diff --git a/src/application-manager.coffee b/src/application-manager.coffee
index f2cb29a5..3f627ee5 100644
--- a/src/application-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/application-manager.coffee
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ module.exports = class ApplicationManager extends EventEmitter
 		if target.dependsOn?
 			for dependency in target.dependsOn
 				dependencyService = _.find(targetApp.services, (s) -> s.serviceName == dependency)
-				if !_.find(availableImages, (image) => @images.isSameImage(image, { name: dependencyService.imageName }))?
+				if !_.find(availableImages, (image) => image.dockerImageId == dependencyService.image or @images.isSameImage(image, { name: dependencyService.imageName }))?
 					return false
 		return true
 
diff --git a/src/compose/images.coffee b/src/compose/images.coffee
index b7292917..43513b70 100644
--- a/src/compose/images.coffee
+++ b/src/compose/images.coffee
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ module.exports = class Images extends EventEmitter
 				@imageCleanupFailures[image] = Date.now()
 
 	@hasSameDigest: (name1, name2) ->
-		hash1 = name1.split('@')[1]
-		hash2 = name2.split('@')[1]
+		hash1 = name1?.split('@')[1]
+		hash2 = name2?.split('@')[1]
 		return hash1? and hash1 == hash2
 
 	@isSameImage: (image1, image2) ->