diff --git a/plugins/docker-compose/common.ts b/plugins/docker-compose/common.ts
index 97c3a44a47f..9a0c93346ab 100644
--- a/plugins/docker-compose/common.ts
+++ b/plugins/docker-compose/common.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  */
 
+import chalk from "chalk"
 import AsyncLock from "async-lock"
 import { sdk } from "@garden-io/sdk"
 import { DockerComposeDeploySpec, DockerComposeProjectSpec } from "./schemas"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export async function runToolWithArgs(tool: PluginTool, params: ExecParams) {
     state = "ready"
   } catch (err) {
     state = "failed"
+    params.log.error(chalk.red(err.message))
     success = false
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/docker-compose/index.ts b/plugins/docker-compose/index.ts
index d40d8e37847..87743cdbe72 100644
--- a/plugins/docker-compose/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/docker-compose/index.ts
@@ -464,6 +464,9 @@ composeExecTest.addHandler("run", makeComposeExecHandler())
 function getRunOpts(spec: sdk.types.infer<typeof dockerComposeRunSchemaBase>) {
   const opts: string[] = []
 
+  if (spec.command) {
+    opts.push("--entrypoint", spec.command.join(" "))
+  }
   if (spec.name) {
     opts.push("--name", spec.name)
   }
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ const makeDockerFreshHandler = () => {
       cwd: action.basePath(),
       args: [...opts, spec.image],
       log,
-      streamLogs: { ctx },
+      streamLogs: { ctx, print: true },
     })
 
     return {
@@ -567,11 +570,13 @@ const makeDockerComposeFreshHandler = () => {
   return async ({ ctx, log, action }) => {
     const spec = action.getSpec()
 
-    const opts = [
+    const args = [
       "run",
-      // "--build", // TODO: consider making this configurable?
-      ...spec.command || [],
+      "--build", // TODO: consider making this configurable?
+      "--remove-orphans",
+      "--no-deps",
       ...getRunOpts(spec),
+      spec.service,
     ]
 
     // TODO: add env var flags
@@ -584,9 +589,9 @@ const makeDockerComposeFreshHandler = () => {
       output,
     } = await runToolWithArgs(compose(ctx), {
       cwd: action.basePath(),
-      args: [...opts, spec.service],
+      args,
       log,
-      streamLogs: { ctx },
+      streamLogs: { ctx, print: true },
     })
 
     return {