diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 730e52ecf..ff73bd03e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ endif
 	  $(CONTAINER_COMMAND) attach $${CONTAINER_ID} || : ; \
 	fi
 
-# HELP(start-backend): start yesod-devel instance
+# HELP(start-backend): start development instance
 --start-backend:
 	export DEV_PORT_HTTP=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTP=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTP=//'`; \
 	export DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTPS=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTPS=//'`; \
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ endif
 	export RIBBON=$${RIBBON:-$${HOST:-localhost}} ; \
 	export APPROOT=$${APPROOT:-http://localhost:$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}} ; \
 	export AVSPASS=$${AVSPASS:-nopasswordset} ; \
-	stack $(STACK_CORES) exec --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin -- yesod devel -p "$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}" -q "$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}"
+	./bin/uniworx
 # HELP(compile-backend): compile backend binaries
 --compile-backend:
-	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin
+	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin --copy-bins
 # HELP(dependencies-backend): (re-)build backend dependencies
 --dependencies-backend: uniworx.cabal
 	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --only-dependencies
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ well-known: static;
 --compile-uniworxdb: --compile-backend
 	SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK=${SERVER_SESSION_ACID_FALLBACK:-true} ; \
 	AVSPASS=${AVSPASS:-nopasswordset} ; \
-	stack exec uniworxdb -- $(UNIWORXDB_OPTS)
+	./bin/uniworxdb $(UNIWORXDB_OPTS)
 
 --shell-ghci:
 	stack exec -- ghci
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 3c331178f..c881ba7b1 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ rebuild-ghc-options: true
 #ghc-options:
 #  "$everything": -fno-prof-auto
 
+local-bin-path: ./bin
+
 build:
   library-profiling: true
   executable-profiling: true