diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index f99b45e..e868fee 100755
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ type: docker
 name: build
 
 steps:
+- name: start-compose-container
+  image: gitea.bsidesolutions.net/bside-solutions/docker-compose-v2-alpine
+  commands:
+  - docker run -d --name compose-container docker-compose-v2-alpine #start container in detached mode
+  - sleep 5 # give container some time to fully start
 - name: build
   image: docker
   environment:
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ steps:
     path: /var/run/docker.sock
   commands:
   - export DRONE_SHA=${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}
-  - docker compose -f ./docker-compose.drone.yaml build -t oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7} .
+  - docker exec compose-container docker build -f ./docker-compose.drone.yaml -t oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7} .
   - docker tag oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7} gitea.bsidesolutions.net/oonyeje/oonyeje-portfolio:${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}
 - name: push-image
   image: docker/compose:latest
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ steps:
   commands:
   - export DRONE_SHA=${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:7}
   - docker login gitea.bsidesolutions.net --username $REGISTRY_USER --password $REGISTRY_PASS
-  - docker-compose -f ./docker-compose.drone.yaml push
+  - docker exec compose-container docker compose -f ./docker-compose.drone.yaml push
 
 # - name: deploy-staging
 #   image: plugins/ansible:latest