diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8eebd214..7cfb47a7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <quarkus.package.main-class>dev.streamx.cli.StreamxCommand</quarkus.package.main-class>
 
     <!-- this should not be overridden by user, same as streamx runner dependencies -->
-    <streamx.dev.dashboard.image>ghcr.io/streamx-dev/streamx-dashboard/streamx-local-dashboard:0.0.7-patch002-jvm</streamx.dev.dashboard.image>
+    <streamx.dev.dashboard.image>ghcr.io/streamx-dev/streamx-dashboard/streamx-local-dashboard:0.0.8-jvm</streamx.dev.dashboard.image>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DashboardRunner.java b/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DashboardRunner.java
index 2bd683e5..33ef5533 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DashboardRunner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DashboardRunner.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.event.Event;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.Network;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 
 @ApplicationScoped
 public class DashboardRunner {
@@ -25,14 +27,15 @@ public class DashboardRunner {
   private DashboardContainer dashboardContainer;
 
   public void startStreamxDashboard(String meshPath, String meshDirectory,
-      String projectDirectory) {
+      String projectDirectory, Network network) {
     dashboardContainer = new DashboardContainer(
         StreamxMavenPropertiesUtils.getDashboardImage(),
         devConfig.dashboardPort(),
         meshPath,
         meshDirectory,
         projectDirectory
-    ).withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(CONTAINER_TIMEOUT_IN_SECS));
+    ).withStartupTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(CONTAINER_TIMEOUT_IN_SECS))
+        .withNetwork(network);
     dashboardContainer.start();
 
     print("StreamX Dashboard started on http://localhost:" + devConfig.dashboardPort());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DevCommand.java b/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DevCommand.java
index 64bfe63e..0a0e8b69 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DevCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/dev/DevCommand.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public void run() {
         Files.createFile(meshPath);
       }
 
+      this.runner.initializeBase();
       startDashboard(meshPath);
 
       meshManager.initializeDevMode(meshPath, spec.commandLine());
@@ -125,7 +126,10 @@ private void startDashboard(Path meshPath) {
 
     logger.infov("Resolved mesh {0}, mesh directory {1} and project directory {2}",
         meshPathAsString, meshDirectoryAsString, projectDirectoryAsString);
-    dashboardRunner.startStreamxDashboard(meshPathAsString, meshDirectoryAsString,
-        projectDirectoryAsString);
+    dashboardRunner.startStreamxDashboard(
+        meshPathAsString,
+        meshDirectoryAsString,
+        projectDirectoryAsString,
+        runner.getContext().getNetwork());
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/meshprocessing/MeshManager.java b/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/meshprocessing/MeshManager.java
index 135ac7fe..56ec249e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/meshprocessing/MeshManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/dev/streamx/cli/command/meshprocessing/MeshManager.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public void initializeDevMode(Path meshPath, CommandLine commandLine) {
 
     print("\nSetting up system containers...");
 
-    this.runner.initializeBase();
     this.runner.startBase();
   }