diff --git a/roles/heal-docker/files/heal-docker.py b/roles/heal-docker/files/heal-docker.py
index 85508817..3674fe68 100644
--- a/roles/heal-docker/files/heal-docker.py
+++ b/roles/heal-docker/files/heal-docker.py
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ for failed_container in failed_containers:
 filtered_failed_docker_compose_repositories=list(dict.fromkeys(unfiltered_failed_docker_compose_repositories))
 for filtered_failed_docker_compose_repository in filtered_failed_docker_compose_repositories:
     print("restarting unhealthy container: " + filtered_failed_docker_compose_repository)
-    print_bash('cd /home/administrator/docker-compose/' + filtered_failed_docker_compose_repository + '/ && docker-compose restart')
+    print_bash('cd /home/administrator/docker-compose/' + filtered_failed_docker_compose_repository + '/ && docker-compose stop -t 7200 && docker-compose start')
 
 print("finished restart procedure.")
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