diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 880f534..4afa6b4 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Internal settings (they will not be passed to running services)
 CHECK_FOR_OUTDATED_CONFIG=true
 
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY="docker compose" # or "docker-compose"
+
 # General Traefik (reverse proxy) settings
 TRAEFIK_DOMAIN=mydomain.com
 ACME_MAIL=my-email@my-provider.com
diff --git a/run-seedbox.sh b/run-seedbox.sh
index bd35040..96bb827 100755
--- a/run-seedbox.sh
+++ b/run-seedbox.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=240
 [[ -z $HOST_CONFIG_PATH ]] && export HOST_CONFIG_PATH="/data/config"
 [[ -z $HOST_MEDIA_PATH ]] && export HOST_MEDIA_PATH="/data/torrents"
 [[ -z $DOWNLOAD_SUBFOLDER ]] && export DOWNLOAD_SUBFOLDER="deluge"
+[[ -z $DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY ]] && export DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY="docker-compose"
 
 if [[ ! -f config.yaml ]]; then
   echo "[$0] No config.yaml file found. Copying from sample file..."
@@ -280,11 +281,11 @@ echo "[$0] ***** Config OK. Launching services... *****"
 
 if [[ "${SKIP_PULL}" != "1" ]]; then
   echo "[$0] ***** Pulling all images... *****"
-  docker-compose ${ALL_SERVICES} pull
+  ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} ${ALL_SERVICES} pull
 fi
 
 echo "[$0] ***** Recreating containers if required... *****"
-docker-compose ${ALL_SERVICES} up -d --remove-orphans
+${DOCKER_COMPOSE_BINARY} ${ALL_SERVICES} up -d --remove-orphans
 echo "[$0] ***** Done updating containers *****"
 
 echo "[$0] ***** Clean unused images and volumes... *****"