diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd797e15..6b78eab7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,34 +15,45 @@ help:
 	@echo ""
 
 VIRTUAL_ENV?=/blockstore/venv
-OLD_VERSION=3.5
 PYTHON_VERSION?=3.8
-ifeq ($(PYTHON_VERSION), $(OLD_VERSION))
-	CONTAINER_NAME=edx.devstack.blockstore.old
-else
-	CONTAINER_NAME=edx.devstack.blockstore
-endif
 VENV_BIN=${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin
 
+# Blockstore Docker configuration
+BLOCKSTORE_PROJECT_NAME?=blockstore${PYTHON_VERSION}
+BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS=-p ${BLOCKSTORE_PROJECT_NAME} -f docker-compose-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml
+
+# Blockstore test server Docker configuration
+BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_PROJECT_NAME?=blockstore-testserver${PYTHON_VERSION}
+BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS=-p ${BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_PROJECT_NAME} -f docker-compose-testserver.yml
+
+# Open edX Docker configuration
+OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME?=devstack
+
 dev.up:  # Start Blockstore container
-	docker-compose --project-name "blockstore${PYTHON_VERSION}" -f "docker-compose-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml" up -d
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} up -d
 
 dev.provision:  # Provision Blockstore service
-	docker exec -t edx.devstack.mysql /bin/bash -c 'mysql -uroot <<< "create database if not exists blockstore_db;"'
-	docker exec -t ${CONTAINER_NAME} /bin/bash -c 'source ~/.bashrc && make requirements && make migrate'
+	docker exec -t edx.${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME}.mysql /bin/bash -c 'mysql -uroot <<< "create database if not exists blockstore_db;"'
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec blockstore /bin/bash -c 'source ~/.bashrc && make requirements && make migrate'
+
+dev.run: dev.up  # Run the service in the foreground
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec blockstore /blockstore/venv/bin/python /blockstore/app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:18250
+
+dev.run-detached: dev.up  # Run the service in the background
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec -d blockstore /blockstore/venv/bin/python /blockstore/app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:18250
 
 stop:  # Stop Blockstore container
-	docker-compose --project-name blockstore -f docker-compose.yml stop
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} stop
 
 pull:  # Update docker images that this depends on.
 	docker pull python:3.8.5-alpine3.12
 	docker pull python:3.5.7-alpine3.9
 
 destroy:  # Remove Blockstore container, network and volumes. Destructive.
-	docker-compose --project-name "blockstore${PYTHON_VERSION}" -f "docker-compose-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml" down -v
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} down -v
 
 blockstore-shell:  # Open a shell on the running Blockstore container
-	docker exec -e COLUMNS="`tput cols`" -e LINES="`tput lines`" -it ${CONTAINER_NAME} /bin/bash
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec -e COLUMNS="`tput cols`" -e LINES="`tput lines`" blockstore /bin/bash
 
 clean: ## Remove all generated files
 	find . -name '*.pyc' -delete
@@ -75,19 +86,19 @@ test: clean ## Run tests and generate coverage report
 
 easyserver: dev.up dev.provision  # Start and provision a Blockstore container and run the server until CTRL-C, then stop it
 	# Now run blockstore until the user hits CTRL-C:
-	docker-compose --project-name "blockstore${PYTHON_VERSION}" -f "docker-compose-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml" exec blockstore /blockstore/venv/bin/python /blockstore/app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:18250
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec blockstore /blockstore/venv/bin/python /blockstore/app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:18250
 	# Then stop the container:
-	docker-compose --project-name blockstore${PYTHON_VERSION} -f docker-compose-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml stop
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} stop
 
 testserver:  # Run an isolated ephemeral instance of Blockstore for use by edx-platform tests
-	docker-compose --project-name "blockstore-testserver${PYTHON_VERSION}" -f "docker-compose-testserver-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml" up -d
-	docker exec -t edx.devstack.mysql /bin/bash -c 'mysql -uroot <<< "create database if not exists blockstore_test_db;"'
-	docker exec -t ${CONTAINER_NAME}-test /bin/bash -c 'source ~/.bashrc && make requirements && make migrate && ./manage.py shell < provision-testserver-data.py'
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} up -d
+	docker exec -t edx.${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME}.mysql /bin/bash -c 'mysql -uroot <<< "create database if not exists blockstore_test_db;"'
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec blockstore /bin/bash -c 'source ~/.bashrc && make requirements && make migrate && ./manage.py shell < provision-testserver-data.py'
 	# Now run blockstore until the user hits CTRL-C:
-	docker-compose --project-name "blockstore-testserver${PYTHON_VERSION}" -f "docker-compose-testserver-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml" exec blockstore /blockstore/venv/bin/python /blockstore/app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:18251
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} exec blockstore /blockstore/venv/bin/python /blockstore/app/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:18251
 	# And destroy everything except the virtualenv volume (which we want to reuse to save time):
-	docker-compose --project-name "blockstore-testserver${PYTHON_VERSION}" -f "docker-compose-testserver-${PYTHON_VERSION}.yml" down
-	docker exec -t edx.devstack.mysql /bin/bash -c 'mysql -uroot <<< "drop database blockstore_test_db;"'
+	docker-compose ${BLOCKSTORE_TESTSERVER_DOCKER_COMPOSE_OPTS} down
+	docker exec -t edx.${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME}.mysql /bin/bash -c 'mysql -uroot <<< "drop database blockstore_test_db;"'
 
 html_coverage: ## Generate HTML coverage report
 	${VENV_BIN}/coverage html
diff --git a/docker-compose-3.8.yml b/docker-compose-3.8.yml
index 4b739653..5636be92 100644
--- a/docker-compose-3.8.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-3.8.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
 
   blockstore:
-    container_name: edx.devstack.blockstore
+    container_name: edx.${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME:-devstack}.blockstore
     image: opencraft/blockstore:latest
     build:
       context: .
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ services:
     tty: true
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash"]
     networks:
-      - default
-      - devstack
+      default:
+      devstack:
+        aliases:
+          - edx.devstack.blockstore
     ports:
       - "18250:18250"
     volumes:
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ services:
 networks:
   devstack:
     external:
-      name: devstack_default
+      name: ${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME:-devstack}_default
 
 volumes:
   blockstore_venv_3_8_5:
diff --git a/docker-compose-testserver-3.8.yml b/docker-compose-testserver-3.8.yml
index 70741772..c5ba245f 100644
--- a/docker-compose-testserver-3.8.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-testserver-3.8.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
 
   blockstore:
-    container_name: edx.devstack.blockstore-test
+    container_name: edx.${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME:-devstack}.blockstore-test
     image: opencraft/blockstore:latest
     build:
       context: .
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ services:
     tty: true
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash"]
     networks:
-      - default
-      - devstack
+      default:
+      devstack:
+        aliases:
+          - edx.devstack.blockstore-test
     ports:
       - "18251:18251"
     volumes:
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ services:
 networks:
   devstack:
     external:
-      name: devstack_default
+      name: ${OPENEDX_PROJECT_NAME:-devstack}_default
 
 volumes:
   blockstore_venv_3_8_5: