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@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ In this instance `PUID=1000` and `PGID=1000`, to find yours use `id user` as bel
 > * If using docker compose:
 >   * Edit the compose yaml to change the image to `linuxserver/swag` and change the service and container names to `swag`
 >   * Issue `docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans`
+>   * If you don't want to or can't use the option `--remove-orphans`, then you can first do `docker-compose down`, then edit the compose yaml as above, and then issue `docker-compose up -d`
 
 > Make sure to also update any references to this container by name. For instance, Nextcloud's `config.php` references this container in its `trusted_proxies` directive, which would have to be updated to `swag`.
 ### Validation and initial setup