diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 320b022a..0e47d8af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,43 +1,8 @@
-# Backend
-*/db.sqlite3
-engine/*.db
 *.pyc
 venv
 .python-version
+
 .vscode
-dump.rdb
 .idea
-jupiter_playbooks/*
-engine/reports/*.csv
-engine/jupiter_playbooks/*
-
-# Frontend dependencies
-node_modules
-/.pnp
-.pnp.js
-
-# testing
-/coverage
-
-# production
-/build
-
-# misc
 .DS_Store
-.swp
 .env
-
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-
-scripts/gcom.token
-scripts/gcom_grafana.token
-scripts/gcom_raintank.token
-
-engine/extensions/
-
-grafana-plugin/frontend_enterprise
-
-uwsgi-local.ini
-celerybeat-schedule
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c2746ea5..fb08b79a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ ifeq ($(DB),$(SQLITE_PROFILE))
 	fi
 endif
 
+	$(call run_docker_compose_command,up --remove-orphans -d)
+
+init:
 # if the oncall UI is to be run in docker we should do an initial build of the frontend code
 # this makes sure that it will be available when the grafana container starts up without the need to
 # restart the grafana container initially
@@ -68,8 +71,6 @@ ifeq ($(findstring $(UI_PROFILE),$(COMPOSE_PROFILES)),$(UI_PROFILE))
 	cd grafana-plugin && yarn install && yarn build:dev
 endif
 
-	$(call run_docker_compose_command,up --remove-orphans -d)
-
 stop:
 	$(call run_docker_compose_command,down)
 
diff --git a/dev/README.md b/dev/README.md
index 512f3cf1..eb7aed70 100644
--- a/dev/README.md
+++ b/dev/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Related: [How to develop integrations](/engine/config_integrations/README.md)
 By default everything runs inside Docker. These options can be modified via the [`COMPOSE_PROFILES`](#compose_profiles) environment variable.
 
 1. Firstly, ensure that you have `docker` [installed](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) and running on your machine. **NOTE**: the `docker-compose-developer.yml` file uses some syntax/features that are only supported by Docker Compose v2. For insturctions on how to enable this (if you haven't already done so), see [here](https://www.docker.com/blog/announcing-compose-v2-general-availability/).
-2. Run `make start`. By default this will run everything in Docker, using SQLite as the database and Redis as the message broker/cache. See [Running in Docker](#running-in-docker) below for more details on how to swap out/disable which components are run in Docker.
+2. Run `make init start`. By default this will run everything in Docker, using SQLite as the database and Redis as the message broker/cache. See [Running in Docker](#running-in-docker) below for more details on how to swap out/disable which components are run in Docker.
 3. Open Grafana in a browser [here](http://localhost:3000/plugins/grafana-oncall-app) (login: `oncall`, password: `oncall`).
 4. You should now see the OnCall plugin configuration page. Fill out the configuration options as follows:
 
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ By default everything runs inside Docker. These options can be modified via the
 5. Enjoy! Check our [OSS docs](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/oncall/open-source/) if you want to set up Slack, Telegram, Twilio or SMS/calls through Grafana Cloud.
 6. (Optional) Install `pre-commit` hooks by running `make install-precommit-hook`
 
+**Note**: on subsequent startups you can simply run `make start`, this is a bit faster because it skips the frontend build step.
+
 ### `COMPOSE_PROFILES`
 
 This configuration option represents a comma-separated list of [`docker-compose` profiles](https://docs.docker.com/compose/profiles/). It allows you to swap-out, or disable, certain components in Docker.
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ By default everything runs inside Docker. If you would like to run the backend s
 See [`COMPOSE_PROFILES`](#compose_profiles) for more information on what this option is and how to configure it.
 
 ```bash
+make init # build the frontend plugin code then run make start
+make start # start all of the docker containers
 make stop # stop all of the docker containers
 make restart # restart all docker containers
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-developer.yml b/docker-compose-developer.yml
index 6b0d2ab3..0cc79491 100644
--- a/docker-compose-developer.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-developer.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-version: "3.8"
+version: "3.9"
 
 x-labels: &oncall-labels
   - "com.grafana.oncall.env=dev"
 
 x-oncall-build: &oncall-build-args
   context: ./engine
-  target: dev
+  target: ${ONCALL_IMAGE_TARGET:-dev}
   labels: *oncall-labels
 
 x-oncall-volumes: &oncall-volumes
   - ./engine:/etc/app
+  # https://stackoverflow.com/a/60456034
+  - ${ENTERPRISE_ENGINE:-/dev/null}:/etc/app/extensions/engine_enterprise
   - ./engine/oncall.db:/var/lib/oncall/oncall.db
 
 x-env-files: &oncall-env-files
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./grafana-plugin:/etc/app
       - /etc/app/node_modules
+      # https://stackoverflow.com/a/60456034
+      - ${ENTERPRISE_FRONTEND:-/dev/null}:/etc/app/frontend_enterprise
     profiles:
       - oncall_ui
 
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ services:
           memory: 500m
           cpus: "0.5"
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"]
+      test: "mysql -uroot -pempty oncall_local_dev -e 'select 1'"
       timeout: 20s
       retries: 10
     volumes:
@@ -252,6 +256,11 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - grafanadata_dev:/var/lib/grafana
       - ./grafana-plugin:/var/lib/grafana/plugins/grafana-plugin
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      mysql:
+        condition: service_healthy
     profiles:
       - grafana
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-mysql-rabbitmq.yml b/docker-compose-mysql-rabbitmq.yml
index fdcd213c..9537c2f2 100644
--- a/docker-compose-mysql-rabbitmq.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-mysql-rabbitmq.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "3.8"
+version: "3.9"
 
 x-environment: &oncall-environment
   BASE_URL: $DOMAIN
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e7134998..1557dafc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "3.8"
+version: "3.9"
 
 x-environment: &oncall-environment
   DATABASE_TYPE: sqlite3
diff --git a/engine/.gitignore b/engine/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1193cff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+requirements-enterprise.txt
+extensions/
+uwsgi-local.ini
+celerybeat-schedule
+*.db
diff --git a/engine/Dockerfile b/engine/Dockerfile
index 6c753114..0367b53a 100644
--- a/engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/engine/Dockerfile
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ RUN DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings.prod_without_db DATABASE_TYPE=sqlite3 DATABA
 RUN chown -R 1000:2000 /var/lib/oncall
 
 FROM base AS dev
-
-# these are needed for the django dbshell command
 RUN apk add sqlite mysql-client postgresql-client
 
+FROM dev AS dev-enterprise
+RUN pip install -r requirements-enterprise.txt
+
 FROM base AS prod
 
 # This is required for prometheus_client to sync between uwsgi workers
diff --git a/grafana-plugin/.gitignore b/grafana-plugin/.gitignore
index cc1a03f4..5a371043 100644
--- a/grafana-plugin/.gitignore
+++ b/grafana-plugin/.gitignore
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
-# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
-# dependencies
 /node_modules
-/.pnp
-.pnp.js
+.eslintcache
 
 # testing
 /coverage
 
 # production
 /dist
-/ci
-
-# misc
-.idea
-.DS_Store
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
-
-grafana-plugin.yml
-
-# cache
-.eslintcache
 
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 
 # This file is generated
-grafana-plugin.yml
\ No newline at end of file
+grafana-plugin.yml
+frontend_enterprise