diff --git a/services-up.sh b/services-up.sh
index b9958c6..693d4ca 100755
--- a/services-up.sh
+++ b/services-up.sh
@@ -2,21 +2,28 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-ENV="default-environment.env"
-SECRETS="secrets/stack-secrets.env"
+PROJECT_ROOT="${PROJECT_ROOT:-/compose}"
+ENV="$PROJECT_ROOT/default-environment.env"
+SECRETS="$PROJECT_ROOT/secrets/stack-secrets.env"
 PROJECT="core"
 
 FILES=(
-  -f default-network.yml
+  -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/default-network.yml"
 )
 
 while IFS= read -r file; do
   FILES+=(-f "$file")
 done < <(
-  find apps monitoring core \
+  find "$PROJECT_ROOT/apps" "$PROJECT_ROOT/monitoring" "$PROJECT_ROOT/core" \
     -type f \
     \( -name 'docker-compose.yml' -o -name 'docker-compose.yaml' \) \
     | sort
 )
 
-docker compose -p "$PROJECT" --env-file "$ENV" --env-file "$SECRETS" "${FILES[@]}" "$@"
+docker compose \
+  --project-directory "$PROJECT_ROOT" \
+  -p "$PROJECT" \
+  --env-file "$ENV" \
+  --env-file "$SECRETS" \
+  "${FILES[@]}" \
+  "$@"