diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f14987636..41ce46a72 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,20 +33,22 @@ backend-%-prod: # .stack-work.lock # --stack-work-$*
 # TODO: this creates more binaries than just bin/uniworx as side effect! Document or change behaviour?
 bin/uniworx:
 	$(MAKE) -- --backend-build-prod
+bin/uniworxdev:
+	$(MAKE) -- --backend-build-dev
 
 # TODO replace with bin/uniworxdev
 .PHONY: --backend-%-dev
---backend-%-dev: .develop.env
-	$(MAKE) -- --backend-$* stackopts=--flag\ uniworx:dev
+--backend-%-dev: # .develop.env
+	$(MAKE) -- --backend-$* stackopts="--flag uniworx:dev"
 
 # TODO deprecated in favor of binary targets
 .PHONY: --backend-%-prod
 --backend-%-prod:
-	$(MAKE) -- --backend-$* stackopts=--copy-bins\ --local-bin-path\ $$(pwd)/bin\ --flag\ uniworx:-dev
+	$(MAKE) -- --backend-$* stackopts="--flag uniworx:-dev"
 
 .PHONY: --backend-build
 --backend-build: well-known
-	stack build --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(stackopts)
+	stack build --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only --copy-bins --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin $(stackopts)
 
 .PHONY: --backend-lint
 --backend-lint:
@@ -85,12 +87,12 @@ database: .stack-work.lock # --stack-work-build
 	export AVSPASS=$${AVSPASS:-nopasswordset}
 	stack exec uniworxdb -- $(db)
 
-# TODO: same behaviour as b9in/uniworx! Merge or tweak targets!
+# TODO: same behaviour as bin/uniworx! Merge or tweak targets!
 bin/uniworxdb: .stack-work.lock
 	stack build --fast --flag uniworx:-library-only --copy-bins\ --local-bin-path\ $$(pwd)/bin\ --flag\ uniworx:-dev
 
 .PHONY: frontend-%
-frontend-%: well-known
+frontend-%: node_modules well-known
 	$(MAKE) -- --frontend-$*
 
 .PHONY: --frontend-build
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 9a8f665e2..c46471367 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ data-files:
 library:
   source-dirs: src
 executables:
-  uniworx:
+  uniworx: &uniworxexe
     main: main.hs
     source-dirs: app
     dependencies:
@@ -295,8 +295,17 @@ executables:
     when:
       - condition: flag(library-only)
         buildable: false
+      - condition: flag(dev)
+        buildable: false
     ghc-options:
       - -threaded -rtsopts "-with-rtsopts=-N -T"
+  uniworxdev:
+    <<: *uniworxexe
+    when:
+      - condition: flag(library-only)
+        buildable: false
+      - condition: "!flag(dev)"
+        buildable: false
   uniworxdb:
     main: Database.hs
     ghc-options: