diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4cc6749..be195fa 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ services:
       WEBSSH2_LOCATION: 'http://127.0.0.1:8081'
     ports:
       - "8080:80"
+    volumes:
+      - './src:/usr/share/nginx/html'
   # WebSSH2 is also required for terminal functionality - provides a websocket-to-ssh proxy for the front-end
   webssh2:
     image: "antidotelabs/webssh2:ping-timeout"
diff --git a/hack/Dockerfile-dev b/hack/Dockerfile-dev
index f5bd550..bacbc2c 100644
--- a/hack/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/hack/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 # This is a DEVELOPMENT dockerfile, and therefore includes no npm build
-# steps. It is assumed this has already been run, and therefore needs only
-# a webserver. It is also not meant to be built directly, but rather through
-# the provided Makefile ("make hack")
+# steps. The build steps are accomplished by the dev.sh script in the
+# /src/scripts directory.
 
 FROM nginx
-COPY src/ /usr/share/nginx/html
 COPY launch.sh /
 CMD ["/launch.sh"]
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index ad23fd2..7b7d176 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^5.1.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "dev": "CLEAN_INSTALL=true COMPOSE_UP=true sh scripts/dev.sh",
+    "dev:up": "COMPOSE_UP=true sh scripts/dev.sh",
+    "dev:down": "COMPOSE_DOWN=true sh scripts/dev.sh",
+    "dev-restart": "COMPOSE_RESTART=true sh scripts/dev.sh",
     "build": "npx rollup -c",
     "watch": "npx rollup -cw",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
diff --git a/src/scripts/dev.sh b/src/scripts/dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e24074f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# set -x  # this line will enable debugs
+ANTIDOTE_WEB_ENV=mock
+export ANTIDOTE_WEB_ENV
+if [ "$CLEAN_INSTALL" == "true" ]; then
+	# install deps
+  cd ../src
+  npm install
+  # This links the above antidote-ui-components into the src/node_modules directory
+  npm link ../../antidote-ui-components
+  # Cleanup
+  rm -rf advisor/ labs/ stats/ collections/ catalog/
+  # Set up for a clean build
+  mkdir -p advisor/ labs/ stats/ collections/ catalog/
+  cd ../templates
+  # Create the virtual python environment 'venv'
+  virtualenv venv/
+  # Activate the virtual environment
+  source venv/bin/activate
+  pip install jinja2
+  python generate_webapp.py
+  # Leave the virtual environment
+  deactivate
+fi
+if [ "$COMPOSE_UP" == "true" ]; then
+  docker-compose build --no-cache
+	docker-compose up -d
+	echo "Cluster started. Run 'docker-compose logs' to see log output."
+fi
+if [ "$COMPOSE_DOWN" == "true" ]; then
+  docker-compose down
+fi
+if [ "$COMPOSE_RESTART" == "true" ]; then
+  docker-compose down
+  docker-compose build --no-cache
+	docker-compose up -d
+	echo "Cluster started. Run 'docker-compose logs' to see log output."
+fi