diff --git a/bitshift/parser/__init__.py b/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
index 927b397..7979f09 100644
--- a/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
+++ b/bitshift/parser/__init__.py
@@ -2,13 +2,24 @@ import json
 import sys
 import socket
 import struct
+import subprocess
 
+from os import path
 from pygments import lexers as pgl, util
 
 from ..languages import LANGS
 from .python import parse_py
 
-_all__ = ["parse"]
+_all__ = ["parse", "start_parse_servers"]
+
+PARSER_COMMANDS = [
+        ('Java', ['mvn', '-f',
+            path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "../../parsers/java/pom.xml"),
+            'exec:java', '-Dexec.args="%d"']),
+        ('Ruby', ['rake', '-f',
+            path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "../../parsers/ruby/Rakefile"),
+            "'start_server[%d]'"])
+]
 
 class UnsupportedFileError(Exception):
     pass
@@ -72,6 +83,22 @@ def _recv_data(server_socket):
     server_socket.close()
     return ''.join(total_data)
 
+def start_parse_servers():
+    """
+    Starts all the parse servers for languages besides python.
+
+    :rtype: list
+    """
+
+    procs = []
+
+    for (lang, cmd) in PARSER_COMMANDS:
+        procs.append(
+                subprocess.Popen(' '.join(cmd) % (5001 + LANGS.index(lang)),
+                    shell=True))
+
+    return procs
+
 def parse(codelet):
     """
     Dispatches the codelet to the correct parser based on its language.
@@ -87,7 +114,7 @@ def parse(codelet):
     lang = _lang(codelet)
     source = codelet.code
     codelet.language = lang
-    server_socket_number = 5000 + lang
+    server_socket_number = 5001 + lang
 
     if lang == LANGS.index('Python'):
         parse_py(codelet)