diff --git a/apps/api/project.json b/apps/api/project.json
index 4e1affb13..d9af89108 100644
--- a/apps/api/project.json
+++ b/apps/api/project.json
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
       "executor": "@nx/js:node",
       "options": {
         "buildTarget": "api:build"
-      }
+      },
+      "dependsOn": ["copy-assets"]
     },
     "lint": {
       "executor": "@nx/eslint:lint",
diff --git a/apps/client/project.json b/apps/client/project.json
index 38887ca8a..010b5c8a4 100644
--- a/apps/client/project.json
+++ b/apps/client/project.json
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@
         "proxyConfig": "apps/client/proxy.conf.json",
         "ssl": true,
         "sslCert": "apps/client/localhost.cert",
-        "sslKey": "apps/client/localhost.pem"
+        "sslKey": "apps/client/localhost.pem",
+        "hmr": true,
+        "open": true
       },
       "configurations": {
         "development-ca": {
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@
           "buildTarget": "client:build:production"
         }
       },
+      "defaultConfiguration": "development-en",
       "continuous": true
     },
     "extract-i18n": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 686065630..eaf5c79d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "start:client": "nx run client:copy-assets && nx run client:serve --configuration=development-en --hmr -o",
     "start:production": "npm run database:migrate && npm run database:seed && node main",
     "start:server": "nx run api:copy-assets && nx run api:serve --watch",
+    "dev": "nx run-many --target=serve --projects=api,client --parallel=2",
     "start:storybook": "nx run ui:storybook",
     "test": "npx dotenv-cli -e .env.example -- npx nx run-many --target=test --all --parallel=4",
     "test:api": "npx dotenv-cli -e .env.example -- nx test api",