diff --git a/bin/vps b/bin/vps
index 4fa3d1a..242734d 100755
--- a/bin/vps
+++ b/bin/vps
@@ -593,6 +593,16 @@ compose:service:container_first() {
 export -f compose:service:container_first
 
 
+compose:project:containers() {
+    local project="$1" opts
+
+    opts+=(--filter label="com.docker.compose.project=$project")
+    docker ps "${opts[@]}" \
+           --format="{{.ID}}"
+}
+export -f compose:project:containers
+
+
 compose:charm:containers() {
     local project="$1" charm="$2"
 
@@ -926,6 +936,30 @@ nextcloud:src:version() {
 }
 
 
+container:health:check-fix() {
+    local container_id="$1"
+
+    timeout 5s docker inspect "$container_id" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    errlvl=$?
+    if [ "$errlvl" == 124 ]; then
+        service_name=$(docker ps --filter id="$container_id" --format '{{.Label "com.docker.compose.service"}}')
+        container_name=($(docker ps --filter id="$container_id" --format '{{.Names}}'))
+        pid=$(ps ax -o pid,command -ww | grep docker-containerd-shim | grep "/$container_id"  |
+                  cut -f 1 -d " ")
+        if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
+            err "container ${DARKCYAN}${container_name[0]}${NORMAL} for ${DARKYELLOW}$service_name${NORMAL} doesn't answer to 'inspect' command. Can't find its PID neither."
+            return 1
+        fi
+        echo "container ${DARKCYAN}${container_name[0]}${NORMAL} for ${DARKYELLOW}$service_name${NORMAL} doesn't answer to 'inspect' command (pid: $pid)."
+        Wrap -d "kill pid $pid and restart" <<EOF
+kill "$pid"
+sleep 2
+docker restart "$container_id"
+EOF
+    fi
+    return $errlvl
+}
+
 
 
 [ "$SOURCED" ] && return 0
@@ -1571,4 +1605,28 @@ cmdline.spec:nextcloud:cmd:upgrade:run() {
     exit "$errlvl"
 }
 
+
+
+
+cmdline.spec.gnu check-fix
+
+cmdline.spec::cmd:check-fix:run() {
+    :
+}
+
+cmdline.spec.gnu upgrade
+cmdline.spec:check-fix:cmd:container-aliveness:run() {
+
+    local project_name containers container
+
+    project_name=$(compose:project_name) || exit 1
+    containers=($(compose:project:containers "${project_name}")) || exit 1
+    ## XXXvlab: could make it parallel
+    for container in "${containers[@]}"; do
+        container:health:check-fix "$container"
+    done
+
+}
+
+
 cmdline::parse "$@"