diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b3bb613..64bb9792 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ permissions: certs
 		prometheus.dev.yml \
 		settings.conf \
 		tests/config/registries/seek/nginx.conf \
-		tests/config/registries/seek/doorkeeper.rb
+		tests/config/registries/seek/doorkeeper.rb \
+	&& mkdir -p /tmp/lifemonitor-logs
 
 
 aux_images: tests/config/registries/seek/seek.Dockerfile certs
@@ -223,7 +224,8 @@ start-dev: images compose-files dev reset_compose permissions ## Start LifeMonit
 start-testing: compose-files aux_images ro_crates images reset_compose permissions ## Start LifeMonitor in a Testing environment
 	@printf "\n$(bold)Starting testing services...$(reset)\n" ; \
 	base=$$(if [[ -f "docker-compose.yml" ]]; then echo "-f docker-compose.yml"; fi) ; \
-	echo "$$($(docker_compose) $${base} \
+	echo "$$(USER_UID=$$(id -u) USER_GID=$$(id -g) \
+			$(docker_compose) $${base} \
 				-f docker-compose.extra.yml \
 				-f docker-compose.base.yml \
 				-f docker-compose.monitoring.yml \
diff --git a/docker-compose.base.yml b/docker-compose.base.yml
index ee0d60d0..5e682008 100644
--- a/docker-compose.base.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.base.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
-
 services:
   db:
     # Docker image docs: https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-postgresql
@@ -65,6 +63,7 @@ services:
       - "./instance:/lm/instance:ro"
       - "./settings.conf:/lm/settings.conf:ro" # default settings
       - "data_workflows:/var/data/lm"
+      - "/tmp/lifemonitor-logs:/var/log/lm"
     networks:
       - life_monitor
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index df1310b3..1c880321 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
-
 services:
   db:
     environment:
diff --git a/docker-compose.extra.yml b/docker-compose.extra.yml
index 4cd89b6c..2a6c5530 100644
--- a/docker-compose.extra.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.extra.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
-
 services:
   seek:
     image: crs4/lifemonitor-tests:seek
diff --git a/docker-compose.maintenance.yml b/docker-compose.maintenance.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17646c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.maintenance.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+services:
+  db:
+    environment:
+      - "ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes"
+
+  console:
+    image: crs4/lifemonitor
+    restart: "unless-stopped"
+    depends_on:
+      - "db"
+      - "init"
+      - "redis"
+    entrypoint: /bin/bash
+    command: |
+      -c "sleep infinity"
+    user: "${USER_UID}:${USER_GID}"
+    env_file:
+      - settings.conf
+    environment:
+      - "FLASK_ENV=development"
+      - "TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD=True"
+      - "HOME=/lm"
+      # Normally, OAuthLib will raise an InsecureTransportError if you attempt to use OAuth2 over HTTP,
+      # rather than HTTPS. Setting this environment variable will prevent this error from being raised.
+      # This is mostly useful for local testing, or automated tests. Never set this variable in production.
+      - "AUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT=1"
+      # - "SERVER_NAME=lm:8000"
+    volumes:
+      - "./certs:/certs:ro"
+      - "./instance:/lm/instance:ro"
+      - "./settings.conf:/lm/settings.conf:ro" # default settings
+      - "./:/lm"
+      - "data_workflows:/var/data/lm"
+    ports:
+      - "8000"
+    networks:
+      - life_monitor
+
+  init:
+    user: "${USER_UID}:${USER_GID}"
+    environment:
+      - "FLASK_ENV=development"
+      # Normally, OAuthLib will raise an InsecureTransportError if you attempt to use OAuth2 over HTTP,
+      # rather than HTTPS. Setting this environment variable will prevent this error from being raised.
+      # This is mostly useful for local testing, or automated tests. Never set this variable in production.
+      - "AUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT=1"
+      - "HOME=/lm"
+    volumes:
+      - "./:/lm"
+  
+  lm:
+    environment:
+      - "FLASK_ENV=maintenance"
+
+  ws_server:
+    environment:
+      - "FLASK_ENV=maintenance"
+  
+  worker:
+    environment:
+      - "FLASK_ENV=maintenance"
diff --git a/docker-compose.monitoring.yml b/docker-compose.monitoring.yml
index 2e17806e..56983999 100644
--- a/docker-compose.monitoring.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.monitoring.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
-
 services:
   prometheus:
     image: prom/prometheus:v2.48.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test.yml
index c2fe73b1..2389352b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.5"
-
 services:
   lmtests:
     image: crs4/lifemonitor
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ services:
       - "./certs:/certs:ro"
       - "./instance:/lm/instance:ro"
       - "./settings.conf:/lm/settings.conf:ro" # default settings
+      - "/tmp/lifemonitor-logs:/var/log/lm"
     ports:
       - "8000"
     networks: