diff --git a/0/docker-compose.yml b/0/docker-compose.yml
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diff --git a/blog/docker-compose.blog.yml b/blog/docker-compose.blog.yml
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diff --git a/deluge/docker-compose.deluge.yml b/deluge/docker-compose.deluge.yml
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diff --git a/dokuwiki/docker-compose.dokuwiki.yml b/dokuwiki/docker-compose.dokuwiki.yml
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diff --git a/glances/docker-compose.glances.yml b/glances/docker-compose.glances.yml
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diff --git a/photo/docker-compose.photo.yml b/photo/docker-compose.photo.yml
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diff --git a/portainer/docker-compose.portainer.yml b/portainer/docker-compose.portainer.yml
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diff --git a/seafile/docker-compose.seafile.yml b/seafile/docker-compose.seafile.yml
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diff --git a/selfoss/docker-compose.selfoss.yml b/selfoss/docker-compose.selfoss.yml
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diff --git a/set_aliases b/set_aliases
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--- a/set_aliases
+++ b/set_aliases
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # override docker-compose
-#   perm 444 ignores YAML files without other read-only permission
+#   non executable YAML files are skipped (aka disabled services)
 docker-compose ()
 {
-    /usr/local/bin/docker-compose $(find -name 'docker-compose*.yml' -type f -perm 444 -printf '%p\t%d\n'  2>/dev/null | sort -n -k2 | cut -f 1 | awk '{print "-f "$0}') $@
+    /usr/local/bin/docker-compose $(find -name 'docker-compose*.yml' -type f -perm -u+x -printf '%p\t%d\n'  2>/dev/null | sort -n -k2 | cut -f 1 | awk '{print "-f "$0}') $@
 }
 
 alias up='docker-compose --env-file /srv/hosting/.env up -d'
diff --git a/shaarli/docker-compose.shaarli.yml b/shaarli/docker-compose.shaarli.yml
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diff --git a/traefik/docker-compose.traefik.yml b/traefik/docker-compose.traefik.yml
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diff --git a/wallabag/docker-compose.wallabag.yml b/wallabag/docker-compose.wallabag.yml
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diff --git a/www/docker-compose.www.yml b/www/docker-compose.www.yml
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