diff --git a/app/data/stacks/laconicd/stack.yml b/app/data/stacks/laconicd/stack.yml
index 6e262a08..d47a6fe5 100644
--- a/app/data/stacks/laconicd/stack.yml
+++ b/app/data/stacks/laconicd/stack.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version: "1.0"
-name: laconicd-fixturenet
+name: fixturenet-laconicd
 repos:
   - cerc-io/laconicd
   - cerc-io/laconic-sdk
diff --git a/app/data/version.txt b/app/data/version.txt
index 09f6b7b3..b583e2ff 100644
--- a/app/data/version.txt
+++ b/app/data/version.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file should be re-generated running: scripts/update-version-file.sh script
-v1.0.9-alpha-32b4c00
+v1.0.9-alpha-04a3049
diff --git a/app/setup_repositories.py b/app/setup_repositories.py
index 28ee2c9e..6f148b87 100644
--- a/app/setup_repositories.py
+++ b/app/setup_repositories.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import git
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import click
 import importlib.resources
+from pathlib import Path
+import yaml
 from .util import include_exclude_check
 
 
@@ -64,9 +66,11 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, git_ssh, check_only, pull, branches_file):
     quiet = ctx.obj.quiet
     verbose = ctx.obj.verbose
     dry_run = ctx.obj.dry_run
+    stack = ctx.obj.stack
 
     branches = []
 
+    # TODO: branches file needs to be re-worked in the context of stacks
     if branches_file:
         if verbose:
             print(f"loading branches from: {branches_file}")
@@ -96,11 +100,25 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, git_ssh, check_only, pull, branches_file):
     with importlib.resources.open_text(data, "repository-list.txt") as repository_list_file:
         all_repos = repository_list_file.read().splitlines()
 
+    repos_in_scope = []
+    if stack:
+        # In order to be compatible with Python 3.8 we need to use this hack to get the path:
+        # See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25389095/python-get-path-of-root-project-structure
+        stack_file_path = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.joinpath("data", "stacks", stack, "stack.yml")
+        with stack_file_path:
+            stack_config = yaml.safe_load(open(stack_file_path, "r"))
+            # TODO: syntax check the input here
+            repos_in_scope = stack_config['repos']
+    else:
+        repos_in_scope = all_repos
+
     if verbose:
-        print(f"Repos: {all_repos}")
+        print(f"Repos: {repos_in_scope}")
+        if stack:
+            print(f"Stack: {stack}")
 
     repos = []
-    for repo in all_repos:
+    for repo in repos_in_scope:
         if include_exclude_check(repo, include, exclude):
             repos.append(repo)
         else:
diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index e2e94ab2..c0fa3990 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ from app import version
 CONTEXT_SETTINGS = dict(help_option_names=['-h', '--help'])
 
 
+# TODO: this seems kind of weird and heavy on boilerplate -- check it is
+# the best Python can do for us.
 class Options(object):
-    def __init__(self, quiet, verbose, dry_run, local_stack, debug):
+    def __init__(self, stack, quiet, verbose, dry_run, local_stack, debug):
+        self.stack = stack
         self.quiet = quiet
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.dry_run = dry_run
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ class Options(object):
 
 
 @click.group(context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
+@click.option('--stack', help="specify a stack to build/deploy")
 @click.option('--quiet', is_flag=True, default=False)
 @click.option('--verbose', is_flag=True, default=False)
 @click.option('--dry-run', is_flag=True, default=False)
@@ -41,9 +45,9 @@ class Options(object):
 @click.option('--debug', is_flag=True, default=False)
 # See: https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/8.1.x/complex/#building-a-git-clone
 @click.pass_context
-def cli(ctx, quiet, verbose, dry_run, local_stack, debug):
+def cli(ctx, stack, quiet, verbose, dry_run, local_stack, debug):
     """Laconic Stack Orchestrator"""
-    ctx.obj = Options(quiet, verbose, dry_run, local_stack, debug)
+    ctx.obj = Options(stack, quiet, verbose, dry_run, local_stack, debug)
 
 
 cli.add_command(setup_repositories.command, "setup-repositories")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7ee8181a..128ee3a0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ GitPython>=3.1.27
 tqdm>=4.64.0
 python-on-whales>=0.52.0
 click>=8.1.3
+pyyaml>=6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19e416b2..759c8c1e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open("requirements.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
     requirements = fh.read()
 setup(
     name='laconic-stack-orchestrator',
-    version='0.0.5',
+    version='1.0.9',
     author='Cerc',
     author_email='info@cerc.io',
     license='GNU Affero General Public License',