diff --git a/.github/workflows/provisioning-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/provisioning-tests.yml
index 5af1594975..b3538b5b6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/provisioning-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/provisioning-tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         os:
           - ubuntu-20.04 # Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal Fossa"
         python-version: [ '3.11' ]
-        services: [ discovery+lms+forum ,registrar+lms, ecommerce+lms, edx_notes_api+lms, credentials+lms, xqueue, analyticsapi+insights+lms]
+        services: [ discovery+lms+forum ,registrar+lms, ecommerce+lms, edx_notes_api+lms, credentials+lms, xqueue, analyticsapi+insights+lms, designer+lms]
       fail-fast: false # some services can be flaky; let others run to completion even if one fails
 
     steps:
diff --git a/docker-compose-host.yml b/docker-compose-host.yml
index 0035e3eb00..21f0b14496 100644
--- a/docker-compose-host.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-host.yml
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ services:
   registrar:
     volumes:
       - ${DEVSTACK_WORKSPACE}/registrar:/edx/app/registrar
+      - ${PWD}/py_configuration_files/registrar.py:/edx/app/registrar/registrar/registrar/settings/devstack.py
   designer:
     volumes:
       - ${DEVSTACK_WORKSPACE}/portal-designer:/edx/app/designer
-      - ${PWD}/py_configuration_files/registrar.py:/edx/app/registrar/registrar/registrar/settings/devstack.py
+      - ${PWD}/py_configuration_files/portal_designer.py:/edx/app/designer/designer/settings/devstack.py
   registrar-worker:
     volumes:
       - ${DEVSTACK_WORKSPACE}/registrar:/edx/app/registrar
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0fcf1856da..372106102d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ services:
           - edx.devstack.xqueue_consumer
 
   designer:
-    image: portal-designer-designer
+    image: edxops/designer-dev:latest # this image doesn't exist on dockerhub yet
     container_name: edx.devstack.designer
     volumes:
       - .:/edx/app/designer
diff --git a/provision-designer.sh b/provision-designer.sh
index edc84bf33f..156c6aafad 100755
--- a/provision-designer.sh
+++ b/provision-designer.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name="designer"
 port="18808"
 
-docker-compose up -d --build
+docker-compose up -d $name --build
+docker-compose up -d lms
 
 # Install requirements
 # Can be skipped right now because we're using the --build flag on docker-compose. This will need to be changed once we move to devstack.
@@ -15,13 +16,16 @@ do
 done
 sleep 5
 
+echo -e "${GREEN}Installing requirements for ${name}...${NC}"
+docker compose exec -T ${name}  bash -e -c 'cd /edx/app/designer/ && make requirements' -- f"$name"
+
 # Run migrations
 echo -e "${GREEN}Running migrations for ${name}...${NC}"
-docker exec -t designer.app bash -c "cd /edx/app/${name}/ && make migrate"
+docker exec -t edx.devstack.designer bash -c "cd /edx/app/${name}/ && make migrate"
 
 # Create superuser
 echo -e "${GREEN}Creating super-user for ${name}...${NC}"
-docker exec -t designer.app bash -c "echo 'from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.create_superuser(\"edx\", \"edx@example.com\", \"edx\") if not User.objects.filter(username=\"edx\").exists() else None' | python /edx/app/${name}/manage.py shell"
+docker exec -t edx.devstack.designer bash -c "echo 'from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.create_superuser(\"edx\", \"edx@example.com\", \"edx\") if not User.objects.filter(username=\"edx\").exists() else None' | python /edx/app/${name}/manage.py shell"
 
 # Provision IDA User in LMS
 echo -e "${GREEN}Provisioning ${name}_worker in LMS...${NC}"