diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1e9f7fd40d63bc..3533df0cf43bbd6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
     "lint:typos-group-by-file": "cspell --no-progress --gitignore --quiet --reporter cspell-group-by-file-reporter --config .vscode/cspell.json \"**/*.md\"",
     "lint:typos-words-only": "cspell --no-progress --gitignore --words-only --unique --config .vscode/cspell.json \"**/*.md\"",
     "lint:yml": "prettier -c \"**/*.yml\"",
-    "start": "yarn -s info:fred && yarn up-to-date-check && env-cmd --silent cross-env CONTENT_ROOT=files NODE_ENV=production FRED_PORT=5042 FRED_WRITER_MODE=true fred-server",
-    "start:fred": "yarn -s info:deprecated && yarn -s info:fred && yarn up-to-date-check && env-cmd --silent cross-env CONTENT_ROOT=files NODE_ENV=production FRED_WRITER_MODE=true fred-server",
+    "start": "yarn -s info:fred && yarn up-to-date-check && env-cmd --silent cross-env CONTENT_ROOT=files NODE_ENV=production FRED_PLAYGROUND_LOCAL=true FRED_PLAYGROUND_PORT=5043 FRED_PORT=5042 FRED_WRITER_MODE=true fred-server",
+    "start:fred": "yarn -s info:deprecated && yarn -s info:fred && yarn up-to-date-check && env-cmd --silent cross-env CONTENT_ROOT=files NODE_ENV=production FRED_PLAYGROUND_LOCAL=true FRED_WRITER_MODE=true fred-server",
     "start:legacy": "yarn -s info:deprecated && yarn up-to-date-check && env-cmd --silent cross-env CONTENT_ROOT=files REACT_APP_DISABLE_AUTH=true BUILD_OUT_ROOT=build rari-server",
     "up-to-date-check": "node scripts/up-to-date-check.js",
     "jest": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest",