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 ## Deploy the stack
 First the watcher database has to be initialized. Start only the watcher-db service:
 ```
-$ laconic-so deploy-system --include fixturenet-laconicd
+$ laconic-so deploy-system --include fixturenet-laconicd up
 ```
 Correct operation should be verified by checking the laconicd container's log.