diff --git a/infra/dev/nomad/config/nomad/client.hcl b/infra/dev/nomad/config/nomad/client.hcl
index ffe3a599c676643eb97d979d5424bbf85be64c22..abcb81d4d7d31eb9c9a607dd4af48b3f461de903 100644
--- a/infra/dev/nomad/config/nomad/client.hcl
+++ b/infra/dev/nomad/config/nomad/client.hcl
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ plugin "docker" {
       selinuxlabel = "z"
     }
   }
+
+  gc {
+    # do not reap in development, to allow
+    # their logs and state to be inspected after teardown
+    image = false
+    container = false
+
+    dangling_containers {
+      enabled = false
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 client {