diff --git a/playbooks/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yaml
index 3a434ec..e8cfcd0 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/docker_compose/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     state: absent
   become: true
   loop: "{{ docker_compose__config_files_to_remove.files }}"
-  notify: docker compose down
+  # notify: docker compose down
 
 - name: make sure all given configuration files are deployed
   ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     group: root
   become: true
   loop: "{{ docker_compose__configuration_files }}"
-  notify: docker compose down
+  # notify: docker compose down
 
 - name: Flush handlers to make "docker compose down" handler run now
   ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 - name: docker compose up --detach --pull always --build
   ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: /usr/bin/docker compose up --detach --pull always --build
+    cmd: /usr/bin/docker compose up --detach --pull always --build --remove-orphans
     chdir: /ansible_docker_compose
   become: true
   changed_when: false