diff --git a/backend/runner/pubsub/testdata/java/subscriber/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/test/subscriber/Subscriber.java b/backend/runner/pubsub/testdata/java/subscriber/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/test/subscriber/Subscriber.java
index 2148cb360..ca74499b6 100644
--- a/backend/runner/pubsub/testdata/java/subscriber/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/test/subscriber/Subscriber.java
+++ b/backend/runner/pubsub/testdata/java/subscriber/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/test/subscriber/Subscriber.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package xyz.block.ftl.java.test.subscriber;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-
 import ftl.publisher.PubSubEvent;
 import ftl.publisher.TestTopicTopic;
 import ftl.publisher.Topic2Topic;
diff --git a/internal/container/container.go b/internal/container/container.go
index e58535c85..b9e6b2e6c 100644
--- a/internal/container/container.go
+++ b/internal/container/container.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func PollContainerHealth(ctx context.Context, containerName string, timeout time
 //
 // Make sure you obtain the compose yaml from a string literal or an embedded file, rather than
 // reading from disk. The project file will not be included in the release build.
-func ComposeUp(ctx context.Context, name, composeYAML string, envars ...string) error {
+func ComposeUp(ctx context.Context, name, composeYAML string, profile optional.Option[string], envars ...string) error {
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx).Scope(name)
 	ctx = log.ContextWithLogger(ctx, logger)
 
@@ -378,7 +378,13 @@ func ComposeUp(ctx context.Context, name, composeYAML string, envars ...string)
 
 	envars = append(envars, "COMPOSE_IGNORE_ORPHANS=True")
 
-	cmd := exec.CommandWithEnv(ctx, log.Debug, ".", envars, "docker", "compose", "-f", "-", "-p", "ftl", "up", "-d", "--wait")
+	args := []string{"compose"}
+	if profile, ok := profile.Get(); ok {
+		args = append(args, "--profile", profile)
+	}
+	args = append(args, "-f", "-", "-p", "ftl", "up", "-d", "--wait")
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandWithEnv(ctx, log.Debug, ".", envars, "docker", args...)
 	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader([]byte(composeYAML))
 	if err := cmd.RunStderrError(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run docker compose up: %w", err)
diff --git a/internal/dev/db.go b/internal/dev/db.go
index 3679dde15..01520dc43 100644
--- a/internal/dev/db.go
+++ b/internal/dev/db.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func SetupPostgres(ctx context.Context, image optional.Option[string], port int,
 	if imaneName, ok := image.Get(); ok {
 		envars = append(envars, "FTL_DATABASE_IMAGE="+imaneName)
 	}
-	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "postgres", postgresDockerCompose, envars...)
+	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "postgres", postgresDockerCompose, optional.None[string](), envars...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not start postgres: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func SetupMySQL(ctx context.Context, port int) (string, error) {
 	if port != 0 {
 		envars = append(envars, "MYSQL_PORT="+strconv.Itoa(port))
 	}
-	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "mysql", mysqlDockerCompose, envars...)
+	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "mysql", mysqlDockerCompose, optional.None[string](), envars...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not start mysql: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/dev/docker-compose.redpanda.yml b/internal/dev/docker-compose.redpanda.yml
index 0a2c3a648..8178d4fdc 100644
--- a/internal/dev/docker-compose.redpanda.yml
+++ b/internal/dev/docker-compose.redpanda.yml
@@ -67,3 +67,5 @@ services:
       - 18083:8080
     depends_on:
       - redpanda
+    profiles:
+      - console
diff --git a/internal/dev/grafana.go b/internal/dev/grafana.go
index ac3809b1c..2d51c05a0 100644
--- a/internal/dev/grafana.go
+++ b/internal/dev/grafana.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/alecthomas/types/optional"
+
 	"github.com/block/ftl/internal/container"
 )
 
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 var grafanaDockerCompose string
 
 func SetupGrafana(ctx context.Context, image string) error {
-	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "grafana", grafanaDockerCompose)
+	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "grafana", grafanaDockerCompose, optional.None[string]())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not start grafana: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/dev/redpanda.go b/internal/dev/redpanda.go
index 5b6c9c9e0..93a2c0734 100644
--- a/internal/dev/redpanda.go
+++ b/internal/dev/redpanda.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/alecthomas/types/optional"
 
 	"github.com/block/ftl/internal/container"
 )
@@ -12,7 +15,12 @@ import (
 var redpandaDockerCompose string
 
 func SetUpRedPanda(ctx context.Context) error {
-	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "redpanda", redpandaDockerCompose)
+	var profile optional.Option[string]
+	if _, ci := os.LookupEnv("CI"); !ci {
+		// include console except in CI
+		profile = optional.Some[string]("console")
+	}
+	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "redpanda", redpandaDockerCompose, profile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not start redpanda: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/dev/registry.go b/internal/dev/registry.go
index 3775c51c1..87c47ce1b 100644
--- a/internal/dev/registry.go
+++ b/internal/dev/registry.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alecthomas/types/optional"
+
 	"github.com/block/ftl/internal/container"
 )
 
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 var registryDockerCompose string
 
 func SetupRegistry(ctx context.Context, image string, port int) error {
-	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "registry", registryDockerCompose,
+	err := container.ComposeUp(ctx, "registry", registryDockerCompose, optional.None[string](),
 		"FTL_REGISTRY_IMAGE="+image,
 		"FTL_REGISTRY_PORT="+strconv.Itoa(port))
 	if err != nil {