diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4047650a..f54ebe77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ You'll need Docker installed to run the app locally.
 ```
 cp .env.example .env
 yarn install
+yarn run dev:services
 yarn prisma:migrate:dev
 yarn prisma:seed
 yarn dev
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ yarn install # re-run if it hangs
 yarn dev
 ```
 
+#### Start Postgres & Redis Services
+
+```
+yarn run dev:services
+```
+
 #### Migrate DB
 
 In a separate terminal, run the following command. This will connect to the Postgres DB running inside Docker and run all the migrations in `/prisma/migrations`.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c420564a..129f4d67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "scripts": {
         "dev": "nx run-many --target serve --projects=client,advisor,server,workers --parallel --host 0.0.0.0 --nx-bail=true --maxParallel=100",
-        "dev:services": "COMPOSE_PROFILES=services docker-compose up",
+        "dev:services": "COMPOSE_PROFILES=services docker-compose up -d",
         "dev:services:all": "COMPOSE_PROFILES=services,ngrok,stripe docker-compose up",
         "dev:workers:test": "nx test workers --skip-nx-cache --runInBand",
         "dev:server:test": "nx test server --skip-nx-cache --runInBand",