diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 908749c..6140911 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ## Reporting issues
 ## Development setup
 
 Requires PHP 8.2+ and a container runtime (Podman or Docker). The development
-environment runs in containers defined by `docker-compose.yml`.
+environment runs in containers defined by `docker/dev/docker-compose.yml`.
 
 On NixOS, or anywhere with Nix installed:
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ## Development setup
 | Mailhog | http://localhost:8025 |
 | MariaDB | localhost:3306 |
 
-Without Nix, start the same containers directly from `docker-compose.yml`.
+Without Nix, start the same containers directly from `docker/dev/docker-compose.yml`.
 Contributions improving the setup instructions for other platforms are welcome.
 
 ## Before opening a pull request
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e43934d..2fc7980 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ## 🚀 Self-hosting
 
 The production image is available at `forge.lvl0.xyz/lvl0/dishplanner:latest`. See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) before upgrading.
 
-### docker-compose.yml
+### docker-compose.prod.yml
 
 ```yaml
 services:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
similarity index 96%
rename from docker-compose.yml
rename to docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
index cd6cbf3..c2d8fd5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Local Development Docker Compose
+name: dishplanner
 version: '3.8'
 
 services:
   app:
     build:
-      context: .
+      context: ../..
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
     container_name: dishplanner_app
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ services:
       VITE_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
     volumes:
       # Mount entire project for hot reload with SELinux context
-      - .:/app:Z
+      - ../..:/app:Z
       # Named volumes for performance and permission isolation
       - app_vendor:/app/vendor
       - app_node_modules:/app/node_modules
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
       # Initialize with SQL scripts
-      - ./docker/mysql-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+      - ../mysql-init:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
       interval: 10s
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 3373028..5a07708 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -29,59 +29,67 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     # Use keep-id for proper permission mapping in rootless podman
     export PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id
     
+    # Compose file location
+    COMPOSE_FILE="$PWD/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml"
+
+    # ===================
+    # ALIASES
+    # ===================
+    alias pc='podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE'
+    
     # Define helper functions
     dev-rebuild() {
       echo "🔨 Rebuilding development environment..."
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose down -v
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose build --no-cache app
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose up -d
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE down -v
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE build --no-cache app
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE up -d
       echo "✅ Rebuild complete! Check logs with: dev-logs"
     }
     
     dev-rebuild-quick() {
       echo "⚡ Quick rebuild (keeping volumes)..."
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose down
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose build app
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose up -d
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE down
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE build app
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE up -d
       echo "✅ Quick rebuild complete!"
     }
     
     dev-up() {
       echo "🚀 Starting development environment..."
-      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose up -d
+      PODMAN_USERNS=keep-id podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE up -d
       echo "✅ Dev environment started!"
     }
     
     dev-down() {
       echo "🛑 Stopping development environment..."
-      podman-compose down
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE down
       echo "✅ Dev environment stopped!"
     }
     
     dev-restart() {
       echo "🔄 Restarting development environment..."
-      podman-compose restart
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE restart
       echo "✅ Dev environment restarted!"
     }
     
     dev-logs() {
-      podman-compose logs -f "$@"
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE logs -f "$@"
     }
     
     dev-logs-db() {
-      podman-compose logs -f db "$@"
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE logs -f db "$@"
     }
     
     dev-shell() {
-      podman-compose exec app sh
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE exec app sh
     }
     
     dev-artisan() {
-      podman-compose exec app php artisan "$@"
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE exec app php artisan "$@"
     }
     
     dev-test() {
-      podman-compose exec -T app env $(grep -vE '^\s*(#|$)' .env.testing) php -d memory_limit=512M vendor/bin/phpunit "$@"
+      podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE exec -T app env $(grep -vE '^\s*(#|$)' .env.testing) php -d memory_limit=512M vendor/bin/phpunit "$@"
     }
     
     dev-fix-permissions() {
@@ -171,12 +179,12 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
     echo ""
     
     # Auto-start prompt
-    if [ -f "docker-compose.yml" ]; then
+    if [ -f "$COMPOSE_FILE" ]; then
       read -p "Start development containers? (y/N) " -n 1 -r
       echo
       if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
         echo "Starting containers..."
-        podman-compose up -d
+        podman-compose -f $COMPOSE_FILE up -d
         
         # Wait a moment for containers to start
         sleep 3
@@ -188,8 +196,8 @@ pkgs.mkShell {
         echo "   Mailhog: http://localhost:8025"
         echo "   MariaDB: localhost:3306"
         echo ""
-        echo "Run 'podman-compose logs -f app' to follow logs"
+        echo "Run 'pc logs -f app' to follow logs"
       fi
     fi
   '';
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}