diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e440362532..a67f0c87e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ test: \
 .PHONY: test
 
 test-back: ## run back-end tests
-	bin/pytest
+	@args="$(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" && \
+	bin/pytest $${args:-${1}}
 .PHONY: test-back
 
 
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ superuser: ## create a Django superuser
 	@$(MANAGE) createsuperuser
 .PHONY: superuser
 
+shell: ## connect to database shell
+	@$(MANAGE) shell_plus
+.PHONY: dbshell
+
 # -- Database
 
 dbshell: ## connect to database shell
diff --git a/src/backend/joanie/settings.py b/src/backend/joanie/settings.py
index cf3937771d..e6af32adb2 100755
--- a/src/backend/joanie/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/joanie/settings.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class Development(Base):
 
     def __init__(self):
         # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-        self.INSTALLED_APPS += ["drf_yasg"]
+        self.INSTALLED_APPS += ["drf_yasg", "django_extensions"]
 
 
 class Test(Base):
diff --git a/src/backend/setup.cfg b/src/backend/setup.cfg
index 2ea91c7ffe..50fd1459d2 100644
--- a/src/backend/setup.cfg
+++ b/src/backend/setup.cfg
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ dev =
     bandit==1.7.4
     black==23.1.0
     cssselect==1.2.0
+    django-extensions==3.2.1
     drf-yasg==1.21.5
     flake8==6.0.0
     ipdb==0.13.11