diff --git a/backend/ew.test.config.json b/backend/ew.test.config.json
index fac478dd..3644714b 100644
--- a/backend/ew.test.config.json
+++ b/backend/ew.test.config.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "default_server_config": {
     "m.homeserver": {
-      "base_url": "http://synapse.localhost:8008",
-      "server_name": "synapse.localhost"
+      "base_url": "http://synapse.m.localhost:8008",
+      "server_name": "synapse.m.localhost"
     }
   },
   "disable_custom_urls": false,
diff --git a/backend/playwright_homeserver.yaml b/backend/playwright_homeserver.yaml
index d4d0a041..ca45cf3f 100644
--- a/backend/playwright_homeserver.yaml
+++ b/backend/playwright_homeserver.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-server_name: "synapse.localhost"
-public_baseurl: http://synapse.localhost:8008/
+server_name: "synapse.m.localhost"
+public_baseurl: https://synapse.m.localhost/
 
 pid_file: /data/homeserver.pid
 
diff --git a/playwright-backend-docker-compose.override.yml b/playwright-backend-docker-compose.override.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34f01682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playwright-backend-docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+services:
+  synapse:
+    volumes:
+      - ./backend/playwright_homeserver.yaml:/data/cfg/homeserver.yaml:Z
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diff --git a/playwright-backend-docker-compose.yml b/playwright-backend-docker-compose.yml
index e5cf12b5..4ac42faf 100644
--- a/playwright-backend-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/playwright-backend-docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,97 +1,2 @@
-networks:
-  ecbackend:
-
-services:
-  auth-service:
-    image: ghcr.io/element-hq/lk-jwt-service:latest-ci
-    hostname: auth-server
-    environment:
-      - LK_JWT_PORT=8080
-      - LIVEKIT_URL=ws://localhost:7880
-      - LIVEKIT_KEY=devkey
-      - LIVEKIT_SECRET=secret
-      # If the configured homeserver runs on localhost, it'll probably be using
-      # a self-signed certificate
-      - LIVEKIT_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY_TLS=YES_I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING
-    deploy:
-      restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
-    ports:
-      # HOST_PORT:CONTAINER_PORT
-      - 8009:8080
-    networks:
-      - ecbackend
-
-  livekit:
-    image: livekit/livekit-server:latest
-    command: --dev --config /etc/livekit.yaml
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    # The SFU seems to work far more reliably when we let it share the host
-    # network rather than opening specific ports (but why?? we're not missing
-    # any…)
-    ports:
-      # HOST_PORT:CONTAINER_PORT
-      - 7880:7880/tcp
-      - 7881:7881/tcp
-      - 7882:7882/tcp
-      - 50100-50200:50100-50200/udp
-    volumes:
-      - ./backend/dev_livekit.yaml:/etc/livekit.yaml:Z
-    networks:
-      - ecbackend
-
-  redis:
-    image: redis:6-alpine
-    command: redis-server /etc/redis.conf
-    ports:
-      # HOST_PORT:CONTAINER_PORT
-      - 6379:6379
-    volumes:
-      - ./backend/redis.conf:/etc/redis.conf:Z
-    networks:
-      - ecbackend
-
-  element-web:
-    image: ghcr.io/element-hq/element-web:develop
-    volumes:
-      - ./backend/ew.test.config.json:/app/config.json
-    environment:
-      ELEMENT_WEB_PORT: 81
-    ports:
-      - "8081:81"
-    networks:
-      - ecbackend
-
-  synapse:
-    hostname: homeserver
-    image: docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
-    environment:
-      - SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH=/data/cfg/homeserver.yaml
-      # Needed for rootless podman-compose such that the uid/gid mapping does
-      # fit local user uid. If the container runs as root (uid 0) it is fine as
-      # it actually maps to your non-root user on the host (e.g. 1000).
-      # Otherwise uid mapping will not match your non-root user.
-      - UID=0
-      - GID=0
-    volumes:
-      - ./backend/synapse_tmp:/data:Z
-      - ./backend/playwright_homeserver.yaml:/data/cfg/homeserver.yaml:Z
-    networks:
-      - ecbackend
-
-  nginx:
-    #  openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout tls_localhost_key.pem -out tls_localhost_cert.pem -subj "/C=GB/ST=London/L=London/O=Alros/OU=IT Department/CN=localhost"
-    hostname: synapse.localhost
-    image: nginx:latest
-    volumes:
-      - ./backend/tls_localhost_nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:Z
-      - ./backend/tls_localhost_key.pem:/root/ssl/key.pem:Z
-      - ./backend/tls_localhost_cert.pem:/root/ssl/cert.pem:Z
-    ports:
-      # HOST_PORT:CONTAINER_PORT
-      - "8008:80"
-      - "4443:443"
-    depends_on:
-      - synapse
-    networks:
-      - ecbackend
+include:
+  - dev-backend-docker-compose.yml
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