diff --git a/app/deploy.py b/app/deploy.py
index 18be4559..59fbf41c 100644
--- a/app/deploy.py
+++ b/app/deploy.py
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ from app.deployment_create import setup as deployment_setup
 @click.option("--exclude", help="don\'t start these components")
 @click.option("--env-file", help="env file to be used")
 @click.option("--cluster", help="specify a non-default cluster name")
+@click.option("--deploy-to", help="cluster system to deploy to (compose or k8s)")
 @click.pass_context
-def command(ctx, include, exclude, env_file, cluster):
+def command(ctx, include, exclude, env_file, cluster, deploy_to):
     '''deploy a stack'''
 
     # Although in theory for some subcommands (e.g. deploy create) the stack can be inferred,
@@ -51,14 +52,14 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, env_file, cluster):
 
     if ctx.parent.obj.debug:
         print(f"ctx.parent.obj: {ctx.parent.obj}")
-    ctx.obj = create_deploy_context(global_options2(ctx), stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file)
+    ctx.obj = create_deploy_context(global_options2(ctx), stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file, deploy_to)
     # Subcommand is executed now, by the magic of click
 
 
-def create_deploy_context(global_context, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file):
+def create_deploy_context(global_context, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file, deploy_to):
     cluster_context = _make_cluster_context(global_context, stack, include, exclude, cluster, env_file)
     # See: https://gabrieldemarmiesse.github.io/python-on-whales/sub-commands/compose/
-    deployer = getDeployer("docker", compose_files=cluster_context.compose_files, compose_project_name=cluster_context.cluster,
+    deployer = getDeployer(deploy_to, compose_files=cluster_context.compose_files, compose_project_name=cluster_context.cluster,
                            compose_env_file=cluster_context.env_file)
     return DeployCommandContext(stack, cluster_context, deployer)
 
diff --git a/app/deployer_factory.py b/app/deployer_factory.py
index 7a1bca2a..45c54ecd 100644
--- a/app/deployer_factory.py
+++ b/app/deployer_factory.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ from app.deploy_docker import DockerDeployer
 
 
 def getDeployer(type, compose_files, compose_project_name, compose_env_file):
-    if type == "docker":
+    if type == "compose" or type is None:
         return DockerDeployer(compose_files, compose_project_name, compose_env_file)
-    else:
+    elif type == "k8s":
         return K8sDeployer(compose_files, compose_project_name, compose_env_file)
+    else:
+        print(f"ERROR: deploy-to {type} is not valid")
diff --git a/app/deployment.py b/app/deployment.py
index aeabf61c..c9c2bb98 100644
--- a/app/deployment.py
+++ b/app/deployment.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def make_deploy_context(ctx):
     stack_file_path = ctx.obj.get_stack_file()
     env_file = ctx.obj.get_env_file()
     cluster_name = ctx.obj.get_cluster_name()
-    return create_deploy_context(ctx.parent.parent.obj, stack_file_path, None, None, cluster_name, env_file)
+    return create_deploy_context(ctx.parent.parent.obj, stack_file_path, None, None, cluster_name, env_file, deploy_to)
 
 
 @command.command()