diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95bf57b..8091202 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .idea
 .cache
+.packit_identity
 celerybeat-schedule
 /*/__pycache__/
 /*/*/__pycache__/
diff --git a/scripts/run-dependencies.sh b/scripts/run-dependencies.sh
index 717eb98..1543e83 100755
--- a/scripts/run-dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-dependencies.sh
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ $here/montagu_cli.sh addRole test.user user
 # Run packit
 hatch env run pip3 install constellation
 hatch env run pip3 install packit-deploy
-# For some reason packit is emitting exit code 1 despite apparently succeeding. Allow this for now...
-set +e
-hatch env run -- packit start --pull $here
-echo Packit deployed with exit code $?
-set -e
+hatch env run packit configure $here
+hatch env run -- packit start --pull
 
 docker exec montagu-packit-db wait-for-db
 
diff --git a/scripts/run-dev-dependencies.sh b/scripts/run-dev-dependencies.sh
index c257232..fd079d5 100755
--- a/scripts/run-dev-dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-dev-dependencies.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ set -ex
 function cleanup() {
   docker container stop reverse-proxy
   docker container rm reverse-proxy -v
-  # Same exit code issue for packit stop as packit start....
-  set +e
-  hatch env run -- packit stop ./scripts
-  set -e
+  hatch env run -- packit stop
   # remove db volume manually rather than --volumes flag to packit, to avoid requiring user confirmation
   docker volume rm montagu_packit_db montagu_orderly_library montagu_outpack_volume montagu_orderly_logs
   docker compose --project-name montagu down -v