diff --git a/langchain/cli/docker-compose.yaml b/langchain/cli/docker-compose.yaml
index a892d426..1406b153 100644
--- a/langchain/cli/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/langchain/cli/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
   langchain-frontend:
-    image: langchain/langchainplus-frontend:latest
+    image: langchain/${_LANGCHAINPLUS_IMAGE_PREFIX-}langchainplus-frontend:latest
     ports:
       - 80:80
     environment:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       context: frontend-react/.
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
   langchain-backend:
-    image: langchain/langchainplus-backend:latest
+    image: langchain/${_LANGCHAINPLUS_IMAGE_PREFIX-}langchainplus-backend:latest
     environment:
       - PORT=8000
       - LANGCHAIN_ENV=local_docker
diff --git a/langchain/cli/main.py b/langchain/cli/main.py
index f71d6ead..1ad7cf70 100644
--- a/langchain/cli/main.py
+++ b/langchain/cli/main.py
@@ -167,7 +167,13 @@ class PlusCommand:
         self._open_browser("http://0.0.0.0:4040")
         self._open_browser("http://localhost")
 
-    def start(self, *, expose: bool = False, auth_token: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+    def start(
+        self,
+        *,
+        expose: bool = False,
+        auth_token: Optional[str] = None,
+        dev: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
         """Run the LangChainPlus server locally.
 
         Args:
@@ -175,7 +181,8 @@ class PlusCommand:
             auth_token: The ngrok authtoken to use (visible in the ngrok dashboard).
                 If not provided, ngrok server session length will be restricted.
         """
-
+        if dev:
+            os.environ["_LANGCHAINPLUS_IMAGE_PREFIX"] = "rc-"
         if expose:
             self._start_and_expose(auth_token=auth_token)
         else:
@@ -225,9 +232,14 @@ def main() -> None:
         help="The ngrok authtoken to use (visible in the ngrok dashboard)."
         " If not provided, ngrok server session length will be restricted.",
     )
+    server_start_parser.add_argument(
+        "--dev",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Use the development version of the LangChainPlus image.",
+    )
     server_start_parser.set_defaults(
         func=lambda args: server_command.start(
-            expose=args.expose, auth_token=args.ngrok_authtoken
+            expose=args.expose, auth_token=args.ngrok_authtoken, dev=args.dev
         )
     )