diff --git a/host/convex/update b/host/convex/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..041c4ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/convex/update
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+
+COMPOSE_FILE="./host/convex/docker/compose.yml"
+DEV_PROJECT_NAME="dev-techtracker" # The project name for dev mode
+
+# --- Variables ---
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG="" # This will hold "-p dev-techtracker" if --dev is used
+
+# --- Function to display usage ---
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]"
+  echo "Or:    ./update.sh [OPTIONS]" # Assuming the script is named update.sh
+  echo ""
+  echo "Options:"
+  echo "  -d, --dev    Run in development mode, using project name '${DEV_PROJECT_NAME}'."
+  echo "               Adds '-p ${DEV_PROJECT_NAME}' to docker compose commands."
+  echo "  -h, --help   Display this help message."
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# --- Parse arguments ---
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -d|--dev)
+      COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG="-p ${DEV_PROJECT_NAME}"
+      shift # Consume the argument
+      ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      usage
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Error: Unknown argument '$1'" >&2
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# --- Main Script Logic ---
+echo "--- Pulling latest git changes ---"
+git pull
+echo "--- Building Docker Compose services ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} ---"
+sudo docker compose ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" build
+echo "--- Bringing down Docker Compose services ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} ---"
+sudo docker compose ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" down
+echo "--- Bringing up Docker Compose services ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} in detached mode ---"
+sudo docker compose ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d
+echo "--- Script finished successfully ---"
diff --git a/host/next/update b/host/next/update
index aed34fc..9ef5e70 100755
--- a/host/next/update
+++ b/host/next/update
@@ -1,5 +1,49 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+COMPOSE_FILE="./host/next/docker/compose.yml"
+DEV_PROJECT_NAME="dev-techtracker" # The project name for dev mode
+
+# --- Variables ---
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG="" # This will hold "-p dev-techtracker" if --dev is used
+
+# --- Function to display usage ---
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]"
+  echo "Or:    ./update.sh [OPTIONS]" # Assuming the script is named update.sh
+  echo ""
+  echo "Options:"
+  echo "  -d, --dev    Run in development mode, using project name '${DEV_PROJECT_NAME}'."
+  echo "               Adds '-p ${DEV_PROJECT_NAME}' to docker compose commands."
+  echo "  -h, --help   Display this help message."
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# --- Parse arguments ---
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -d|--dev)
+      COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG="-p ${DEV_PROJECT_NAME}"
+      shift # Consume the argument
+      ;;
+    -h|--help)
+      usage
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Error: Unknown argument '$1'" >&2
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# --- Main Script Logic ---
+echo "--- Pulling latest git changes ---"
 git pull
-sudo docker compose -f ./host/next/docker/compose.yml build
-sudo docker compose -f ./host/next/docker/compose.yml down
-sudo docker compose -f ./host/next/docker/compose.yml up -d
+echo "--- Building Docker Compose services ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} ---"
+sudo docker compose ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" build
+echo "--- Bringing down Docker Compose services ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} ---"
+sudo docker compose ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" down
+echo "--- Bringing up Docker Compose services ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} in detached mode ---"
+sudo docker compose ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_FLAG} -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d
+echo "--- Script finished successfully ---"