diff --git a/bin/_config.sh b/bin/_config.sh
index 5ec03c46..854222a5 100644
--- a/bin/_config.sh
+++ b/bin/_config.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ UNSET_USER=0
 
 TERRAFORM_DIRECTORY="./env.d/terraform"
 COMPOSE_FILE="${REPO_DIR}/docker-compose.yml"
-COMPOSE_PROJECT="docs"
 
 
 # _set_user: set (or unset) default user id used to run docker commands
@@ -40,9 +39,8 @@ function _set_user() {
 # ARGS   : docker compose command arguments
 function _docker_compose() {
 
-    echo "🐳(compose) project: '${COMPOSE_PROJECT}' file: '${COMPOSE_FILE}'"
+    echo "🐳(compose) file: '${COMPOSE_FILE}'"
     docker compose \
-        -p "${COMPOSE_PROJECT}" \
         -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" \
         --project-directory "${REPO_DIR}" \
         "$@"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 84ad1b03..97ad835f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: docs
+
 services:
   postgresql:
     image: postgres:16