diff --git a/cli.ts b/cli.ts
index 3bba3be..f0b68d3 100755
--- a/cli.ts
+++ b/cli.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { setupCommand } from './src/commands/setup';
 import { cloneCommand } from './src/commands/clone';
 import { cleanCommand } from './src/commands/clean';
 import { environmentCommand } from './src/commands/environment';
+import { composeCommand } from './src/commands/compose';
 
 const cli = new Command();
 
@@ -18,5 +19,6 @@ cli
   .addCommand(cloneCommand())
   .addCommand(cleanCommand())
   .addCommand(environmentCommand())
+  .addCommand(composeCommand())
 
 cli.parse();
diff --git a/src/commands/compose/index.ts b/src/commands/compose/index.ts
index e5d0047..b3e464c 100644
--- a/src/commands/compose/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/compose/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { projectConfig } from '../../config/project';
+import { composeFiles } from '../../utils/compose';
 
 export const composeCommand = () => {
   const command = new Command();
@@ -12,7 +13,11 @@ export const composeCommand = () => {
       'Aids in container orchestration for services in DEMS.\n' +
         'Uses Compose under the hood.',
     )
-    .action(async (options) => {});
+    .option('-z, --show-compose-string', 'Shows the Composo files string')
+    .action(async (options) => {
+      if (options.showComposeString)
+        console.log(composeFiles({ prefix: 'compose', filesDir: '.dems' }));
+    });
 
   return command;
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/compose.ts b/src/utils/compose.ts
index bad3b7f..ee96d1b 100644
--- a/src/utils/compose.ts
+++ b/src/utils/compose.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { projectConfig } from '../config/project';
 import type { ComposeFilesParams } from './interfaces';
+import { validateLocalGitRepo } from './git';
 
 export const composeFiles = ({
   filesDir = '.dems',
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export const composeFiles = ({
   const composeDirs = [];
 
   for (const dir of repos) {
+    validateLocalGitRepo(`${reposRoot}/${dir}`);
     composeDirs.push(`${reposRoot}/${dir}/${filesDir}`);
   }
 
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ export const composeFiles = ({
     const files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
     for (const file of files) {
       if (file.match(`${prefix}*.yml`)) {
-        composeFileString += ` -f ${path.join(dir, file)}`;
+        composeFileString += `-f ${path.join(dir, file)} `;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/git.ts b/src/utils/git.ts
index 33f5281..f5e14d8 100644
--- a/src/utils/git.ts
+++ b/src/utils/git.ts
@@ -53,3 +53,15 @@ export default class Git {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export const validateLocalGitRepo = (path: string) => {
+  const gitStatus = Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'status'], {
+    cwd: path,
+  });
+
+  if (gitStatus.exitCode === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Local path ${path} is not a valid git repository.`);
+};