diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 477f8d477..0cd8d4bc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ start-minio:     SINGLETON = true
 
 start-backend:   BASE_PORTS = "DEV_PORT_HTTP=3000" "DEV_PORT_HTTPS=3443"
 start-backend:   SINGLETON = false
+start-backend:   static
 
 start-hoogle:    BASE_PORT = "HOOGLE_PORT=8081"
 start-hoogle:    SINGLETON=true
@@ -375,6 +376,9 @@ start-%: --ensure-develop
 	HOOGLE_PORT=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'HOOGLE_PORT=' | sed 's/HOOGLE_PORT=//'` ; \
 	./utils/watchrun.sh "$(CONTAINER_FILE)" ./hoogle.sh
 
+--start-frontend: static
+	npm run start
+
 # --start-database: docker/database/initdb.sh docker/database/pg_hba.conf docker/database/postgresql.conf docker/database/schema.sql;
 #	./utils/watchrun.sh "$(CONTAINER_FILE)"