diff --git a/templates/common/Gruntfile.js b/templates/common/Gruntfile.js
index 32ba32ec3..d1e7b8b9a 100644
--- a/templates/common/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/templates/common/Gruntfile.js
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     ]);
   });
 
-  grunt.registerTask('server', function () {
+  grunt.registerTask('server', function (target) {
     grunt.log.warn('The `server` task has been deprecated. Use `grunt serve` to start a server.');
-    grunt.task.run(['serve']);
+    grunt.task.run(['serve:' + target]);
   });
 
   grunt.registerTask('test', [