diff --git a/cli/app/rollback.go b/cli/app/rollback.go
index 9bdf5bdb..1a0e9002 100644
--- a/cli/app/rollback.go
+++ b/cli/app/rollback.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ recipes.
 		}
 		config.ExposeAllEnv(compose, app.Env)
 		config.SetChaosLabel(compose, stackName, internal.Chaos)
+		config.SetRecipeLabel(compose, stackName, app.Recipe)
 
 		if !internal.Force {
 			if err := internal.NewVersionOverview(app, deployedVersion, chosenDowngrade, ""); err != nil {
diff --git a/cli/app/upgrade.go b/cli/app/upgrade.go
index 182e5e0a..780366c8 100644
--- a/cli/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/cli/app/upgrade.go
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ recipes.
 		}
 		config.ExposeAllEnv(compose, app.Env)
 		config.SetChaosLabel(compose, stackName, internal.Chaos)
+		config.SetRecipeLabel(compose, stackName, app.Recipe)
 
 		if err := internal.NewVersionOverview(app, deployedVersion, chosenUpgrade, releaseNotes); err != nil {
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/cli/internal/deploy.go b/cli/internal/deploy.go
index 85c3d235..c21d9080 100644
--- a/cli/internal/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/internal/deploy.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func DeployAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	config.ExposeAllEnv(compose, app.Env)
 	config.SetChaosLabel(compose, app.StackName(), Chaos)
+	config.SetRecipeLabel(compose, app.StackName(), app.Recipe)
 
 	if err := DeployOverview(app, version, "continue with deployment?"); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/cli/updater/updater.go b/cli/updater/updater.go
index 695e952d..212d9128 100644
--- a/cli/updater/updater.go
+++ b/cli/updater/updater.go
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ func upgrade(cl *dockerclient.Client, stackName string, recipeName string) {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	config.ExposeAllEnv(compose, app.Env)
+	// config.SetChaosLabel(compose, stackName, internal.Chaos)
+	// config.SetRecipeLabel(compose, stackName, app.Recipe)
 
 	if err := stack.RunDeploy(cl, deployOpts, compose, stackName, true); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index 7a8a4ab7..a7dfc4e6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -473,3 +473,14 @@ func SetChaosLabel(compose *composetypes.Config, stackName string, chaos bool) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// add a label to signal that a deploy is connected with a recipe
+func SetRecipeLabel(compose *composetypes.Config, stackName string, recipe string) {
+	for _, service := range compose.Services {
+		if service.Name == "app" {
+			logrus.Debugf("set recipe label to %s", recipe)
+			labelKey := fmt.Sprintf("coop-cloud.%s.recipe", stackName)
+			service.Deploy.Labels[labelKey] = recipe
+		}
+	}
+}