diff --git a/cmd/spicedb/main.go b/cmd/spicedb/main.go
index e46ad5c605..8f62e556f0 100644
--- a/cmd/spicedb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/spicedb/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer"
 
 	consistentbalancer "github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/balancer"
+	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/cmd/devsvc"
 	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/cmd/root"
 	"github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/cmd/version"
 )
@@ -55,10 +56,13 @@ func main() {
 	version.RegisterVersionFlags(versionCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
 
+	devSvcCmd := devsvc.NewCommand(rootCmd.Use)
+	devsvc.RegisterFlags(devSvcCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(devSvcCmd)
+
 	registerServeCmd(rootCmd)
 	registerMigrateCmd(rootCmd)
 	registerHeadCmd(rootCmd)
-	registerDeveloperServiceCmd(rootCmd)
 	registerTestserverCmd(rootCmd)
 
 	_ = rootCmd.Execute()
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/defaults.go b/pkg/cmd/defaults.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baf7ff3094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/defaults.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/pprof"
+
+	"github.com/jzelinskie/cobrautil"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+func DefaultPreRunE(programName string) cobrautil.CobraRunFunc {
+	return cobrautil.CommandStack(
+		cobrautil.SyncViperPreRunE(programName),
+		cobrautil.ZeroLogPreRunE("log", zerolog.InfoLevel),
+		cobrautil.OpenTelemetryPreRunE("otel", zerolog.InfoLevel),
+	)
+}
+
+func MetricsHandler() http.Handler {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.Handler())
+	mux.HandleFunc("/debug/pprof/", pprof.Index)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/debug/pprof/cmdline", pprof.Cmdline)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/debug/pprof/profile", pprof.Profile)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/debug/pprof/symbol", pprof.Symbol)
+	mux.HandleFunc("/debug/pprof/trace", pprof.Trace)
+	return mux
+}
diff --git a/cmd/spicedb/developer.go b/pkg/cmd/devsvc/devsvc.go
similarity index 79%
rename from cmd/spicedb/developer.go
rename to pkg/cmd/devsvc/devsvc.go
index 1d834bd13d..2241392493 100644
--- a/cmd/spicedb/developer.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/devsvc/devsvc.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package main
+package devsvc
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	v0 "github.com/authzed/authzed-go/proto/authzed/api/v0"
 	"github.com/authzed/grpcutil"
+	defaults "github.com/authzed/spicedb/pkg/cmd"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
 	grpczerolog "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/zerolog/v2"
@@ -27,32 +28,32 @@ import (
 	v0svc "github.com/authzed/spicedb/internal/services/v0"
 )
 
-func registerDeveloperServiceCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
-	developerServiceCmd := &cobra.Command{
+func RegisterFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	cobrautil.RegisterGrpcServerFlags(cmd.Flags(), "grpc", "gRPC", ":50051", true)
+	cobrautil.RegisterHttpServerFlags(cmd.Flags(), "metrics", "metrics", ":9090", true)
+	cobrautil.RegisterHttpServerFlags(cmd.Flags(), "http", "download", ":8443", false)
+
+	cmd.Flags().String("share-store", "inmemory", "kind of share store to use")
+	cmd.Flags().String("share-store-salt", "", "salt for share store hashing")
+	cmd.Flags().String("s3-access-key", "", "s3 access key for s3 share store")
+	cmd.Flags().String("s3-secret-key", "", "s3 secret key for s3 share store")
+	cmd.Flags().String("s3-bucket", "", "s3 bucket name for s3 share store")
+	cmd.Flags().String("s3-endpoint", "", "s3 endpoint for s3 share store")
+	cmd.Flags().String("s3-region", "auto", "s3 region for s3 share store")
+}
+
+func NewCommand(programName string) *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "serve-devtools",
 		Short:   "runs the developer tools service",
 		Long:    "Serves the authzed.api.v0.DeveloperService which is used for development tooling such as the Authzed Playground",
-		PreRunE: defaultPreRunE,
-		Run:     developerServiceRun,
+		PreRunE: defaults.DefaultPreRunE(programName),
+		Run:     runfunc,
 		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(0),
 	}
-
-	cobrautil.RegisterGrpcServerFlags(developerServiceCmd.Flags(), "grpc", "gRPC", ":50051", true)
-	cobrautil.RegisterHttpServerFlags(developerServiceCmd.Flags(), "metrics", "metrics", ":9090", true)
-	cobrautil.RegisterHttpServerFlags(developerServiceCmd.Flags(), "http", "download", ":8443", false)
-
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("share-store", "inmemory", "kind of share store to use")
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("share-store-salt", "", "salt for share store hashing")
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("s3-access-key", "", "s3 access key for s3 share store")
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("s3-secret-key", "", "s3 secret key for s3 share store")
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("s3-bucket", "", "s3 bucket name for s3 share store")
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("s3-endpoint", "", "s3 endpoint for s3 share store")
-	developerServiceCmd.Flags().String("s3-region", "auto", "s3 region for s3 share store")
-
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(developerServiceCmd)
 }
 
-func developerServiceRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+func runfunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	grpcServer, err := cobrautil.GrpcServerFromFlags(cmd, "grpc", grpc.ChainUnaryInterceptor(
 		grpclog.UnaryServerInterceptor(grpczerolog.InterceptorLogger(log.Logger)),
 		otelgrpc.UnaryServerInterceptor(),
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ func developerServiceRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	// Start the metrics endpoint.
 	metricsSrv := cobrautil.HttpServerFromFlags(cmd, "metrics")
-	metricsSrv.Handler = metricsHandler()
+	metricsSrv.Handler = defaults.MetricsHandler()
 	go func() {
 		if err := cobrautil.HttpListenFromFlags(cmd, "metrics", metricsSrv, zerolog.InfoLevel); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed while serving metrics")