diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-test-database.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-test-database.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7de4712b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/compose/docker-compose-test-database.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+services:
+  database:
+    image: cerc/test-database-container:local
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: "test-user"
+      POSTGRES_DB: "test-db"
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "password"
+      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: "-E UTF8 --locale=C"
+    ports:
+      - "5432"
+
+volumes:
+  db-data:
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-test-database-container/Dockerfile b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-test-database-container/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aae60175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-test-database-container/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM postgres:16-bullseye
+
+EXPOSE 5432
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-test-database-container/build.sh b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-test-database-container/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a4515229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-test-database-container/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build cerc/test-container
+source ${CERC_CONTAINER_BASE_DIR}/build-base.sh
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+docker build -t cerc/test-database-container:local -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/Dockerfile ${build_command_args} $SCRIPT_DIR
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/test-database/README.md b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/test-database/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dcdcc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/test-database/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Test Database Stack
+
+A stack with a database for test/demo purposes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/test-database/stack.yml b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/test-database/stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fac54e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/stacks/test-database/stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: "1.0"
+name: test
+description: "A test database stack"
+repos:
+containers:
+  - cerc/test-database-container
+pods:
+  - test-database
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/repos/setup_repositories.py b/stack_orchestrator/repos/setup_repositories.py
index 3612aed0..a137d645 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/repos/setup_repositories.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/repos/setup_repositories.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import importlib.resources
 from pathlib import Path
 import yaml
 from stack_orchestrator.constants import stack_file_name
-from stack_orchestrator.util import include_exclude_check, stack_is_external, error_exit
+from stack_orchestrator.util import include_exclude_check, stack_is_external, error_exit, warn_exit
 
 
 class GitProgress(git.RemoteProgress):
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, git_ssh, check_only, pull, branches, branches
             error_exit(f"stack {stack} does not exist")
         with stack_file_path:
             stack_config = yaml.safe_load(open(stack_file_path, "r"))
-            if "repos" not in stack_config:
-                error_exit(f"stack {stack} does not define any repositories")
+            if "repos" not in stack_config or stack_config["repos"] is None:
+                warn_exit(f"stack {stack} does not define any repositories")
             else:
                 repos_in_scope = stack_config["repos"]
     else:
diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/util.py b/stack_orchestrator/util.py
index 36c6bfd0..257e1deb 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/util.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/util.py
@@ -189,5 +189,10 @@ def error_exit(s):
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
+def warn_exit(s):
+    print(f"WARN: {s}")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
 def env_var_map_from_file(file: Path) -> Mapping[str, str]:
     return dotenv_values(file)