diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c052c7a..1ceb734 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ docker compose exec api fastapi dev --host 0.0.0.0 ./src/aross_stations_db/api
 
 From here, you can interactively pause at any `breakpoint()` calls in the Python code.
 
+
+### UI development
+
+The instructions below specify starting the stack with the `--profile ui` option. If you
+wish to develop in
+[the user interface code repository](https://github.com/nsidc/aross-stations-ui), you
+should omit that flag and follow the instructions in the UI repo to develop.
+
 </details>
 
 
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ The stack is configured within `compose.yml` and includes containers:
 * `aross-stations-api`: An HTTP API for accessing data in the database.
 
 ```bash
-docker compose up --pull=always --detach
+docker compose --profile ui up --pull=always --detach
 ```
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
@@ -203,13 +211,19 @@ You can replace `api` with any other service name, or omit it to view logs for a
 services.
 
 
-## View UI
+### View UI
+
+Navigate to `http://localhost:80`.
+
+
+### Experiment in JupyterLab
 
-For now, it's just a Jupyterlab instance with a demo notebook. In your browser, navigate
-to `http://localhost:8888`. The password is the same as the database password you set earlier.
+This repository provides a demo notebook to experiment with the API. In your browser,
+navigate to `http://localhost:8888`. The password is the same as the database password
+you set earlier.
 
-This UI will likely be replaced with something more robust. Who knows ;)
 
+## Cleanup
 
 ### Shutdown
 
diff --git a/compose.dev.yml b/compose.dev.yml
index 46f8b4d..a3c0849 100644
--- a/compose.dev.yml
+++ b/compose.dev.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,23 @@ x-dev-common: &dev-common
 
 
 services:
-  ui:
-    <<: *dev-common
-
   api:
     <<: *dev-common
     command: ["dev", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "./src/aross_stations_db/api"]
+    # NOTE: In place of the above command, which uses the image's default
+    # `fastapi` entrypoint, you can run the container with no server (using
+    # "sleep" instead):
+    #
+    # entrypoint: "sleep"
+    # command: ["9999999"]
+    #
+    # ... then, you can connect to the container for debugging, e.g.  by
+    # placing a breakpoint in code then interactively running the server
+    # process:
+    #     docker compose exec api fastapi dev --host 0.0.0.0 ./src/aross_stations_db/api
 
   cli:
     <<: *dev-common
+
+  jupyterlab:
+    <<: *dev-common
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 6faac41..02f239a 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@ x-image: &image "nsidc/aross-stations-db"
 
 services:
   ui:
-    container_name: "aross-stations-jupyterlab"
+    container_name: "aross-stations-ui"
     depends_on: ["api"]
-    image: *image
-    <<: *common
-
-    entrypoint: "jupyter"
-    command: ["lab", "--allow-root", "--ip=0.0.0.0"]
+    image: "nsidc/aross-stations-ui:latest"
     ports:
-      - "8888:8888"
-    environment:
-      JUPYTER_TOKEN: "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
+      - "80:80"
+    profiles: ["ui"]
 
 
   api:
@@ -71,7 +66,20 @@ services:
     environment:
       AROSS_DATA_BASEDIR: "/data"
       AROSS_DB_CONNSTR: null
-    profiles:
-      # Prevents this "service" from running with `docker compose up`.
-      # Instead, it's intended to be used like `docker compose run cli --help`.
-      - "_"
+    # Prevents this "service" from running with `docker compose up`.
+    # Instead, it's intended to be used like `docker compose run cli --help`.
+    profiles: ["_"]
+
+
+  jupyterlab:
+    container_name: "aross-stations-jupyterlab"
+    depends_on: ["api"]
+    image: *image
+    <<: *common
+
+    entrypoint: "jupyter"
+    command: ["lab", "--allow-root", "--ip=0.0.0.0"]
+    ports:
+      - "8888:8888"
+    environment:
+      JUPYTER_TOKEN: "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"