diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 50d844f..d7a08ed 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             cli::DockerCompose::Down => scripts::docker_compose::down(),
             cli::DockerCompose::Rebuild => scripts::docker_compose::rebuild(),
             cli::DockerCompose::Restart => scripts::docker_compose::restart(),
-            cli::DockerCompose::Start => scripts::docker_compose::start(),
+            cli::DockerCompose::Start => scripts::docker_compose::start(None),
             cli::DockerCompose::Stop => scripts::docker_compose::stop(),
             cli::DockerCompose::Up => scripts::docker_compose::up(),
         },
diff --git a/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs b/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs
index 2d33571..3acd017 100644
--- a/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs
+++ b/src/scripts/docker_compose.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ pub fn down() -> Result<()> {
     DockerCommand::docker_compose().args("down").spawn_wait()
 }
 
-pub fn start() -> Result<()> {
+/// Start containers via `docker compose start`. Optionally pass containers to be started.
+/// ```
+/// start(None);
+/// ```
+/// is roughly the same as
+/// `docker compose --env-file ./.env -f docker/local/docker-compose.yaml up start`
+pub fn start(containers: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
+    let args = format!("start {}", containers.unwrap_or(""));
     DockerCommand::docker_compose().args("start").spawn_wait()
 }
 
@@ -26,10 +33,10 @@ pub fn up() -> Result<()> {
 pub fn rebuild() -> Result<()> {
     stop()?;
     build()?;
-    start()
+    start(None)
 }
 
 pub fn restart() -> Result<()> {
     stop()?;
-    start()
+    start(None)
 }