diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java
index d63a733740..2b8ce9a4ac 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public void createLauncher() {
         set -euo pipefail
         cd $(dirname "$0")
         cd "%s/%s"
-        docker compose up
+        docker compose up --abort-on-container-failure
         """
             .formatted(relPath, packageRoot.relativize(srcGenPath));
     var messageReporter = context.getErrorReporter();