diff --git a/api/justfile b/api/justfile
index 3563bea6c20..3d1f913a2bb 100644
--- a/api/justfile
+++ b/api/justfile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ wait-up: up
 init: wait-up
     cd .. && ./load_sample_data.sh
 
+# Recreate volumes and containers specific to the API profile from scratch
 recreate:
     just ../down -v
     just up "--force-recreate --build"
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 91c879c8e19..78db8960279 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ env:
 
 DOCKER_FILE := "-f " + (
     if IS_PROD == "true" { "ingestion_server/docker-compose.yml" }
-    else { "docker-compose.yml" }
+    else { "docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.override.yml" }
 )
 
 # Run `docker-compose` configured with the correct files and environment