diff --git a/.envrc.recommended b/.envrc.recommended
index 3e08e17..c15f7e6 100644
--- a/.envrc.recommended
+++ b/.envrc.recommended
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 nix_direnv_manual_reload
 use flake
+export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://patagia:secret@/patagia?host=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/patagia-postgres
 dotenv_if_exists
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index cf20a06..ae71f78 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -49,8 +49,35 @@ open-api:
   cargo xtask open-api
 
 # Run all tests
-check: check-nix 
+check: check-nix
 
 # check-nix
 check-nix:
   nix flake check
+
+# Run PostgreSQL for development and testing
+dev-postgres:
+  mkdir -p "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/patagia-postgres"
+  podman volume exists patagia-postgres || podman volume create patagia-postgres
+  podman run \
+  --detach \
+  --replace \
+  --name patagia-postgres \
+  --env POSTGRES_DB=patagia \
+  --env POSTGRES_USER=patagia \
+  --env POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret \
+  --volume patagia-postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
+  --volume "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/patagia-postgres:/var/run/postgresql" \
+  docker.io/postgres:17
+
+# Reset PostgreSQL data and start
+dev-postgres-reset: dev-postgres-clean dev-postgres
+
+# Clean up PostgreSQL data
+dev-postgres-clean:
+  podman rm -f patagia-postgres || true
+  podman volume rm patagia-postgres || true
+
+# Connect to PostgreSQL with psql
+dev-postgres-psql:
+  podman exec -it patagia-postgres psql -U patagia