diff --git a/.docker/control.sh b/.docker/control.sh
index c8389aa..355913b 100755
--- a/.docker/control.sh
+++ b/.docker/control.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,16 @@ if [ "$ACTION" = "deploy" ]; then
     docker rm snipt-app
     echo "deploying new container"
     docker run -it --name snipt-app -d -e DB_USER=postgres -e DB_NAME=postgres -e DEBUG=false -v /etc/settings_local.py:/app/snipt/settings_local.py --net container:snipt-net snipt/snipt
+    sleep 5
     docker restart snipt-proxy
     echo "done"
 fi
 
+if [ "$ACTION" = "restart" ]; then
+    echo "restarting app"
+    docker restart snipt-app
+fi
+
 if [ "$ACTION" = "backupdb" ]; then
     echo "backing up db"
     docker run --rm --net container:snipt-net --entrypoint pg_dump postgres:9.1 -h 127.0.0.1 -U postgres snipt
diff --git a/.docker/start.sh b/.docker/start.sh
index a739580..2a2f0be 100755
--- a/.docker/start.sh
+++ b/.docker/start.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ -z "$COMPONENTS" ]; then
 fi
 
 for CMP in $COMPONENTS; do
-    if [ "$CMP" = "all" ]; then
+    if [ "$CMP" = "net" -o "$CMP" = "all" ]; then
         # start net container
         docker run -it -p 80:80 -p 443:443 --name snipt-net -d debian:jessie bash > /dev/null
         sleep 1