diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1629a8..7210e1c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ start:
 	make build
 	bash ./guardrails_api/start.sh
 
+start-dev:
+	make install-dev
+	make build
+	bash ./guardrails_api/start-dev.sh
+
 infra:
 	docker compose --profile infra up --build
 
diff --git a/guardrails_api/start-dev.sh b/guardrails_api/start-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e5e9fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guardrails_api/start-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export APP_ENVIRONMENT=local
+export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+export LOGLEVEL="INFO"
+export GUARDRAILS_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
+export GUARDRAILS_PROCESS_COUNT=1
+export SELF_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8000
+export OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY=YES
+
+gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --timeout=5 --threads=10 "guardrails_api.app:create_app()" --reload