diff --git a/PLAN.md b/PLAN.md
index 222fa96..b1f0584 100644
--- a/PLAN.md
+++ b/PLAN.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 - Added a detached production compose launcher at `scripts/prod-up.sh` so the stack can be started without attaching the terminal to container output.
 - Added a Traefik compose override sample at `compose.traefik.yml.sample` for production routing and proxy-network attachment.
 - The production launcher now targets only `db`, `backend`, and `frontend`, keeping the dev Caddy proxy out of the production path.
+- The Caddy proxy service now runs only under the `dev` compose profile, and `scripts/dev-up.sh` enables that profile automatically.
 
 ## Storage Status
 - Backend media persists in the `backend-media` named Docker volume.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fa5632..d740436 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ WalkUp is a collaborative baseball walk-up song app built as a React PWA with a
 8. Open `https://kif.local.ascorrea.com`.
 
 ## Dev Logs
-- `./scripts/dev-up.sh` starts the stack and appends compose output to `logs/docker-compose.log`.
+- `./scripts/dev-up.sh` starts the stack with the `dev` profile and appends compose output to `logs/docker-compose.log`.
 - `./scripts/dev-logs.sh` captures current service logs to `logs/docker-services.log`.
 - Use those files when you want me to inspect startup failures or runtime errors from the Docker stack.
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e72370d..4c26b6e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ services:
     command: sh -c "npm ci && npm run dev -- --host 0.0.0.0 --port 5173"
 
   proxy:
+    profiles:
+      - dev
     image: caddy:2.9-alpine
     depends_on:
       - backend
diff --git a/scripts/dev-up.sh b/scripts/dev-up.sh
index 59c1302..393906d 100755
--- a/scripts/dev-up.sh
+++ b/scripts/dev-up.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ echo "Writing docker compose output to ${LOG_FILE}"
 echo "Started at $(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")" >> "${LOG_FILE}"
 
 cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
-docker compose up --build "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"
+docker compose --profile dev up --build "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a "${LOG_FILE}"