diff --git a/src/app.coffee b/src/app.coffee
index d079d164..ce502741 100644
--- a/src/app.coffee
+++ b/src/app.coffee
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ do ->
 			return lookup(name, { verbatim: true }, opts)
 		return lookup(name, Object.assign({ verbatim: true }, opts), cb)
 
-require('log-timestamp')
-
 Supervisor = require './supervisor'
 
 supervisor = new Supervisor()
diff --git a/src/compose/service-manager.ts b/src/compose/service-manager.ts
index cf710606..24f76732 100644
--- a/src/compose/service-manager.ts
+++ b/src/compose/service-manager.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import * as LogTypes from '../lib/log-types';
 import { checkInt, isValidDeviceName } from '../lib/validation';
 import { Service } from './service';
+import { serviceNetworksToDockerNetworks } from './utils';
 
 interface ServiceConstructOpts {
 	docker: Docker;
@@ -266,7 +267,9 @@ export class ServiceManager extends (EventEmitter as {
 			}
 
 			const conf = service.toDockerContainer({ deviceName });
-			const nets = service.extraNetworksToJoin();
+			const nets = serviceNetworksToDockerNetworks(
+				service.extraNetworksToJoin(),
+			);
 
 			this.logger.logSystemEvent(LogTypes.installService, { service });
 			this.reportNewStatus(mockContainerId, service, 'Installing');
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ export class ServiceManager extends (EventEmitter as {
 			service.containerId = container.id;
 
 			await Promise.all(
-				_.map(nets, (endpointConfig, name) =>
+				_.map((nets || {}).EndpointsConfig, (endpointConfig, name) =>
 					this.docker.getNetwork(name).connect({
 						Container: container.id,
 						EndpointConfig: endpointConfig,
diff --git a/src/compose/service.ts b/src/compose/service.ts
index 823f0b75..c4b6af25 100644
--- a/src/compose/service.ts
+++ b/src/compose/service.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ export class Service {
 		}
 		// Prefix the network entries with the app id
 		networks = _.mapKeys(networks, (_v, k) => `${service.appId}_${k}`);
+		// Ensure that we add an alias of the service name
+		networks = _.mapValues(networks, v => {
+			if (v.aliases == null) {
+				v.aliases = [];
+			}
+			const serviceName: string = service.serviceName || '';
+			if (!_.includes(v.aliases, serviceName)) {
+				v.aliases.push(serviceName);
+			}
+			return v;
+		});
 		delete config.networks;
 
 		// Check for unsupported networkMode entries
@@ -791,8 +802,8 @@ export class Service {
 		appId: number,
 		serviceName: string,
 	): { [envVarName: string]: string } {
-		let defaultEnv: { [envVarName: string]: string } = {};
-		for (let namespace of ['BALENA', 'RESIN']) {
+		const defaultEnv: { [envVarName: string]: string } = {};
+		for (const namespace of ['BALENA', 'RESIN']) {
 			_.assign(
 				defaultEnv,
 				_.mapKeys(
@@ -837,24 +848,11 @@ export class Service {
 				const currentAliases = _.filter(current.aliases, (alias: string) => {
 					return !_.startsWith(this.containerId!, alias);
 				});
-				const targetAliases = _.filter(current.aliases, (alias: string) => {
-					return !_.startsWith(this.containerId!, alias);
-				});
+				const targetAliases = target.aliases || [];
 
-				// Docker adds container ids to the alias list, directly after
-				// the service name, to detect this, check for both target having
-				// exactly half of the amount of entries as the current, and check
-				// that every second entry (starting from 0) is equal
-				if (currentAliases.length === targetAliases.length * 2) {
-					sameNetwork = _(currentAliases)
-						.filter((_v, k) => k % 2 === 0)
-						.isEqual(targetAliases);
-				} else {
-					// Otherwise compare them literally
-					sameNetwork = _.isEmpty(
-						_.xorWith(currentAliases, targetAliases, _.isEqual),
-					);
-				}
+				sameNetwork = _.isEmpty(
+					_.xorWith(currentAliases, targetAliases, _.isEqual),
+				);
 			}
 		}
 		if (target.ipv4Address != null) {
diff --git a/src/compose/utils.ts b/src/compose/utils.ts
index 33f56c26..ec2c7866 100644
--- a/src/compose/utils.ts
+++ b/src/compose/utils.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export function addFeaturesFromLabels(
 			}`;
 		}
 		// We keep balena.sock for backwards compatibility
-		if (constants.dockerSocket != '/var/run/balena.sock') {
+		if (constants.dockerSocket !== '/var/run/balena.sock') {
 			service.config.volumes.push(
 				`${constants.dockerSocket}:/var/run/balena.sock`,
 			);
diff --git a/test/04-service.spec.coffee b/test/04-service.spec.coffee
index 98b40190..4797a251 100644
--- a/test/04-service.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/04-service.spec.coffee
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ describe 'compose/service', ->
 							IPAMConfig: {
 								IPv4Address: '1.2.3.4'
 							},
-							Aliases: []
+							Aliases: [
+								'test'
+							]
 						}
 					}
 				})