diff --git a/enclave-manager/local/go.mod b/enclave-manager/local/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d00c4cf4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enclave-manager/local/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/enclave-manager/local
+
+go 1.20
+replace (
+	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/enclave-manager => ../server
+	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/contexts-config-store => ../../contexts-config-store
+	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/kurtosis_version => ../../kurtosis_version
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kurtosis/enclave-manager v0.0.0-20230828153722-32770ca96513
+  github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
+)
+
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 // indirect
diff --git a/enclave-manager/local/go.sum b/enclave-manager/local/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21f9bfb372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enclave-manager/local/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 h1:0A+M6Uqn+Eje4kHMK80dtF3JCXC4ykBgQG4Fe06QRhQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 318f912450..9a20f823bb 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use (
 	./core/launcher
 	./core/server
 	./enclave-manager/api/golang
+	./enclave-manager/local
 	./enclave-manager/server
 	./engine/launcher
 	./engine/server