diff --git a/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ComposerInstall.ts b/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ComposerInstall.ts
index 6245aa7c7b..79928ae5ac 100644
--- a/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ComposerInstall.ts
+++ b/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ComposerInstall.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const phpAppDirectoryNames = ["api", "selfserve", "internal"];
 const phpAppDirectories = phpAppDirectoryNames.map((dir) => path.resolve(__dirname, `../../../../app/${dir}`));
 
 export default class ComposerInstall implements ActionInterface {
+  private ignorePlatformReqs: boolean = false;
+
   async prompt(): Promise<boolean> {
     const { shouldInstall } = await prompts({
       type: "confirm",
@@ -19,6 +21,17 @@ export default class ComposerInstall implements ActionInterface {
       message: "Install Composer dependencies?",
     });
 
+    if (shouldInstall) {
+      const { ignoreReqs } = await prompts({
+        type: "confirm",
+        name: "ignoreReqs",
+        message: "Do you want to add the --ignore-platform-reqs flag?",
+        initial: false,
+      });
+
+      this.ignorePlatformReqs = ignoreReqs;
+    }
+
     return shouldInstall;
   }
 
@@ -34,7 +47,9 @@ export default class ComposerInstall implements ActionInterface {
     phpAppDirectories.forEach((dir) => {
       debug(chalk.blue(`Running composer install in ${dir}...`));
 
-      exec("composer install --no-interaction --no-progress", debug, {
+      const command = `composer install ${this.ignorePlatformReqs ? '--ignore-platform-reqs' : ''} --no-interaction --no-progress`;
+
+      exec(command, debug, {
         cwd: dir,
       });
 
diff --git a/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ResetDatabase.ts b/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ResetDatabase.ts
index 0c7dfca145..94d29864aa 100644
--- a/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ResetDatabase.ts
+++ b/packages/local-refresh/src/actions/ResetDatabase.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export default class ResetDatabase implements ActionInterface {
       -e INSTALL_MYSQL=true \
       -v "${this.etlDirectory}":/liquibase/changelog \
       -w /liquibase/changelog \
+      --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway \
       liquibase/liquibase \
         --defaultsFile=${this.liquibasePropertiesFileName} \
         update \