diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 77b02d75f..887fa7bbc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "Nothing to see here, go away"
 
 .PHONY: backend-%
-backend-%: .develop.env # --stack-work-$*
+backend-%: .develop.env .stack-work.lock # --stack-work-$*
 	$(MAKE) -- --backend-$*
 	# ( $(MAKE) -- --backend-$* || $(MAKE) -- --stack-krow-$* ) && ( $(MAKE) -- --stack-krow-$* )
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ backend-%: .develop.env # --stack-work-$*
 	stack build --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only --flag uniworx:dev
 
 .PHONY: database
-database: .develop.env # --stack-work-build
+database: .develop.env .stack-work.lock # --stack-work-build
 	$(MAKE) -- --database
 	# ( $(MAKE) -- --database || $(MAKE) -- --stack-krow-build ) && ( $(MAKE) -- --stack-krow-build )