diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90e048a9b4e21..fb3d0171196fc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 dev:
-	rm -rf ./server/dist && docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --remove-orphans
+	docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --remove-orphans
 
 dev-new:
-	rm -rf ./server/dist && docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --remove-orphans
+	docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --remove-orphans
 
 dev-new-update:
-	rm -rf ./server/dist && docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -V --remove-orphans
+	docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -V --remove-orphans
 
 dev-update:
-	rm -rf ./server/dist && docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -V --remove-orphans
+	docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -V --remove-orphans
 
 dev-scale:
-	rm -rf ./server/dist && docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -V  --scale immich-server=3 --remove-orphans
+	docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml up --build -V  --scale immich-server=3 --remove-orphans
 
 stage:
 	docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.staging.yml up --build -V --remove-orphans
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 8f308aefc0c8f..8e8049f952a0c 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "start": "nest start",
     "nest": "nest",
     "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
-    "start:debug": "nest start --debug 0.0.0.0:9230 --watch",
+    "start:debug": "rimraf dist && nest start --debug 0.0.0.0:9230 --watch",
     "start:prod": "node dist/main",
     "lint": "eslint \"{apps,libs}/**/*.ts\" --max-warnings 0",
     "lint:fix": "npm run lint -- --fix",