diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 47c5121..58c8c72 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ DOMAIN=affine.example.com
 ## Domain aliases
 #EXTRA_DOMAINS=', `www.affine.example.com`'
 
-# use this, if you don't want to depend on recipe updates for upgrading affine, e.g. "stable" or "latest"
-#IMAGE_VERSION=stable
 
 ENABLE_BACKUPS=true
 
@@ -24,4 +22,10 @@ COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml"
 #MAILER_USER=
 #MAILER_SENDER=
 #MAILER_IGNORE_TLS=false
-#MAILER_PORT=465
\ No newline at end of file
+#MAILER_PORT=465
+
+
+## Custom Image Version
+# use this, if you don't want to depend on recipe updates for upgrading affine, e.g. "stable" or "latest"
+# COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.customversion.yml"
+#IMAGE_VERSION=stable
diff --git a/compose.customversion.yml b/compose.customversion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3175fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.customversion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+services:
+  app:
+    image: ghcr.io/toeverything/affine:${IMAGE_VERSION}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 8951b06..b530081 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 services:
   app:
-    image: ghcr.io/toeverything/affine:${IMAGE_VERSION:-0.26.2}
+    image: ghcr.io/toeverything/affine:0.26.4
 
     environment:
       REDIS_SERVER_HOST: redis
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ services:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/3010' || exit 1"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
-      retries: 10
+      retries: 20
       start_period: 1m
 
     volumes: