diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 467de704..b9690f80 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ it easy to get up and running:
 That's it! After the `make dev` command is done, everything will be up and running and you can move
 on to the next step.
 
-If you want to stop everything at any time, run `make dev-teardown`.
+If you want to stop everything at any time, run `make down`.
+
+Note that `make dev` only runs the minimum amount of dependencies needed for things to work. If you'd like to run all the possible dependencies run `make alldeps` or directly the services available in the `docker-compose.yml` file.
 
 # Run the Proxy or the Registry
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e793c134..38f99c16 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ test-unit:
 olympus-docker:
 	docker build -t gopackages/olympus -f cmd/olympus/Dockerfile .
 
-.PHONY: dev
-dev:
+
+.PHONY: alldeps
+alldeps:
 	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d mysql
 	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d postgres
 	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d mongo
@@ -43,7 +44,17 @@ dev:
 	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d minio
 	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d jaeger
 	echo "sleeping for a bit to wait for the DB to come up"
-	sleep 5
+	sleep 5	
+
+.PHONY: dev
+dev:
+	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d mongo
+	docker-compose -p athensdev up -d redis
+
+.PHONY: down
+down:
+	docker-compose -p athensdev down
+	docker volume prune
 
 .PHONY: dev-teardown
 dev-teardown: