diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d73a7cf806..8d22a19218 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ set -e
 
 bash preinstall.sh
 
+# If docker-compose is installed and if docker-compose.yml is found then, stop the stack.
+if [[ $(which docker-compose) ]]; then
+    if [ -f ./docker-compose.yml ]; then
+        sudo -E docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml stop || true
+    fi
+fi
+
 npm run start
 
 echo "We will need to wait ~5-10 minutes for things to settle down, migrations to finish, and TLS certs to be issued"
diff --git a/preinstall.sh b/preinstall.sh
index 113be1ac41..b74637199e 100644
--- a/preinstall.sh
+++ b/preinstall.sh
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ echo "Ok! We'll take it from here 🚀"
 
 echo "Making sure any stack that might exist is stopped"
 
-# If docker-compose is installed and if docker-compose.yml is found then, stop the stack.
-if [[ $(which docker-compose) ]]; then
-    if [ -f ./docker-compose.yml ]; then
-        sudo -E docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml stop || true
-    fi
-fi
-
 
 # If Mac
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then