diff --git a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/DeploymentsService.java b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/DeploymentsService.java
index 7e570da..59797e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/DeploymentsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/DeploymentsService.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -77,7 +78,12 @@ public class DeploymentsService {
         try {
         gitService.cloneOrPull(deployment.source(), deploymentDir.getAbsolutePath());
 
-        new ProcessBuilder(composeCommand, "up", "-d", "--remove-orphans")
+            List<String> commandArgs = new java.util.ArrayList<>(Arrays.stream(composeCommand.split(" ")).toList());
+            commandArgs.add("up");
+            commandArgs.add("-d");
+            commandArgs.add("--remove-orphans");
+
+            new ProcessBuilder(commandArgs)
                 .directory(deploymentDir)
                 .start().waitFor();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/GitService.java b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/GitService.java
index 846fed8..780ffff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/GitService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/GitService.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 @Service
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class GitService {
 
         File destinationDir = new File(destination);
 
-        if (destinationDir.exists()) {
+        if (destinationDir.exists() && Arrays.asList(Objects.requireNonNull(destinationDir.list())).contains(".git")) {
             logger.debug("Local Repo exists. Pulling latest changes.");
             new ProcessBuilder("git", "fetch", "--all")
                     .directory(destinationDir).start().waitFor();
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@ public class GitService {
         }
     }
 
-    boolean deleteDirectory(File directoryToBeDeleted) {
+    void deleteDirectory(File directoryToBeDeleted) {
         File[] allContents = directoryToBeDeleted.listFiles();
         if (allContents != null) {
             for (File file : allContents) {
                 deleteDirectory(file);
             }
         }
-        return directoryToBeDeleted.delete();
+        directoryToBeDeleted.delete();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 4dc0969..28217f2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 spring.application.name=dirigent
-dirigent.compose.command=podman-compose
+dirigent.compose.command=docker-compose
 dirigent.deployments.cache.evict.interval=60000
 spring.profiles.active=local
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