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 ## development quickstart
 
 ```bash
-podman run --name planner-db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432
+podman run --name planner-db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -p 5432:5432 postgres
 python -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt