diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index 057edc8e..a6b8b1d6 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -1,44 +1,65 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"coopcloud.tech/abra/cli/internal"
+	"coopcloud.tech/abra/client"
+	loader "coopcloud.tech/abra/client/stack"
+	stack "coopcloud.tech/abra/client/stack"
+	"coopcloud.tech/abra/config"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/stack/options"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
-var force bool
-var forceFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-	Name:        "force",
-	Value:       false,
-	Destination: &force,
-}
-
-var update bool
-var updateFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-	Name:        "update",
-	Value:       false,
-	Destination: &update,
-}
-
-var noDomainPoll bool
-var noDomainPollFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-	Name:        "no-domain-poll",
-	Value:       false,
-	Destination: &noDomainPoll,
-}
-
-// skipVersionCheck stores the variable from SkipVersionCheckFlag
-var skipVersionCheck bool
-var skipVersionCheckFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
-	Name:        "skip-version-check",
-	Value:       false,
-	Destination: &skipVersionCheck,
-}
-
 var appDeployCommand = &cli.Command{
-	Name: "deploy",
-	Flags: []cli.Flag{
-		updateFlag,
-		forceFlag,
-		skipVersionCheckFlag,
-		noDomainPollFlag,
+	Name:  "deploy",
+	Usage: "Deploy an app",
+	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		appName := c.Args().First()
+		if appName == "" {
+			internal.ShowSubcommandHelpAndError(c, errors.New("no app name provided"))
+		}
+
+		appFiles, err := config.LoadAppFiles("")
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		appEnv, err := config.GetApp(appFiles, appName)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		host := appFiles[appName].Server
+		cl, err := client.NewClientWithContext(host)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		pattern := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/compose**yml", config.APPS_DIR, appEnv.Type)
+		composeFiles, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		deployOpts := options.Deploy{
+			Composefiles: composeFiles,
+			Prune:        false,
+			ResolveImage: stack.ResolveImageAlways,
+		}
+		compose, err := loader.LoadComposefile(deployOpts)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := stack.RunDeploy(cl, deployOpts, compose); err != nil {
+			logrus.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	},
 }
diff --git a/client/stack/stack.go b/client/stack/stack.go
index 68a17c19..68f928cc 100644
--- a/client/stack/stack.go
+++ b/client/stack/stack.go
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ func quotesOrWhitespace(r rune) bool {
 	return unicode.IsSpace(r) || r == '"' || r == '\''
 }
 
-func DeployStack(namespace string) {
-}
-
 // pruneServices removes services that are no longer referenced in the source
 func pruneServices(ctx context.Context, cl *apiclient.Client, namespace convert.Namespace, services map[string]struct{}) {
 	oldServices, err := getStackServices(ctx, cl, namespace.Name())