diff --git a/docs/dev/Backend.md b/docs/dev/Backend.md
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@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Example launch.json config for vscode:
 To run the backend tests locally, run:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose run api pytest
+docker compose run --rm api pytest
 ```
 
 ## Using the local version of ODK Central