diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78d7877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 WTF Kooperative eG <https://wtf-eg.de/>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+---
+- name: docker-compose up -d for ki
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: docker-compose up -d
+    chdir: /var/docker/ki
+- name: docker-compose restart for ki
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: docker-compose restart
+    chdir: /var/docker/ki
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diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 327dbef..f93062b 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 ---
-- name: be sure the ki network exists
-  community.general.docker_network:
-    name: ki
-
 - name: "be sure the {{ item }} volume exists"
   docker_volume:
     name: "{{ item }}"
@@ -14,66 +10,42 @@
     - ki_data
     - ki_db
 
-- name: be sure the ki config directory exists
+- name: be sure the ki docker directory exists
   become: true
   file:
-    path: /etc/ki
+    path: /var/docker/ki
     state: directory
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0755"
 
+- name: be sure the ki config directory exists
+  become: true
+  file:
+    path: /var/docker/ki/data
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0755"
+
+- name: docker-compose file for services
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: docker-compose.yml.j2
+    dest: /var/docker/ki/docker-compose.yml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify:
+    - docker-compose up -d for ki
+
 - name: be sure the ki-frontend config file is in place
   become: true
   template:
     src: frontend.js
-    dest: /etc/ki/frontend.js
+    dest: /var/docker/ki/data/frontend.js
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0655"
-
-- name: be sure the ki_database container is running
-  community.general.docker_container:
-    name: ki_db
-    image: "{{ ki_db_image }}"
-    pull: no
-    restart_policy: unless-stopped
-    env:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "{{ ki_db_root_password }}"
-      MYSQL_DATABASE: ki
-      MYSQL_USER: ki
-      MYSQL_PASSWORD: "{{ ki_db_password }}"
-    volumes:
-      - ki_db:/var/lib/mysql/
-    networks:
-      - name: ki
-
-- name: be sure the ki_backend container is running
-  community.general.docker_container:
-    name: ki_backend
-    image: "{{ ki_backend_image }}"
-    pull: yes
-    restart_policy: unless-stopped
-    env:
-      SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI: "mariadb+pymysql://ki:{{ ki_db_password }}@ki_db:3306/ki"
-      FLASK_ENV: "development"
-      KI_LOGLEVEL: "10"
-      KI_AUTH: "file"
-      CORS_ORIGINS: "{{ ki_frontend_uri }}"
-    ports:
-      - "{{ ki_backend_port }}:5000"
-    volumes:
-      - ki_data:/app/data/
-    networks:
-      - name: ki
-
-- name: be sure the ki_frontend container is running
-  community.general.docker_container:
-    name: ki_frontend
-    image: "{{ ki_frontend_image }}"
-    pull: yes
-    restart_policy: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-      - "{{ ki_frontend_port }}:80"
-    volumes:
-      - /etc/ki/frontend.js:/usr/share/nginx/html/config.js
+  notify:
+    - docker-compose restart for ki
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..883b55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Deployed through Ansible
+version: '3'
+services:
+  ki_db:
+    image: {{ ki_db_image }}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - "MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD={{ ki_db_root_password }}"
+      - "MYSQL_DATABASE=ki"
+      - "MYSQL_USER=ki"
+      - "MYSQL_PASSWORD={{ ki_db_password }}"
+    volumes:
+      - ki_db:/var/lib/mysql/
+    networks:
+      - ki
+  ki_backend:
+    image: {{ ki_backend_image }}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      - "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=mariadb+pymysql://ki:{{ ki_db_password }}@ki_db:3306/ki"
+      - "FLASK_ENV=development"
+      - "KI_LOGLEVEL=10"
+      - "KI_AUTH=file"
+      - "CORS_ORIGINS={{ ki_frontend_uri }}"
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:{{ ki_backend_port }}:5000"
+    volumes:
+      - ki_data:/app/data/
+    networks:
+      - ki
+  ki_frontend:
+    image: {{ ki_frontend_image }}
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:{{ ki_frontend_port }}:80"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data/frontend.js:/usr/share/nginx/html/config.js
+    networks:
+      - default
+networks:
+  default: {}
+  ki: {}
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