diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index 694f2046ca8..d4564ab1335 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
       - DATAVERSE_AUTH_OIDC_CLIENT_ID=test
       - DATAVERSE_AUTH_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=94XHrfNRwXsjqTqApRrwWmhDLDHpIYV8
       - DATAVERSE_AUTH_OIDC_AUTH_SERVER_URL=http://keycloak.mydomain.com:8090/realms/test
+      - DATAVERSE_JSF_REFRESH_PERIOD=1
     ports:
       - "8080:8080" # HTTP (Dataverse Application)
       - "4848:4848" # HTTP (Payara Admin Console)
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./docker-dev-volumes/app/data:/dv
       - ./docker-dev-volumes/app/secrets:/secrets
+      # Uncomment for changes to xhtml to be deployed immediately (if supported your IDE or toolchain).
+      # Replace 6.0 with the current version.
+      # - ./target/dataverse-6.0:/opt/payara/deployments/dataverse
     tmpfs:
       - /dumps:mode=770,size=2052M,uid=1000,gid=1000
       - /tmp:mode=770,size=2052M,uid=1000,gid=1000