diff --git a/modules/home-manager/scripts/common/bin/docker-compose b/modules/home-manager/scripts/common/bin/docker-compose
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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# a shim implemented this way so that other scripts looking for an executable
+# docker-compose file in my path think I have it installed 😈
+podman-compose "$@"