diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9593ae7f..406f2a90 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 .PHONY: dev
 dev:
-	gradle run inngest-test-server:run
+	gradle inngest-test-server:run
+
+.PHONY: dev-spring-boot
+dev-spring-boot:
+	gradle inngest-spring-boot-demo:bootRun
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b529cd0..da4c48d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ val myFunction = InngestFunction(
 To build this in development, set up Java, Kotlin and Gradle locally and run the test server:
 
 ```
-gradle run inngest-test-server:run
+gradle inngest-test-server:run
 ```
 
 This runs a `ktor` web server to test the SDK against the dev server.
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ This runs a `ktor` web server to test the SDK against the dev server.
 To run the `spring-boot` test server:
 
 ```
-gradle run inngest-spring-boot-demo:bootRun
+gradle inngest-spring-boot-demo:bootRun
 ```