diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index f802eb5..e2f41b1 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ mydomain.org:
 
 frontend:
   charm: apache
+  ## XXXvlab: this is still necessary (although it is auto connected
+  ## in most cases) but we require it on some occasion (namely "run"
+  ## actions on odoo for instance) until we decide a way to tackle
+  ## this issue, the best thing is to keep that here
+  relations:
+    cert-provider: letsencrypt
 
 
 letsencrypt: