diff --git a/docker-compose-dev-backend.yml b/docker-compose-dev-backend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6429516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-dev-backend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+services:
+  notatest-psql:
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    container_name: notatest-psql
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
+      start_period: 20s
+      interval: 30s
+      retries: 5
+      timeout: 5s
+    volumes:
+      - notatest-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - notatest
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${PG_USER:-notatest}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PG_PASS:?db password required}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${PG_DB:-notatest}
+
+  notatest-server:
+    container_name: notatest-server
+    build:
+      context: ${PWD}/server
+      dockerfile: ${PWD}/server/Dockerfile
+    image: notatest-server:latest
+    networks:
+      - notatest
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080 # !
+    depends_on:
+      notatest-psql:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      JWT_SECRET: ${JWT_SECRET:?jwt secret required}
+      DB_URL: postgres://${PG_USER:-notatest}:${PG_PASS:?db password required}@notatest-psql/${PG_DB:-notatest}?sslmode=disable
+      CSRF_SECRET: ${CSRF_SECRET:?csrf secret required}
+      ADMIN_USERNAME: ${ADMIN_USERNAME:?init admin username required}
+      ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${ADMIN_PASSWORD:?init admin password required}
+      LOG_LEVEL: debug
+      APP_ENV: development
+      DOMAIN: localhost
+      FRONTEND_URL: http://localhost:3000
+
+networks:
+  notatest:
+    external: false
+    name: notatest
+
+volumes:
+  notatest-data:
+    name: notatest-data
diff --git a/scripts/purge.sh b/scripts/purge.sh
index ad9325a..d822417 100755
--- a/scripts/purge.sh
+++ b/scripts/purge.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Delete all Docker artifacts (e.g. DB) from previous test runs
 
 docker stop notatest-server notatest-psql && docker rm -f notatest-server notatest-psql
-docker volume rm -f notatest_notatest-data
+docker volume rm -f notatest-data
diff --git a/scripts/run_dev.sh b/scripts/run_backend_dev.sh
similarity index 63%
rename from scripts/run_dev.sh
rename to scripts/run_backend_dev.sh
index d09206b..4a64074 100755
--- a/scripts/run_dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_backend_dev.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+DEV_COMPOSE_FILE="docker-compose-dev-backend.yml"
+
 [ "$( docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' notatest-psql )" = "running" ] || docker compose up notatest-psql -d
 
 # Shutdown, rebuild, & restart
 docker compose stop notatest-server && docker compose rm -f notatest-server
-docker compose build
-docker compose up notatest-server
+docker compose -f $DEV_COMPOSE_FILE build
+docker compose -f $DEV_COMPOSE_FILE up notatest-server