diff --git a/deploy_remote.yml b/deploy_remote.yml
index 46258b2..5ae0dea 100644
--- a/deploy_remote.yml
+++ b/deploy_remote.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   vars:
     project_name: movie-db
     install_dir: "/opt/{{ project_name }}"
+  
 
   tasks:
     - name: Create installation directory
@@ -44,5 +45,16 @@
     - name: Start application with Docker Compose
       community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
         project_src: "{{ install_dir }}"
-        state: present
+        project_name: "{{ project_name }}"
         recreate: always
+      register: compose_output
+
+    - name: Verify that web and db services are running
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - pythonapp.State == 'running'
+      vars:
+        pythonapp: >-
+          {{ compose_output.containers | selectattr("Service","equalto", "movie-db-web") | first }}
+
+