diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 6d1518087..3d28b95d5 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 SESSION := "cm12345-1"
 RUNNER := `command -v docker || command -v podman || true`
 
+[doc('Start the example services via compose and run the blueapi server')]
+dev-server: compose serve
+
 _check-runner:
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     if [[ "{{ RUNNER }}" == "" ]]; then
@@ -8,9 +11,6 @@ _check-runner:
         exit 1
     fi
 
-[doc('Start the example services via compose and run the blueapi server')]
-default: compose serve
-
 [doc('Clone the example-services submodule if needed but leave it alone otherwise')]
 init-example-services:
     #!/usr/bin/env bash