diff --git a/website/developer-docs/frontend-only-dev-environment.md b/website/developer-docs/frontend-only-dev-environment.md
index 872c24b59..08707cab3 100644
--- a/website/developer-docs/frontend-only-dev-environment.md
+++ b/website/developer-docs/frontend-only-dev-environment.md
@@ -9,15 +9,22 @@ If you want to only make changes on the UI, you don't need a backend running fro
 3. Add the following entry to your `.env` file:
 
     ```
-    AUTHENTIK_WEB__LOAD_LOCAL_FILES=true
     AUTHENTIK_IMAGE=beryju.org/authentik/server
     AUTHENTIK_TAG=gh-next
     AUTHENTIK_OUTPOSTS__DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE=beryju.org/authentik/outpost-%(type)s:gh-next
     ```
 
-    This will cause authentik to load static files from a folder and ignore the bundeled files. Also the beta image is used.
+    This will cause authentik to use the beta images.
 
-4. Add this volume mapping to your compose file
+4. Create a `local.env.yml` file to tell authentik to use local files instead of the bundled ones:
+
+    ```yaml
+    log_level: debug
+    web:
+      load_local_files: true
+    ```
+
+5. Add this volume mapping to your compose file
 
     ```yaml
     version: '3.2'
@@ -28,14 +35,15 @@ If you want to only make changes on the UI, you don't need a backend running fro
         # [...]
         volumes:
           - ./web:/web
+          - ./local.env.yml:/local.env.yml
     ```
 
-    This makes the local web files available to the authentik server.
+    This makes the local web files and the config file available to the authentik server.
 
-5. Run `docker-compose up -d` to apply those changes to your containers.
-6. Run `make gen-web` in the project root directory to generate the API Client used by the web interfaces
-7. `cd web`
-8. Run `npm i` and then `npm run watch` to start the build process.
+6. Run `docker-compose up -d` to apply those changes to your containers.
+7. Run `make gen-web` in the project root directory to generate the API Client used by the web interfaces
+8. `cd web`
+9. Run `npm i` and then `npm run watch` to start the build process.
 
 You can now access authentik on http://localhost:9000 (or https://localhost:9443).