diff --git a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
index 1e0940e8..556f7bb8 100644
--- a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
+++ b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ class DockerController
             $this->PerformRecursiveContainerStop($dependency);
         }
 
-        $this->dockerActionManager->DisconnectContainerFromNetwork($container);
+        // Disconnecting is not needed. This also allows to start the containers manually via docker-cli
+        //$this->dockerActionManager->DisconnectContainerFromNetwork($container);
         $this->dockerActionManager->StopContainer($container);
     }