diff --git a/dev-peerdb.sh b/dev-peerdb.sh
index 796425f3dd..7c32151845 100755
--- a/dev-peerdb.sh
+++ b/dev-peerdb.sh
@@ -23,5 +23,11 @@ else
     EXTRA_ARGS=""
 fi
 
+# check if peerdb_network exists if not create it
+if ! $DOCKER network inspect peerdb_network &> /dev/null
+then
+    $DOCKER network create peerdb_network
+fi
+
 export PEERDB_VERSION_SHA_SHORT=local-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 exec $DOCKER -f docker-compose-dev.yml up --build $EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index c27ad6bda7..d7d93f6de9 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.9"
 
+name: peerdb-quickstart-dev
+
 x-minio-config: &minio-config
   PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: _peerdb_minioadmin
   PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: _peerdb_minioadmin
@@ -145,42 +147,14 @@ services:
       temporal-admin-tools:
         condition: service_healthy
 
-  flow-worker1:
-    container_name: flow-worker1
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: stacks/flow.Dockerfile
-      target: flow-worker
-    environment:
-      <<: [*catalog-config, *flow-worker-env, *minio-config]
-    depends_on:
-      temporal-admin-tools:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  flow-worker2:
-    container_name: flow-worker2
+  flow-worker:
+    container_name: flow-worker
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: stacks/flow.Dockerfile
       target: flow-worker
     environment:
       <<: [*catalog-config, *flow-worker-env, *minio-config]
-    profiles:
-      - multi
-    depends_on:
-      temporal-admin-tools:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  flow-worker3:
-    container_name: flow-worker3
-    build:
-      context: .
-      dockerfile: stacks/flow.Dockerfile
-      target: flow-worker
-    environment:
-      <<: [*catalog-config, *flow-worker-env, *minio-config]
-    profiles:
-      - multi
     depends_on:
       temporal-admin-tools:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -244,3 +218,8 @@ services:
 volumes:
   pgdata:
   minio-data:
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    external: true
+    name: peerdb_network
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 75480ecdaf..42fa2f26fc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.9"
 
+name: peerdb-quickstart
+
 x-minio-config: &minio-config
   PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: _peerdb_minioadmin
   PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: _peerdb_minioadmin
@@ -124,33 +126,11 @@ services:
       temporal-admin-tools:
         condition: service_healthy
 
-  flow-worker1:
-    container_name: flow-worker1
-    image: ghcr.io/peerdb-io/flow-worker:latest-dev
-    environment:
-      <<: [*catalog-config, *flow-worker-env, *minio-config]
-    depends_on:
-      temporal-admin-tools:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  flow-worker2:
-    container_name: flow-worker2
+  flow-worker:
+    container_name: flow-worker
     image: ghcr.io/peerdb-io/flow-worker:latest-dev
     environment:
       <<: [*catalog-config, *flow-worker-env, *minio-config]
-    profiles:
-      - multi
-    depends_on:
-      temporal-admin-tools:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  flow-worker3:
-    container_name: flow-worker3
-    image: ghcr.io/peerdb-io/flow-worker:latest-dev
-    environment:
-      <<: [*catalog-config, *flow-worker-env, *minio-config]
-    profiles:
-      - multi
     depends_on:
       temporal-admin-tools:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -208,5 +188,9 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   pgdata:
-  prometheusdata:
   minio-data:
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    external: true
+    name: peerdb_network
diff --git a/run-peerdb.sh b/run-peerdb.sh
index 20eb6dcf07..002bf93679 100755
--- a/run-peerdb.sh
+++ b/run-peerdb.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,11 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# check if peerdb_network exists if not create it
+if ! docker network inspect peerdb_network &> /dev/null
+then
+    docker network create peerdb_network
+fi
+
 docker compose pull
 docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up --no-attach catalog --no-attach temporal --no-attach temporal-ui --no-attach temporal-admin-tools