diff --git a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
index 652fd2262..d684473ad 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeEncrypted
     private $docker_compose_base64;
     private string $dockerfile_location = '/Dockerfile';
     private string $docker_compose_location = '/docker-compose.yml';
+    private ?string $docker_compose_custom_start_command = null;
+    private ?string $docker_compose_custom_build_command = null;
     private ?string $addHosts = null;
     private ?string $buildTarget = null;
     private Collection $saved_outputs;
@@ -432,6 +434,12 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeEncrypted
         if (data_get($this->application, 'docker_compose_location')) {
             $this->docker_compose_location = $this->application->docker_compose_location;
         }
+        if (data_get($this->application, 'docker_compose_custom_start_command')) {
+            $this->docker_compose_custom_start_command = $this->application->docker_compose_custom_start_command;
+        }
+        if (data_get($this->application, 'docker_compose_custom_build_command')) {
+            $this->docker_compose_custom_build_command = $this->application->docker_compose_custom_build_command;
+        }
         if ($this->pull_request_id === 0) {
             $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry("Starting deployment of {$this->application->name}.");
         } else {
@@ -454,7 +462,18 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeEncrypted
         ]);
         $this->save_environment_variables();
         // Build new container to limit downtime.
-        $this->build_by_compose_file();
+        $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry("Pulling & building required images.");
+
+        if ($this->docker_compose_custom_build_command) {
+            $this->execute_remote_command(
+                [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "cd {$this->basedir} && {$this->docker_compose_custom_build_command}"), "hidden" => true],
+            );
+        } else {
+            $this->execute_remote_command(
+                [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "docker compose --project-directory {$this->workdir} -f {$this->workdir}{$this->docker_compose_location} build"), "hidden" => true],
+            );
+        }
+
         $this->stop_running_container(force: true);
 
         $networkId = $this->application->uuid;
@@ -488,7 +507,17 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeEncrypted
                 ]
             );
         }
-        $this->start_by_compose_file();
+        // Start compose file
+        if ($this->docker_compose_custom_start_command) {
+            $this->execute_remote_command(
+                [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "cd {$this->basedir} && {$this->docker_compose_custom_start_command}"), "hidden" => true],
+            );
+        } else {
+            $this->execute_remote_command(
+                [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "docker compose --project-directory {$this->workdir} -f {$this->workdir}{$this->docker_compose_location} up -d"), "hidden" => true],
+            );
+        }
+        $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry("New container started.");
     }
     private function deploy_dockerfile_buildpack()
     {
@@ -1258,15 +1287,9 @@ COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf");
                 [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "docker compose --project-directory {$this->workdir} build"), "hidden" => true],
             );
         } else {
-            if ($this->docker_compose_location) {
-                $this->execute_remote_command(
-                    [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "docker compose --project-directory {$this->workdir} -f {$this->workdir}{$this->docker_compose_location} build"), "hidden" => true],
-                );
-            } else {
-                $this->execute_remote_command(
-                    [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "docker compose --project-directory {$this->workdir} build"), "hidden" => true],
-                );
-            }
+            $this->execute_remote_command(
+                [executeInDocker($this->deployment_uuid, "docker compose --project-directory {$this->workdir} -f {$this->workdir}{$this->docker_compose_location} build"), "hidden" => true],
+            );
         }
         $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry("New images built.");
     }
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
index abc091917..996774e0b 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/General.php
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class General extends Component
         'application.custom_labels' => 'nullable',
         'application.dockerfile_target_build' => 'nullable',
         'application.settings.is_static' => 'boolean|required',
+        'application.docker_compose_custom_start_command' => 'nullable',
+        'application.docker_compose_custom_build_command' => 'nullable',
     ];
     protected $validationAttributes = [
         'application.name' => 'name',
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ class General extends Component
         'application.custom_labels' => 'Custom labels',
         'application.dockerfile_target_build' => 'Dockerfile target build',
         'application.settings.is_static' => 'Is static',
+        'application.docker_compose_custom_start_command' => 'Docker compose custom start command',
+        'application.docker_compose_custom_build_command' => 'Docker compose custom build command',
     ];
     public function mount()
     {
@@ -195,7 +199,8 @@ class General extends Component
     public function submit($showToaster = true)
     {
         try {
-            if ($this->application->build_pack === 'dockercompose' && ($this->initialDockerComposeLocation !== $this->application->docker_compose_location || $this->initialDockerComposePrLocation !== $this->application->docker_compose_pr_location)) {
+            ray($this->initialDockerComposeLocation, $this->application->docker_compose_location);
+            if ($this->application->build_pack === 'dockercompose' && $this->initialDockerComposeLocation !== $this->application->docker_compose_location) {
                 $this->loadComposeFile();
             }
             $this->validate();
diff --git a/database/migrations/2023_12_17_155616_add_custom_docker_compose_start_command.php b/database/migrations/2023_12_17_155616_add_custom_docker_compose_start_command.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9e1031b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2023_12_17_155616_add_custom_docker_compose_start_command.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('applications', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('docker_compose_custom_start_command')->nullable();
+            $table->string('docker_compose_custom_build_command')->nullable();
+
+
+
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('applications', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('docker_compose_custom_start_command');
+            $table->dropColumn('docker_compose_custom_build_command');
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/project/application/general.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/project/application/general.blade.php
index ce4fd10a2..963a30ca4 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/project/application/general.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/project/application/general.blade.php
@@ -126,37 +126,57 @@
                         </div>
                     @endif
                 @endif
-                <div class="flex flex-col gap-2 xl:flex-row">
-                    <x-forms.input placeholder="/" id="application.base_directory" label="Base Directory"
-                        helper="Directory to use as root. Useful for monorepos." />
-                    @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockerfile' && !$application->dockerfile)
-                        <x-forms.input placeholder="/Dockerfile" id="application.dockerfile_location"
-                            label="Dockerfile Location"
-                            helper="It is calculated together with the Base Directory:<br><span class='text-warning'>{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->dockerfile_location, '/') }}</span>" />
-                    @endif
-                    @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockercompose')
-                        <span wire:init='loadComposeFile(true)'></span>
-                        <x-forms.input placeholder="/docker-compose.yaml" id="application.docker_compose_location"
-                            label="Docker Compose Location"
-                            helper="It is calculated together with the Base Directory:<br><span class='text-warning'>{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->docker_compose_location, '/') }}</span>" />
-                        {{-- <x-forms.input placeholder="/docker-compose.yaml" id="application.docker_compose_pr_location"
-                            label="Docker Compose Location For Pull Requests"
-                            helper="It is calculated together with the Base Directory:<br><span class='text-warning'>{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->docker_compose_pr_location, '/') }}</span>" /> --}}
-                    @endif
-                    @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockerfile')
-                        <x-forms.input id="application.dockerfile_target_build" label="Docker Build Stage Target"
-                            helper="Useful if you have multi-staged dockerfile." />
-                    @endif
-                    @if ($application->could_set_build_commands())
-                        @if ($application->settings->is_static)
-                            <x-forms.input placeholder="/dist" id="application.publish_directory"
-                                label="Publish Directory" required />
-                        @else
-                            <x-forms.input placeholder="/" id="application.publish_directory"
-                                label="Publish Directory" />
+                @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockercompose')
+                    <div class="flex flex-col gap-2" wire:init='loadComposeFile(true)'>
+                        <div class="flex gap-2">
+                            <x-forms.input placeholder="/" id="application.base_directory" label="Base Directory"
+                                helper="Directory to use as root. Useful for monorepos." />
+                            <x-forms.input placeholder="/docker-compose.yaml" id="application.docker_compose_location"
+                                label="Docker Compose Location"
+                                helper="It is calculated together with the Base Directory:<br><span class='text-warning'>{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->docker_compose_location, '/') }}</span>" />
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="pt-4">The following commands are for advanced use cases. Only modify them if you know what are
+                            you doing.</div>
+                        <div class="flex gap-2">
+                            <x-forms.input placeholder="docker compose build"
+                                id="application.docker_compose_custom_build_command"
+                                helper="If you use this, you need to specify paths relatively and should use the same compose file in the custom command, otherwise the automatically configured labels / etc won't work.<br><br>So in your case, use: <span class='text-warning'>docker compose -f .{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->docker_compose_location, '/') }} build</span>"
+                                label="Custom Build Command" />
+                            <x-forms.input placeholder="docker compose up -d"
+                                id="application.docker_compose_custom_start_command"
+                                helper="If you use this, you need to specify paths relatively and should use the same compose file in the custom command, otherwise the automatically configured labels / etc won't work.<br><br>So in your case, use: <span class='text-warning'>docker compose -f .{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->docker_compose_location, '/') }} up -d</span>"
+                                label="Custom Start Command" />
+                            {{-- <x-forms.input placeholder="/docker-compose.yaml" id="application.docker_compose_pr_location"
+                    label="Docker Compose Location For Pull Requests"
+                    helper="It is calculated together with the Base Directory:<br><span class='text-warning'>{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->docker_compose_pr_location, '/') }}</span>" /> --}}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                @else
+                    <div class="flex flex-col gap-2 xl:flex-row">
+                        <x-forms.input placeholder="/" id="application.base_directory" label="Base Directory"
+                            helper="Directory to use as root. Useful for monorepos." />
+                        @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockerfile' && !$application->dockerfile)
+                            <x-forms.input placeholder="/Dockerfile" id="application.dockerfile_location"
+                                label="Dockerfile Location"
+                                helper="It is calculated together with the Base Directory:<br><span class='text-warning'>{{ Str::start($application->base_directory . $application->dockerfile_location, '/') }}</span>" />
                         @endif
-                    @endif
-                </div>
+
+                        @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockerfile')
+                            <x-forms.input id="application.dockerfile_target_build" label="Docker Build Stage Target"
+                                helper="Useful if you have multi-staged dockerfile." />
+                        @endif
+                        @if ($application->could_set_build_commands())
+                            @if ($application->settings->is_static)
+                                <x-forms.input placeholder="/dist" id="application.publish_directory"
+                                    label="Publish Directory" required />
+                            @else
+                                <x-forms.input placeholder="/" id="application.publish_directory"
+                                    label="Publish Directory" />
+                            @endif
+                        @endif
+                    </div>
+                @endif
+
             @endif
             @if ($application->build_pack === 'dockercompose')
                 <x-forms.button wire:click="loadComposeFile">Reload Compose File</x-forms.button>