diff --git a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
index b68d733..ac07c16 100755
--- a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
+++ b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ down_all ()
     echo "$ docker-compose down"
     printf "\\n"
 
-    docker-compose down
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml down
 }
 
 up_registry ()
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ up_registry ()
 
     #docker stop swarmlab-registry || true && docker rm swarmlab-registry || true     # remove for microservices
     docker container prune --force
-    docker-compose up --no-recreate -d registry
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml up --no-recreate -d registry
 }
 
 generate_ssh_keys ()
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ up_master ()
     echo "$ $IMAGE_local -d $IMAGE_origin"
     printf "\\n"
 
-    docker-compose rm -f -s -v 
-    docker-compose up --build --remove-orphans --force-recreate -d masterservice << ANSWERS
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml rm -f -s -v 
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml up --build --remove-orphans --force-recreate -d masterservice << ANSWERS
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@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ up_workers ()
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
     echo "$ docker-compose up -d worker"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose rm -f -s -v 
-    docker-compose up --build --force-recreate --renew-anon-volumes --remove-orphans  -d workerservice
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml rm -f -s -v 
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml up --build --force-recreate --renew-anon-volumes --remove-orphans  -d workerservice
     #docker-compose up   --force-recreate -d workerservice 
 
     printf "\\n"
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ up_workers ()
     NUM_WORKER=$((SIZE - 1))
     echo "$ docker-compose scale workerservice=$NUM_WORKER"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose scale workerservice=${NUM_WORKER}
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml scale workerservice=${NUM_WORKER}
 }
 
 down_master ()
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ down_master ()
 
     echo "$ docker-compose stop masterservice && docker-compose rm -f masterservice"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose stop masterservice && docker-compose rm -f masterservice
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml stop masterservice && docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml rm -f masterservice
 }
 
 down_workers ()
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ down_workers ()
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
     echo "$ docker-compose stop worker && docker-compose rm -f worker"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose stop workerservice && docker-compose rm -f workerservice
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml stop workerservice && docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml rm -f workerservice
 }
 
 list ()
@@ -650,14 +650,14 @@ list ()
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
     echo "$ docker-compose ps"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose ps
+    docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml ps
 }
 
 
 exec_on_mpi_master_container ()
 {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-    docker exec -it -u $DOCKERuser $(docker-compose ps | grep 'masterservice'| awk 'NR==1{print $1}') "$@"
+    docker exec -it -u $DOCKERuser $(docker-compose -f $Wdir/docker-compose.yml ps | grep 'masterservice'| awk 'NR==1{print $1}') "$@"
 }
 
 prompt_ready ()