diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cbcc41d92..9784eacbd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ remove:
 
 start:
 	@docker-compose start
+startanbuild: 
+	docker-compose up -d --build
 
 stop:
 	@docker-compose stop
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 54b72f526..f69084b8a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       - 'OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://ollama:11434'
       - 'WEBUI_SECRET_KEY='
-      - 'DATA_DIR=/app/backend/data'
     extra_hosts:
       - host.docker.internal:host-gateway
     restart: unless-stopped