diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 64d52f87f02ba2f737a182b03c05b5d0ae9eae1a_TkVXUy5yc3Q=..087498ca69505c6363326f91b279f6264245dda6_TkVXUy5yc3Q= 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 Add command to run a redner for a project, from docker_dev_start or directly with docker_redner.
 
+Fix issue with volume being created at each docker_dev_start run.
 
 16.6.0
 ------
diff --git a/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py b/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py
index 64d52f87f02ba2f737a182b03c05b5d0ae9eae1a_b2Rvb19zY3JpcHRzL2RvY2tlcl9kZXZfc3RhcnQucHk=..087498ca69505c6363326f91b279f6264245dda6_b2Rvb19zY3JpcHRzL2RvY2tlcl9kZXZfc3RhcnQucHk= 100755
--- a/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py
+++ b/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
             "/opt/odoo/data",
         ]
     else:
-        extra_volumes = []
+        extra_volumes = ["/var/lib/odoo"]
     for extra_volume in extra_volumes:
         volume_name = "{}_{}".format(project_name, extra_volume.replace("/", "_"))
         DockerClient.create_volume(