diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55062dc..9c229ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -345,6 +345,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "diesel_migrations"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf3cde8413353dc7f5d72fa8ce0b99a560a359d2c5ef1e5817ca731cd9008f4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "migrations_macros",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -376,6 +386,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
  "diesel",
+ "diesel_migrations",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "rocket",
@@ -854,6 +865,27 @@ version = "2.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ee1c47aaa256ecabcaea351eae4a9b01ef39ed810004e298d2511ed284b1525"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_internals"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b4fc84e4af020b837029e017966f86a1c2d5e83e64b589963d5047525995860"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "migrations_macros"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9753f12909fd8d923f75ae5c3258cae1ed3c8ec052e1b38c93c21a6d157f789c"
+dependencies = [
+ "migrations_internals",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.26",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.69",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dev b/docker/Dockerfile.dev
index ea63e1e..bac8b44 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ COPY --chown=builder:builder ./docker/entrypoint_dev.sh /entrypoint.sh
 COPY --chown=builder:builder ./Rocket.toml /app/Rocket.toml
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
-CMD ["run", "--bin", "server"]
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf7fb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: '2.4'
+services:
+    app:
+        build:
+            # Make sure the build context is one directory up
+            context: '..'
+            dockerfile: './docker/Dockerfile.dev'
+        image: 'chewingbever/fej:dev'
+        restart: 'no'
+
+        container_name: 'fej_app'
+        volumes:
+            - 'build-cache:/app/target'
+            - 'registry-cache:/app/.cargo/registry'
+        ports:
+            - '8000:8000'
+
+        command: "${CMD}"
+
+    db:
+        container_name: 'fej_db'
+        restart: 'no'
+
+        # the devop environment exposes the database so we can use the Diesel cli
+        ports:
+            - '5432:5432'
+
+volumes:
+    build-cache:
+    registry-cache:
+
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c6d6066..14e90d2 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ version: '2.4'
 
 services:
     app:
+        build:
+            context: '..'
+            dockerfile: 'docker/Dockerfile.rel'
+
         image: 'chewingbever/fej:latest'
         restart: 'always'
 
-        depends_on:
-            db:
-                condition: 'service_healthy'
-
         environment:
             - 'DATABASE_URL=postgres://fej:fej@db:5432/fej'
 
diff --git a/fejctl b/fejctl
index b60be50..d55e090 100755
--- a/fejctl
+++ b/fejctl
@@ -2,121 +2,52 @@
 
 image='chewingbever/fej'
 
-# Creates the needed images
+# Small wrapper around the docker-compose command
 #
-# $1: wether to build the debug or the release image (default debug)
-function create_images() {
-    # First, we build the builder
-    DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
-        -f docker/Dockerfile.builder \
-        -t "$image-builder:latest" . || {
-            >&2 echo "Failed to build builder.";
-            exit 1;
-        }
+# Flags:
+# -b: build the builder
+# -r: use the release image instead
+function dc() {
+    while getopts ":br" c; do
+        case $c in
+            b ) build_builder=1 ;;
+            r ) release=1 ;;
+        esac
+    done
+    shift $((OPTIND-1))
 
-    if [[ "$1" = "rel" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$build_builder" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        # We always rebuild the builder before we run any compose command
         DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
-            -t "$image:latest" \
-            -f docker/Dockerfile.rel . || {
-                >&2 echo "Failed to build release image.";
+            -f docker/Dockerfile.builder \
+            -t "$image-builder:latest" . || {
+                >&2 echo "Failed to build builder.";
                 exit 1;
             }
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$release" -eq 1 ]]; then
+        DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1 docker-compose \
+            --file docker/docker-compose.yml \
+            --project-name fej \
+            "$@"
 
     else
-        # Then, we create the debug image
-        DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
-            -t "$image:dev" \
-            -f docker/Dockerfile.dev . || {
-                >&2 echo "Failed to build debug image.";
-                exit 1;
-            }
+        DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1 docker-compose \
+            --file docker/docker-compose.yml \
+            --file docker/docker-compose.dev.yml \
+            --project-name fej-dev \
+            "$@"
     fi
 }
 
 # Execute the debug image (must be built first)
 #
 # $@: the arguments to pass to the image (passed as arguments to cargo)
-function run_image() {
-    docker volume create fej_build-cache > /dev/null
-    docker volume create fej_registry-cache > /dev/null
-    docker volume create fej_db-data > /dev/null
-
-    # Run the database image
-    docker run --rm \
-        --detach \
-        --name fej_db \
-        --network fej \
-        -p 5432:5432 \
-        -e 'POSTGRES_DB=fej' \
-        -e 'POSTGRES_USER=fej' \
-        -e 'POSTGRES_PASSWORD=fej' \
-        -v 'fej_db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data' \
-        postgres:13-alpine
-
-    # Run the binary image
-    docker run \
-        --detach \
-        --rm \
-        --interactive \
-        --tty \
-        --publish 8000:8000 \
-        --name fej \
-        --env-file .env.container \
-        --network fej \
-        -v 'fej_build-cache:/app/target' \
-        -v 'fej_registry-cache:/app/.cargo/registry' \
-        "$image:dev" "$@"
-}
-
-# Attach to the fej container
-function logs() {
-    docker logs -f fej
-}
-
-# Builds the given binary
-#
-# $1: the binary to build
-function build() {
-    create_images
-    run_image build --bin "$1"
-    logs
-}
-
-# Runs the given binary
-#
-# $1: the binary to run
-function run() {
-    create_images
-    run_image run --bin "$1"
-    logs
-}
-
-# Runs the tests
-function tests() {
-    create_images
-    run_image test --no-fail-fast
-    logs
-}
-
-# Stops both containers
-function stop() {
-    docker stop fej_db
-    docker stop -t 0 fej
-}
-
-function run_release() {
-    docker-compose \
-        --file docker/docker-compose.yml \
-        --project-name fej-release \
-        up \
-        --detach
-}
-
-function stop_release() {
-     docker-compose \
-        --file docker/docker-compose.yml \
-        --project-name fej-release \
-        down
+function dcr() {
+        CMD="$@" dc -b -- up \
+            --build \
+            --detach
 }
 
 # Tags & pushes the release version to Docker Hub
@@ -128,7 +59,8 @@ function publish() {
         exit 2
     fi
 
-    create_images rel
+    # Build the release images
+    dc -br build
 
     patch_version=`grep -Po '(?<=version = ").*(?=")' Cargo.toml | head -n1`
     major_version=`echo "$patch_version" | sed -E 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\1/'`
@@ -159,26 +91,26 @@ function main() {
 
     case $cmd in
         # Building
-        b | build ) build "$bin" ;;
-        br | build-release ) create_images rel ;;
+        b | build ) dcr build --bin "$bin" && dc -- logs -f app ;;
+        br | build-release ) dc -br build ;;
 
         # Running
-        r | run ) run "$bin" ;;
-        rr | run-release ) run_release ;;
-        s | stop ) stop ;;
-        sr | stop-release ) stop_release ;;
+        r | run ) dcr run --bin "$bin" && dc -- logs -f app ;;
+        rr | run-release ) dc -br -- run --build --detach ;;
+        s | stop ) dc down ;;
+        sr | stop-release ) dc -r stop ;;
 
         # Ease of life
-        psql ) docker exec -it fej_db psql -U fej -d fej ;;
-        sh ) docker exec -it fej sh ;;
+        psql ) dc -- exec db psql -U fej -d fej ;;
+        sh ) dc -- exec app sh ;;
 
         # Misc
         docs ) cargo doc --no-deps ;;
         format ) cargo fmt ;;
-        l | logs ) logs ;;
+        l | logs ) dc -- logs -f app ;;
         lint ) cargo fmt -- --check ;;
         p | push | publish ) publish ;;
-        t | test ) tests ;;
+        t | test ) dc test --no-fail-fast  ;;
         * ) >&2 echo "Invalid command."; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 }