toCloudFunction(changeuserinfo)
+const createUserFunction = toCloudFunction(createuser)
+const createAnswerFunction = toCloudFunction(createanswer)
+const placeBetFunction = toCloudFunction(placebet)
+const cancelBetFunction = toCloudFunction(cancelbet)
+const sellBetFunction = toCloudFunction(sellbet)
+const sellSharesFunction = toCloudFunction(sellshares)
+const claimManalinkFunction = toCloudFunction(claimmanalink)
+const createMarketFunction = toCloudFunction(createmarket)
+const addLiquidityFunction = toCloudFunction(addliquidity)
+const withdrawLiquidityFunction = toCloudFunction(withdrawliquidity)
+const createGroupFunction = toCloudFunction(creategroup)
+const resolveMarketFunction = toCloudFunction(resolvemarket)
+const unsubscribeFunction = toCloudFunction(unsubscribe)
+const stripeWebhookFunction = toCloudFunction(stripewebhook)
+const createCheckoutSessionFunction = toCloudFunction(createcheckoutsession)
+
+export {
+  healthFunction as health,
+  transactFunction as transact,
+  changeUserInfoFunction as changeuserinfo,
+  createUserFunction as createuser,
+  createAnswerFunction as createanswer,
+  placeBetFunction as placebet,
+  cancelBetFunction as cancelbet,
+  sellBetFunction as sellbet,
+  sellSharesFunction as sellshares,
+  claimManalinkFunction as claimmanalink,
+  createMarketFunction as createmarket,
+  addLiquidityFunction as addliquidity,
+  withdrawLiquidityFunction as withdrawliquidity,
+  createGroupFunction as creategroup,
+  resolveMarketFunction as resolvemarket,
+  unsubscribeFunction as unsubscribe,
+  stripeWebhookFunction as stripewebhook,
+  createCheckoutSessionFunction as createcheckoutsession,
+}
diff --git a/functions/src/scripts/script-init.ts b/functions/src/scripts/script-init.ts
index cc17a620..5f7dc410 100644
--- a/functions/src/scripts/script-init.ts
+++ b/functions/src/scripts/script-init.ts
@@ -66,10 +66,18 @@ export const getServiceAccountCredentials = (env?: string) => {
 }
 
 export const initAdmin = (env?: string) => {
-  const serviceAccount = getServiceAccountCredentials(env)
-  console.log(`Initializing connection to ${serviceAccount.project_id}...`)
-  return admin.initializeApp({
-    projectId: serviceAccount.project_id,
-    credential: admin.credential.cert(serviceAccount),
-  })
+  try {
+    const serviceAccount = getServiceAccountCredentials(env)
+    console.log(
+      `Initializing connection to ${serviceAccount.project_id} Firebase...`
+    )
+    return admin.initializeApp({
+      projectId: serviceAccount.project_id,
+      credential: admin.credential.cert(serviceAccount),
+    })
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err)
+    console.log(`Initializing connection to default Firebase...`)
+    return admin.initializeApp()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/functions/src/serve.ts b/functions/src/serve.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1049416f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/src/serve.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import * as cors from 'cors'
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { Express } from 'express'
+import { EndpointDefinition } from './api'
+
+const PORT = 8080
+
+import { initAdmin } from './scripts/script-init'
+initAdmin()
+
+import { health } from './health'
+import { transact } from './transact'
+import { changeuserinfo } from './change-user-info'
+import { createuser } from './create-user'
+import { createanswer } from './create-answer'
+import { placebet } from './place-bet'
+import { cancelbet } from './cancel-bet'
+import { sellbet } from './sell-bet'
+import { sellshares } from './sell-shares'
+import { claimmanalink } from './claim-manalink'
+import { createmarket } from './create-contract'
+import { addliquidity } from './add-liquidity'
+import { withdrawliquidity } from './withdraw-liquidity'
+import { creategroup } from './create-group'
+import { resolvemarket } from './resolve-market'
+import { unsubscribe } from './unsubscribe'
+import { stripewebhook, createcheckoutsession } from './stripe'
+
+const app = express()
+
+const addEndpointRoute = (name: string, endpoint: EndpointDefinition) => {
+  const method = endpoint.opts.method.toLowerCase() as keyof Express
+  const corsMiddleware = cors({ origin: endpoint.opts.cors })
+  const middleware = [express.json(), corsMiddleware]
+  app.options(name, corsMiddleware) // preflight requests
+  app[method](name, ...middleware, endpoint.handler)
+}
+
+addEndpointRoute('/health', health)
+addEndpointRoute('/transact', transact)
+addEndpointRoute('/changeuserinfo', changeuserinfo)
+addEndpointRoute('/createuser', createuser)
+addEndpointRoute('/createanswer', createanswer)
+addEndpointRoute('/placebet', placebet)
+addEndpointRoute('/cancelbet', cancelbet)
+addEndpointRoute('/sellbet', sellbet)
+addEndpointRoute('/sellshares', sellshares)
+addEndpointRoute('/claimmanalink', claimmanalink)
+addEndpointRoute('/createmarket', createmarket)
+addEndpointRoute('/addliquidity', addliquidity)
+addEndpointRoute('/withdrawliquidity', withdrawliquidity)
+addEndpointRoute('/creategroup', creategroup)
+addEndpointRoute('/resolvemarket', resolvemarket)
+addEndpointRoute('/unsubscribe', unsubscribe)
+addEndpointRoute('/stripewebhook', stripewebhook)
+addEndpointRoute('/createcheckoutsession', createcheckoutsession)
+
+app.listen(PORT)
+console.log(`Serving functions on port ${PORT}.`)
diff --git a/functions/src/stripe.ts b/functions/src/stripe.ts
index 450bbe35..d5b5f98e 100644
--- a/functions/src/stripe.ts
+++ b/functions/src/stripe.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { onRequest } from 'firebase-functions/v2/https'
 import * as admin from 'firebase-admin'
 import Stripe from 'stripe'
 
+import { EndpointDefinition } from './api'
 import { getPrivateUser, getUser, isProd, payUser } from './utils'
 import { sendThankYouEmail } from './emails'
 import { track } from './analytics'
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ const manticDollarStripePrice = isProd()
       10000: 'price_1K8bEiGdoFKoCJW7Us4UkRHE',
     }
 
-export const createcheckoutsession = onRequest(
-  { minInstances: 1, secrets: ['STRIPE_APIKEY'] },
-  async (req, res) => {
+export const createcheckoutsession: EndpointDefinition = {
+  opts: { method: 'POST', minInstances: 1, secrets: ['STRIPE_APIKEY'] },
+  handler: async (req, res) => {
     const userId = req.query.userId?.toString()
 
     const manticDollarQuantity = req.query.manticDollarQuantity?.toString()
@@ -86,21 +86,23 @@ export const createcheckoutsession = onRequest(
     })
 
     res.redirect(303, session.url || '')
-  }
-)
+  },
+}
 
-export const stripewebhook = onRequest(
-  {
+export const stripewebhook: EndpointDefinition = {
+  opts: {
+    method: 'POST',
     minInstances: 1,
     secrets: ['MAILGUN_KEY', 'STRIPE_APIKEY', 'STRIPE_WEBHOOKSECRET'],
   },
-  async (req, res) => {
+  handler: async (req, res) => {
     const stripe = initStripe()
     let event
 
     try {
+      console.log(typeof req.body, req.body)
       event = stripe.webhooks.constructEvent(
-        req.rawBody,
+        req.body,
         req.headers['stripe-signature'] as string,
         process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOKSECRET as string
       )
@@ -116,8 +118,8 @@ export const stripewebhook = onRequest(
     }
 
     res.status(200).send('success')
-  }
-)
+  },
+}
 
 const issueMoneys = async (session: StripeSession) => {
   const { id: sessionId } = session
diff --git a/functions/src/unsubscribe.ts b/functions/src/unsubscribe.ts
index 48dd29c0..fda20e16 100644
--- a/functions/src/unsubscribe.ts
+++ b/functions/src/unsubscribe.ts
@@ -1,66 +1,72 @@
-import { onRequest } from 'firebase-functions/v2/https'
 import * as admin from 'firebase-admin'
+import { EndpointDefinition } from './api'
 import { getUser } from './utils'
 import { PrivateUser } from '../../common/user'
 
-export const unsubscribe = onRequest({ minInstances: 1 }, async (req, res) => {
-  const id = req.query.id as string
-  let type = req.query.type as string
-  if (!id || !type) {
-    res.status(400).send('Empty id or type parameter.')
-    return
-  }
+export const unsubscribe: EndpointDefinition = {
+  opts: { method: 'GET', minInstances: 1 },
+  handler: async (req, res) => {
+    const id = req.query.id as string
+    let type = req.query.type as string
+    if (!id || !type) {
+      res.status(400).send('Empty id or type parameter.')
+      return
+    }
 
-  if (type === 'market-resolved') type = 'market-resolve'
+    if (type === 'market-resolved') type = 'market-resolve'
 
-  if (
-    !['market-resolve', 'market-comment', 'market-answer', 'generic'].includes(
-      type
-    )
-  ) {
-    res.status(400).send('Invalid type parameter.')
-    return
-  }
+    if (
+      ![
+        'market-resolve',
+        'market-comment',
+        'market-answer',
+        'generic',
+      ].includes(type)
+    ) {
+      res.status(400).send('Invalid type parameter.')
+      return
+    }
 
-  const user = await getUser(id)
+    const user = await getUser(id)
 
-  if (!user) {
-    res.send('This user is not currently subscribed or does not exist.')
-    return
-  }
+    if (!user) {
+      res.send('This user is not currently subscribed or does not exist.')
+      return
+    }
 
-  const { name } = user
+    const { name } = user
 
-  const update: Partial<PrivateUser> = {
-    ...(type === 'market-resolve' && {
-      unsubscribedFromResolutionEmails: true,
-    }),
-    ...(type === 'market-comment' && {
-      unsubscribedFromCommentEmails: true,
-    }),
-    ...(type === 'market-answer' && {
-      unsubscribedFromAnswerEmails: true,
-    }),
-    ...(type === 'generic' && {
-      unsubscribedFromGenericEmails: true,
-    }),
-  }
+    const update: Partial<PrivateUser> = {
+      ...(type === 'market-resolve' && {
+        unsubscribedFromResolutionEmails: true,
+      }),
+      ...(type === 'market-comment' && {
+        unsubscribedFromCommentEmails: true,
+      }),
+      ...(type === 'market-answer' && {
+        unsubscribedFromAnswerEmails: true,
+      }),
+      ...(type === 'generic' && {
+        unsubscribedFromGenericEmails: true,
+      }),
+    }
 
-  await firestore.collection('private-users').doc(id).update(update)
+    await firestore.collection('private-users').doc(id).update(update)
 
-  if (type === 'market-resolve')
-    res.send(
-      `${name}, you have been unsubscribed from market resolution emails on Manifold Markets.`
-    )
-  else if (type === 'market-comment')
-    res.send(
-      `${name}, you have been unsubscribed from market comment emails on Manifold Markets.`
-    )
-  else if (type === 'market-answer')
-    res.send(
-      `${name}, you have been unsubscribed from market answer emails on Manifold Markets.`
-    )
-  else res.send(`${name}, you have been unsubscribed.`)
-})
+    if (type === 'market-resolve')
+      res.send(
+        `${name}, you have been unsubscribed from market resolution emails on Manifold Markets.`
+      )
+    else if (type === 'market-comment')
+      res.send(
+        `${name}, you have been unsubscribed from market comment emails on Manifold Markets.`
+      )
+    else if (type === 'market-answer')
+      res.send(
+        `${name}, you have been unsubscribed from market answer emails on Manifold Markets.`
+      )
+    else res.send(`${name}, you have been unsubscribed.`)
+  },
+}
 
 const firestore = admin.firestore()