diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 12e3cd0..84481c3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ chmod -x photo/docker-compose.pigallery.yml
 # A/ local testing
 chmod -x traefik/docker-compose.traefik.yml
 
-# B/ live 
+# B/ live server
 chmod -x traefik/docker-compose.traefik-local.yml 
diff --git a/set_perms_local b/set_perms_local
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9473db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/set_perms_local
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export DOCKER_COMPOSE_BIN='/usr/local/bin/docker-compose'
+docker-compose ()
+{
+    $DOCKER_COMPOSE_BIN $(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}') $@
+}
+
+# ===========================================================================
+#  Configure 
+
+# disable unused services 
+chmod -x baikal/docker-compose.baikal.yml  
+chmod -x posteio/docker-compose.posteio.yml 
+chmod -x netdata/docker-compose.netdata.yml 
+chmod -x photo/docker-compose.pigallery.yml 
+
+# local testing
+chmod -x traefik/docker-compose.traefik.yml
diff --git a/set_perms_server b/set_perms_server
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44a806b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/set_perms_server
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# disable unused services 
+chmod -x baikal/docker-compose.baikal.yml  
+chmod -x posteio/docker-compose.posteio.yml 
+chmod -x netdata/docker-compose.netdata.yml 
+chmod -x photo/docker-compose.pigallery.yml 
+
+# live server
+chmod -x traefik/docker-compose.traefik-local.yml