diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f85af6b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Python Debugger: Remote Attach",
+            "type": "debugpy",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "connect": {
+                "host": "localhost",
+                "port": 5678
+            },
+            "pathMappings": [
+                {
+                    "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
+                    "remoteRoot": "."
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fe4e84de..7d8a26eff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Platform for processing and reviewing images from automated insect monitoring st
 
 Antenna uses [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) & [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) to run all services locally for development.
 
-1) Install Docker for your host operating (Linux, macOS, Windows)
+1) Install Docker for your host operating (Linux, macOS, Windows). Docker Compose `v2.38.2` or later recommended.
 
 2) Add the following to your `/etc/hosts` file in order to see and process the demo source images. This makes the hostname `minio` and `django` alias for `localhost` so the same image URLs can be viewed in the host machine's web browser and be processed by the ML services. This can be skipped if you are using an external image storage service.
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Antenna uses [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) & [Docker Compose](ht
     docker compose logs -f django celeryworker ui
     # Ctrl+c to close the logs
 ```
+NOTE: If you see docker build errors such as `At least one invalid signature was encountered`, these could happen if docker runs out of space. Commands like `docker image prune -f` and `docker system prune` can be helpful to clean up space.
 
 3) Optionally, run additional ML processing services: `processing_services` defines ML backends which wrap detections in our FastAPI response schema. The `example` app demos how to add new pipelines, algorithms, and models. See the detailed instructions in `processing_services/README.md`.
 
@@ -32,12 +33,15 @@ docker compose -f processing_services/example/docker-compose.yml up -d
 # Once running, in Antenna register a new processing service called: http://ml_backend_example:2000
 ```
 
-4) Access the platform the following URLs:
+4) Access the platform with the following URLs:
 
 - Primary web interface: http://localhost:4000
 - API browser: http://localhost:8000/api/v2/
 - Django admin: http://localhost:8000/admin/
 - OpenAPI / Swagger documentation: http://localhost:8000/api/v2/docs/
+- Minio UI: http://minio:9001, Minio service: http://minio:9000
+
+NOTE: If one of these services is not working properly, it could be due another process is using the port. You can check for this with `lsof -i :<PORT_NUMBER>`.
 
 A default user will be created with the following credentials. Use these to log into the web UI or the Django admin.
 
diff --git a/ami/jobs/models.py b/ami/jobs/models.py
index aa3215068..eba0947c9 100644
--- a/ami/jobs/models.py
+++ b/ami/jobs/models.py
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ def run(cls, job: "Job"):
         chunk_size = config.get("request_source_image_batch_size", 1)
         chunks = [images[i : i + chunk_size] for i in range(0, image_count, chunk_size)]  # noqa
         request_failed_images = []
+        job.logger.info(f"Processing {image_count} images in {len(chunks)} batches of up to {chunk_size}")
 
         for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks):
             request_sent = time.time()
@@ -946,11 +947,15 @@ def default_progress(cls) -> JobProgress:
 
     @property
     def logger(self) -> logging.Logger:
-        logger = logging.getLogger(f"ami.jobs.{self.pk}")
-        # Also log output to a field on thie model instance
-        logger.addHandler(JobLogHandler(self))
-        logger.propagate = False
-        return logger
+        _logger = logging.getLogger(f"ami.jobs.{self.pk}")
+
+        # Only add JobLogHandler if not already present
+        if not any(isinstance(h, JobLogHandler) for h in _logger.handlers):
+            # Also log output to a field on thie model instance
+            logger.info("Adding JobLogHandler to logger for job %s", self.pk)
+            _logger.addHandler(JobLogHandler(self))
+        _logger.propagate = False
+        return _logger
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ["-created_at"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 006da6746..e1588478d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ services:
     <<: *django
     image: ami_local_celeryworker
     scale: 1
-    ports: []
-    command: /start-celeryworker
+    # For remote debugging with debugpy, should get overridden for production
+    # Also make sure to install debugpy in your requirements/local.txt
+    ports:
+      - "5678:5678"
+    command: python -m debugpy --listen 0.0.0.0:5678 -m celery -A config.celery_app worker -l INFO
 
   celerybeat:
     <<: *django
diff --git a/requirements/local.txt b/requirements/local.txt
index a3e81b8dc..efaaaaa7e 100644
--- a/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 -r base.txt
+debugpy # For remote debugging with debugpy