diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e4a2e247..764dbd153 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 docker-dev-build:
 	make -C packages/twenty-docker dev-build
 
+docker-dev-up:
+	make -C packages/twenty-docker dev-up
+
 docker-dev-start:
 	make -C packages/twenty-docker dev-start
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/Makefile b/packages/twenty-docker/Makefile
index 3c548cc21..f05ff1613 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-docker/Makefile
+++ b/packages/twenty-docker/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ dev-build:
 	@docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml down -v
 	@docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml build
 
+dev-up:
+	@docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml up -d
+
 dev-start:
 	@docker compose -f dev/docker-compose.yml start
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docs/docs/contributor/local-setup/docker-setup.mdx b/packages/twenty-docs/docs/contributor/local-setup/docker-setup.mdx
index afbcfbb49..375ef8178 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-docs/docs/contributor/local-setup/docker-setup.mdx
+++ b/packages/twenty-docs/docs/contributor/local-setup/docker-setup.mdx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Before running the project, you need to initialize the database by running the m
 
 Start the containers:
 ```bash
-make docker-dev-start
+make docker-dev-up
 ```
 
 Setup database, run migrations, and seed: