diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff73bd03e..b6b5b04b4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ start:
 	$(MAKE) start-postgres
 	$(MAKE) start-memcached
 	$(MAKE) start-minio
-	$(MAKE) start-frontend
+	$(MAKE) compile-frontend
 	$(MAKE) start-backend
 
 .PHONY: %-backend
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ endif
 	fi
 
 # HELP(start-backend): start development instance
---start-backend:
+--start-backend: --compile-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=//'`; \
 	export HOST=`hostname -s` ; \