diff --git a/services b/services
index 89984db..953fef6 100755
--- a/services
+++ b/services
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ addDatabaseIndex () {
 stoppingContainers () {
 	export $(cat .env | grep "#" -v)
 	echo "Stopping running containers"
-	${dockerCmd} -f docker-compose/multiple.yml down -v --remove-orphans
+	docker-compose -f docker-compose/multiple.yml down -v --remove-orphans
 }
 
 command="$1"
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ case "${command}" in
 		echo -e "- \033[1;36mIoT-Agent\033[0m is configured for the UltraLight Protocol"
 		echo -e "- \033[1mTutorial\033[0m acts as a series of dummy IoT Sensors over HTTP"
 		echo ""
-		${dockerCmd} -f docker-compose/multiple.yml up -d --remove-orphans
+		docker-compose -f docker-compose/multiple.yml up -d --remove-orphans
 		waitForMongo
 		addDatabaseIndex
 		waitForOrion
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ case "${command}" in
 		echo -e "- \033[1;36mIoT-Agent\033[0m is configured for the UltraLight Protocol"
 		echo -e "- \033[1mTutorial\033[0m acts as a series of dummy IoT Sensors over HTTP"
 		echo ""
-		${dockerCmd} -f docker-compose/mongodb.yml up -d --remove-orphans
+		docker-compose -f docker-compose/mongodb.yml up -d --remove-orphans
 		waitForMongo
 		addDatabaseIndex
 		waitForOrion
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ case "${command}" in
 		echo -e "- \033[1;36mIoT-Agent\033[0m is configured for the UltraLight Protocol"
 		echo -e "- \033[1mTutorial\033[0m acts as a series of dummy IoT Sensors over HTTP"
 		echo ""
-		${dockerCmd} -f docker-compose/postgres.yml up -d --remove-orphans
+		docker-compose -f docker-compose/postgres.yml up -d --remove-orphans
 		waitForMongo
 		addDatabaseIndex
 		waitForOrion
@@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ case "${command}" in
 		echo "usage: services [create|mongodb|mysql|multiple|postgres|stop]"
 		exit 127;
 		;;
-esac
\ No newline at end of file
+esac