diff --git a/client/docker-compose.yml b/client/docker-compose.yml
index 98069de..5313feb 100644
--- a/client/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/client/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.0"
 services:
     ceph_client:
+        container_name: ceph_mon
         image: docker.io/ceph/daemon:latest-nautilus
         devices:
             - /dev/fuse
diff --git a/mds/docker-compose.yml b/mds/docker-compose.yml
index 102c0ba..6cd11db 100644
--- a/mds/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/mds/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.0"
 services:
     ceph_mds:
+        container_name: ceph_mds
         image: docker.io/ceph/daemon:latest-nautilus
         #copy hostname of the host to avoid confusion in e.g. `ceph status`
         hostname: ${HOSTNAME}
diff --git a/mgr/docker-compose.yml b/mgr/docker-compose.yml
index d7d834a..c6702dd 100644
--- a/mgr/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/mgr/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.0"
 services:
     ceph_mgr:
+        container_name: ceph_mgr
         image: docker.io/ceph/daemon:latest-nautilus
         #copy hostname of the host to avoid confusion in e.g. `ceph status`
         hostname: ${HOSTNAME}
diff --git a/mon/docker-compose.yml b/mon/docker-compose.yml
index 00ff341..57d45db 100644
--- a/mon/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/mon/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 version: "3.0"
 services:
     ceph_mon:
+        container_name: ceph_mon
         image: docker.io/ceph/daemon:latest-nautilus
         #copy hostname of the host to avoid confusion in e.g. `ceph status`
         hostname: ${HOSTNAME}
diff --git a/osd/docker-compose.yml b/osd/docker-compose.yml
index 4b99bda..82e9a3c 100644
--- a/osd/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/osd/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 version: "3.0"
 services:
     ceph_osd_${OSD_ID}:
+        container_name: ceph_osd_${OSD_ID}
         image: docker.io/ceph/daemon:latest-nautilus
         #copy hostname of the host to correctly calculate CRUSH map positions
         hostname: ${HOSTNAME}