diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fce603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+data/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3d6ba34..76d8015 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir poetry && \
     pip cache purge
 
 COPY . .
-RUN rm -rf .venv
 
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 11a3706..0c2ec22 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ services:
     build: .
     container_name: lumi-core
     restart: always
+    develop:
+      watch:
+        - action: sync
+          path: .
+          target: /usr/src/app/
+          ignore:
+            - .venv/
+            - data/
     env_file:
       - path: ./.env
         required: true
diff --git a/locales/strings.en-US.json b/locales/strings.en-US.json
index 2470c31..fdc0132 100644
--- a/locales/strings.en-US.json
+++ b/locales/strings.en-US.json
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
   "daily_success_claim_description": "you claimed your reward of **${0}**!",
   "default_level_up_message": "**{0}** you have reached **Level {1}**.",
   "dev_clear_tree": "The application command tree has been cleared.",
+  "dev_stop_note": "Stopping the bot...\n-# Note: if Luminara is running with Docker Compose, this will restart the container.",
   "dev_sync_tree": "The application command tree has been synced.",
   "error_actionable_hierarchy_bot": "I don't have permission to perform this action on this user due to role hierarchy.",
   "error_actionable_hierarchy_user": "you don't have permission to perform this action on this user due to role hierarchy.",
diff --git a/modules/admin/dev.py b/modules/admin/dev.py
index 9591290..a7ddb0f 100644
--- a/modules/admin/dev.py
+++ b/modules/admin/dev.py
@@ -2,20 +2,24 @@ import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
 
 import lib.format
+from lib.client import Luminara
 from lib.const import CONST
 
 
 class Dev(commands.Cog):
-    def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
+    def __init__(self, bot: Luminara):
         self.bot = bot
         self.sync.usage = lib.format.generate_usage(self.sync)
         self.clear.usage = lib.format.generate_usage(self.clear)
+        self.stop.usage = lib.format.generate_usage(self.stop)
 
     @commands.group(name="dev", description="Lumi developer commands")
     @commands.guild_only()
     @commands.is_owner()
-    async def dev(self, ctx: commands.Context[commands.Bot]) -> None:
-        pass
+    async def dev(self, ctx: commands.Context[Luminara]) -> None:
+        """
+        Luminara developer commands
+        """
 
     @dev.command(
         name="sync_tree",
@@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ class Dev(commands.Cog):
     )
     async def sync(
         self,
-        ctx: commands.Context[commands.Bot],
+        ctx: commands.Context[Luminara],
         guild: discord.Guild | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ class Dev(commands.Cog):
     )
     async def clear(
         self,
-        ctx: commands.Context[commands.Bot],
+        ctx: commands.Context[Luminara],
         guild: discord.Guild | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -65,6 +69,27 @@ class Dev(commands.Cog):
 
         await ctx.send(content=CONST.STRINGS["dev_clear_tree"])
 
+    @dev.command(
+        name="stop",
+        usage="dev stop",
+    )
+    @commands.is_owner()
+    async def stop(
+        self,
+        ctx: commands.Context[Luminara],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Stops the bot. If Tux is running with Docker Compose, this will restart the container.
 
-async def setup(bot: commands.Bot) -> None:
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        ctx : commands.Context
+            The context in which the command is being invoked.
+        """
+
+        await ctx.reply(CONST.STRINGS["dev_stop_note"])
+        await self.bot.shutdown()
+
+
+async def setup(bot: Luminara) -> None:
     await bot.add_cog(Dev(bot))
diff --git a/modules/misc/ping.py b/modules/misc/ping.py
index 746830b..2f38296 100644
--- a/modules/misc/ping.py
+++ b/modules/misc/ping.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Ping(commands.Cog):
     @commands.hybrid_command(name="ping")
     async def ping(self, ctx: commands.Context[commands.Bot]) -> None:
         """
-        Ping command.
+        Show Luminara's latency.
 
         Parameters
         ----------