diff --git a/backend/src/app.py b/backend/src/app.py
index eda0728..d8a18d9 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.py
+++ b/backend/src/app.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from scanner import process_targets, scan_results
 
 APP_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 DB_PATH = Path(os.getenv("DB_PATH", str(APP_ROOT.parent / "data" / "scheduler.db")))
+print(f"[app] Using DB_PATH: {DB_PATH}")
 DUT = os.getenv("DUT", "CGW453").strip()
 REF = os.getenv("REF", "CGW452").strip()
 
diff --git a/backend/src/db.py b/backend/src/db.py
index 659c0b5..81bd0bd 100644
--- a/backend/src/db.py
+++ b/backend/src/db.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from test_config import serialize_station_testpoint_map, resolve_test_config_key
 
 APP_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 DB_PATH = Path(os.getenv("DB_PATH", str(APP_ROOT.parent / "data" / "scheduler.db")))
+print(f"[db] Using DB_PATH: {DB_PATH}")
 
 # Hardware device names (from environment or defaults)
 DUT = os.getenv("DUT", "CGW453").strip()
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9dda68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+services:
+  backend:
+    build:
+      context: ./backend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      HOST_BROWSE_ROOT: ${HOST_BROWSE_ROOT}
+      HOST_MOUNT_ROOT: /host
+      DB_PATH: /app/data/scheduler.db-dev
+      PYTHONPATH: /app/src
+      JWT_SECRET: ${JWT_SECRET}
+      JWT_EXPIRES_HOURS: ${JWT_EXPIRES_HOURS}
+      JWT_ALGORITHM: ${JWT_ALGORITHM}
+      DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME: ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME}
+      DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+      DEFAULT_VIEWER_USERNAME: ${DEFAULT_VIEWER_USERNAME}
+      DEFAULT_VIEWER_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_VIEWER_PASSWORD}
+    volumes:
+      - ${HOST_BROWSE_ROOT}:/host
+      - scheduler-db-dev:/app/data
+    expose:
+      - "8000"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: ./frontend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
+    expose:
+      - "80"
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  scheduler-nginx:
+    image: nginx:alpine
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80" # Access via VM-IP:8080
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
+      - frontend
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+volumes:
+  scheduler-db-dev:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b06e2ef..1927ef2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./backend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    container_name: scheduler-backend
     environment:
       HOST_BROWSE_ROOT: ${HOST_BROWSE_ROOT}
       HOST_MOUNT_ROOT: /host
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ services:
       DEFAULT_VIEWER_PASSWORD: ${DEFAULT_VIEWER_PASSWORD}
     volumes:
       - ${HOST_BROWSE_ROOT}:/host
-      - scheduler-db:/app/runtime
+      - scheduler-db:/app/data
     expose:
       - "8000"
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./frontend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    container_name: scheduler-frontend
     depends_on:
       - backend
     expose:
@@ -35,9 +33,8 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
   scheduler-nginx:
     image: nginx:alpine
-    container_name: scheduler-nginx
     ports:
-      - "8080:80" # Access via VM-IP:8080
+      - "8453:80" # Access via VM-IP:8453
     volumes:
       - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
     depends_on: