diff --git a/compose/docker-compose.yml b/compose/docker-compose.yml
index e916ff17388cfa3a4e0c0ae3fb6bef3b8ff9274a..737f568a921f895df2dbad2d93d21241d379c5d6 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ services:
     networks:
       - caosnet
     ports:
-      # first part is the bind ip; adjust apropriately, 0.0.0.0 as wild card
+      # first part is the bind ip; adjust appropriately, 0.0.0.0 as wild card
       - 127.0.0.1:8081:8081
 
 # A well-defined network for caosdb