diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68cb2c1b0..04a7db007 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ help:
 backend-%: --stack-work-$* --backend-$* --stack-krow-$*
 
 .PHONY: database
-database: --stack-work-build --database --stack-krow-build
+database: .develop.env --stack-work-build --database --stack-krow-build
 
 .PHONY: --database
---database:
-	(in-develop | grep -q 'In develop') || (echo "Not in develop" 1>&2; exit 1)
+--database: .develop.env
 	stack build --fast --flag uniworx:-library-only --flag uniworx:dev
 	export SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK=$${SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK:-true}
 	stack exec uniworxdb -- $(db)
@@ -32,6 +31,9 @@ clean:
 	[ -e $@ ] || touch $@
 	flock -en $@ :
 
+.develop.env:
+	(in-develop | grep -q 'In develop') || (echo "Not in develop!" 2>&1; exit 1)
+
 .PHONY: --backend-build
 --backend-build:
 	stack build --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only --flag uniworx:dev