diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65cbb6e2..d7865b4a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ process_models/
 .cache
 .mypy_cache
 .aider*
+/spiffworkflow_docker_compose
diff --git a/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose b/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose
index 8a479a3a..dca11bfe 100755
--- a/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose
+++ b/bin/run_arena_with_docker_compose
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 function error_handler() {
-  >&2 echo "Exited with BAD EXIT CODE '${2}' in ${0} script at line: ${1}."
+  echo >&2 "Exited with BAD EXIT CODE '${2}' in ${0} script at line: ${1}."
   exit "$2"
 }
 trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
 set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 
-mkdir -p spiffworkflow
-cd spiffworkflow
+mkdir -p spiffworkflow_docker_compose
+cd spiffworkflow_docker_compose
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sartography/spiff-arena/main/docker-compose.yml
 docker compose pull
-docker compose up -d
+docker compose up -d --wait