diff --git a/tests/benchmark/time.sh b/tests/benchmark/time.sh
index 5c5e32b4..fb007656 100755
--- a/tests/benchmark/time.sh
+++ b/tests/benchmark/time.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ LAYERS=( point_2056_10fields point_2056_10fields_local_geom nogeom_10fields noge
 
 
 echo "::group::setup ${SIZE}"
-./scripts/populate.sh ${SIZE}
+docker compose exec django python manage.py flush --no-input
+docker compose exec django python manage.py populate_users
+docker compose exec django python manage.py populate_data -s ${SIZE}
+docker compose exec django python manage.py loaddata polygon_2056 polygon_2056_local_geom
 echo "::endgroup::"
 
 for LAYER in "${LAYERS[@]}"; do
diff --git a/tests/docker-compose.dev.yml b/tests/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 0e09c664..49af0899 100644
--- a/tests/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/tests/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
       DJANGO_DEBUG: "true"
     volumes:
       # mounting the source code for live reloading
-      - ..:/usr/src
+      - ./..:/usr/src
       # mounting directory to hold unit tests outputs
       - ./unit_tests_outputs/:/unit_tests_outputs
     ports: