diff --git a/.build-files/docker-compose-local.template.yml b/.build-files/docker-compose-local.template.yml
index 72716b58..f651e5f5 100644
--- a/.build-files/docker-compose-local.template.yml
+++ b/.build-files/docker-compose-local.template.yml
@@ -22,91 +22,6 @@ services:
       - path: ${DOCKER_ENV_FILE} # relative to docker compose (has to be in same directory)
         required: true
 
-  # Depends on database. Database must be healthy before starting server
-  server:
-    build:
-      context: ../ # relative to docker compose
-      dockerfile: ./.build-files/Dockerfile.server # relatvie to build context
-      args:
-        DOCKER_ENV_FILE: ${DOCKER_ENV_FILE}
-    ports:
-      - "8000:8000"
-    environment:
-      DJANGO_ENV_FILE: "/app/.env"
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  celery:
-    build:
-      context: ../ # relative to docker compose
-      dockerfile: ./.build-files/Dockerfile.celery # relatvie to build context
-      args:
-        DOCKER_ENV_FILE: ${DOCKER_ENV_FILE}
-    command:
-      [
-        "celery",
-        "--app",
-        "celery_app",
-        "worker",
-        "--loglevel",
-        "info",
-        "--without-heartbeat",
-        "-c",
-        "4",
-      ]
-    # Docker Compose does not set the TTY width, which causes Celery errors
-    tty: false
-    environment:
-      DJANGO_ENV_FILE: "/app/.env"
-    depends_on:
-      db:
-        condition: service_healthy
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
-
-  # MySQL service. Has healthcheck which uses mysqladmin to ping before reporting healthy.
-  db:
-    image: mysql:latest
-    environment:
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${DATABASE_NAME}
-      MYSQL_USER: ${DATABASE_USER}
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD}
-    volumes:
-      - mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql
-    ports:
-      - "3306:3306"
-    healthcheck:
-      test:
-        [
-          "CMD",
-          "mysqladmin",
-          "ping",
-          "-h",
-          "localhost",
-          "-u",
-          "root",
-          "-p${DATABASE_ROOT_PASSWORD}",
-        ]
-      timeout: 20s
-      retries: 10
-    env_file:
-      - path: ${DOCKER_ENV_FILE} # relative to docker compose (has to be in same directory)
-        required: true
-
-  redis:
-    image: redis:latest
-    ports:
-      - "6379:6379"
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
-      interval: 10s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-
   data:
     build:
       context: ./
@@ -125,6 +40,5 @@ services:
       - duckdb-data:/app/duckdb-data
 
 volumes:
-  mysql-data:
   duckdb-data:
-  migrations_volume:
+  migrations_volume:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.build-files/nginx-http-local.conf b/.build-files/nginx-http-local.conf
index 31b82112..36c6a5cb 100644
--- a/.build-files/nginx-http-local.conf
+++ b/.build-files/nginx-http-local.conf
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ http {
             try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
         }
 
-        location /api {
-            proxy_pass http://server:8000/api;
-            proxy_set_header Host $host;
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-        }
 
         location /data {
             proxy_pass http://data:9000/;
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index ed9e1a40..dc5b9ac0 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -300,8 +300,12 @@ def build_containers(env_file, disable_spinner=False):
     else:
         print("Building containers...")
 
-    process = run_command(f"docker-compose -f .build-files/docker-compose.yml"
-                          f" --env-file {env_file} build")
+    service_string = ""
+    if services is not None:
+        service_string = " ".join(services)
+
+    command = f"docker-compose -f .build-files/docker-compose.yml --env-file {env_file} build {service_string}"
+    process = run_command(command)
     process.wait()  # Wait for the build to complete
 
     if not disable_spinner:
@@ -331,8 +335,13 @@ def start_containers(env_file, disable_spinner=False):
         spinner_thread.start()
     else:
         print("Starting containers...")
-    process = run_command(f"docker-compose -f .build-files/docker-compose.yml"
-                          f" --env-file {env_file} up -d")
+
+    service_string = ""
+    if services is not None:
+        service_string = " ".join(services)
+
+    command = f"docker-compose -f .build-files/docker-compose.yml --env-file {env_file} up -d {service_string}"
+    process = run_command(command)
 
     process.wait()  # Wait for the containers to start