Running a Compojure app with a main function via java -jar

core.clj

(ns myproject.core
  (:use compojure.core)
  (:require [compojure.route :as route]
            [compojure.handler :as handler]
            [ring.adapter.jetty :as ring-jetty])
  (:gen-class))

(defroutes my-routes
  (GET "/" [] "<h1>Hello World</h1>")
  (route/not-found "<h1>Page not found</h1>"))

(def app (handler/site my-routes))

(defn -main [& args]
  (println "I parse my arguments" args)
  (ring-jetty/run-jetty app {:port 8080}))

project.clj

(defproject myproject "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
  :description "???"
  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]
                 [compojure "1.1.6"]
                 [ring "1.2.1"]]
  :main myproject.core
  :uberjar-name "myproject.jar")

run.sh

#!/bin/bash

lein uberjar && java -jar target/myproject.jar important arguments &
sleep 5
curl localhost:8080