diff --git a/stepup/start-dev-env.sh b/stepup/start-dev-env.sh
index afbe9b7..c3c8520 100755
--- a/stepup/start-dev-env.sh
+++ b/stepup/start-dev-env.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,22 @@
 
 # Read the apps and their code paths from the arguments passed to the script
 docker_compose_arg=()
+
+# Create an associative array (map) for the default paths of the apps
+declare -A app_paths
+app_paths["webauthn"]="../../Stepup-Webauthn"
+app_paths["middleware"]="../../Stepup-Middleware"
+app_paths["gateway"]="../../Stepup-Gateway"
+app_paths["ra"]="../../Stepup-RA"
+app_paths["tiqr"]="../../Stepup-tiqr"
+app_paths["azuremfa"]="../../Stepup-Azure-MFA"
+
 for arg in "$@"; do
     app=$(echo $arg | cut -d ':' -f 1)
     path=$(echo $arg | cut -d ':' -f 2)
+    if [[ $path == $app || $path == '' ]]; then
+        path=${app_paths[$app]}
+    fi
     echo "export ${app^^}_CODE_PATH=${path}" >> .start-dev-env-vars
     docker_compose_args+=("-f ./${app}/docker-compose.override.yml")
 done