diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 17fd58f19..77b9c3cf1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ services:
     clamd-mailcow:
       image: mailcow/clamd:1.52
       restart: always
+      depends_on:
+        - unbound-mailcow
       dns:
         - ${IPV4_NETWORK:-172.22.1}.254
       environment:
@@ -375,8 +377,8 @@ services:
         - ./data/conf/rspamd/meta_exporter:/meta_exporter:ro,z
         - sogo-web-vol-1:/usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/
       ports:
-        - "${HTTPS_BIND:-:}:${HTTPS_PORT:-443}:${HTTPS_PORT:-443}"
-        - "${HTTP_BIND:-:}:${HTTP_PORT:-80}:${HTTP_PORT:-80}"
+        - "${HTTPS_BIND:-0.0.0.0}:${HTTPS_PORT:-443}:${HTTPS_PORT:-443}"
+        - "${HTTP_BIND:-0.0.0.0}:${HTTP_PORT:-80}:${HTTP_PORT:-80}"
       restart: always
       networks:
         mailcow-network:
diff --git a/generate_config.sh b/generate_config.sh
index f2f444c5f..45cfaf566 100755
--- a/generate_config.sh
+++ b/generate_config.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,29 @@ if cp --help 2>&1 | grep -q -i "busybox"; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-for bin in openssl curl docker-compose docker git awk sha1sum; do
+for bin in openssl curl docker git awk sha1sum; do
   if [[ -z $(which ${bin}) ]]; then echo "Cannot find ${bin}, exiting..."; exit 1; fi
 done
 
+echo "checking docker compose version...";
+if docker --help | grep compose
+then
+    echo ''
+elif docker-compose version --short | grep -m1 "^1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mWARN: Your machine is using Docker-Compose v1!\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mmailcow will drop the Docker-Compose v1 Support in December 2022\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mPlease consider a upgrade to Docker-Compose v2.\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo
+    >&2 echo
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[33mContinuing...\e[0m"
+    sleep 3
+
+else
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mCannot find Docker-Compose v1 or v2 on your System. Please install Docker-Compose v2 and re-run the Script.\e[0m"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ -f mailcow.conf ]; then
   read -r -p "A config file exists and will be overwritten, are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " response
   case $response in
@@ -144,7 +163,7 @@ DBROOT=$(LC_ALL=C </dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
 # Do _not_ use IP:PORT in HTTP(S)_BIND or HTTP(S)_PORT
 # IMPORTANT: Do not use port 8081, 9081 or 65510!
 # Example: HTTP_BIND=1.2.3.4
-# For IPv4 and IPv6 leave it empty: HTTP_BIND= & HTTPS_PORT=
+# For IPv4 leave it as it is: HTTP_BIND= & HTTPS_PORT=
 # For IPv6 see https://mailcow.github.io/mailcow-dockerized-docs/post_installation/firststeps-ip_bindings/
 
 HTTP_PORT=80
diff --git a/helper-scripts/_cold-standby.sh b/helper-scripts/_cold-standby.sh
index c4439ea81..0ebb7e1ff 100755
--- a/helper-scripts/_cold-standby.sh
+++ b/helper-scripts/_cold-standby.sh
@@ -77,13 +77,33 @@ function preflight_local_checks() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  for bin in rsync docker-compose docker grep cut; do
+  for bin in rsync docker grep cut; do
     if [[ -z $(which ${bin}) ]]; then
       >&2 echo -e "\e[31mCannot find ${bin} in local PATH, exiting...\e[0m"
       exit 1
     fi
   done
 
+
+  echo "checking docker compose version...";
+  if docker --help | grep compose
+  then
+    echo ''
+  elif docker-compose version --short | grep -m1 "^1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mWARN: Your machine is using Docker-Compose v1!\e[0m"
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mmailcow will drop the Docker-Compose v1 Support in December 2022\e[0m"
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mPlease consider a upgrade to Docker-Compose v2.\e[0m"
+     >&2 echo
+     >&2 echo
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[33mContinuing...\e[0m"
+     sleep 3
+
+  else
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mCannot find Docker-Compose v1 or v2 on your System. Please install Docker-Compose v2 and re-run the Script.\e[0m"
+     exit 1
+  fi
+
   if grep --help 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep -q -i "busybox"; then
     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mBusyBox grep detected on local system, please install GNU grep\e[0m"
     exit 1
@@ -111,7 +131,7 @@ function preflight_remote_checks() {
       exit 1
   fi
 
-  for bin in rsync docker-compose docker; do
+  for bin in rsync docker; do
     if ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
       -i "${REMOTE_SSH_KEY}" \
       ${REMOTE_SSH_HOST} \
@@ -122,6 +142,32 @@ function preflight_remote_checks() {
     fi
   done
 
+  echo "checking docker compose version on remote...";
+  if ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+      -i "${REMOTE_SSH_KEY}" \
+      ${REMOTE_SSH_HOST} \
+      -p ${REMOTE_SSH_PORT} \
+     -t docker --help | grep compose
+  then
+     COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker compose"
+  elif ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+      -i "${REMOTE_SSH_KEY}" \
+      ${REMOTE_SSH_HOST} \
+      -p ${REMOTE_SSH_PORT} \
+      'docker-compose version --short' | grep -m1 "^1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  then
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mWARN: The remote is using Docker-Compose v1!\e[0m"
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mmailcow will drop the Docker-Compose v1 Support in December 2022\e[0m"
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mPlease consider a upgrade to Docker-Compose v2 on remote.\e[0m"
+     >&2 echo
+     >&2 echo
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[33mContinuing...\e[0m"
+     sleep 3
+     COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker-compose"
+  else
+     >&2 echo -e "\e[31mCannot find Docker-Compose v1 or v2 on the Remote Machine! Please install Docker-Compose v2 on that and re-run the script.\e[0m"
+     exit 1
+  fi
 }
 
 preflight_local_checks
@@ -252,16 +298,18 @@ if ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
 fi
 echo "OK"
 
-echo -e "\033[1mPulling images on remote...\033[0m"
-if ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-  -i "${REMOTE_SSH_KEY}" \
-  ${REMOTE_SSH_HOST} \
-  -p ${REMOTE_SSH_PORT} \
-  docker-compose -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../docker-compose.yml" pull --no-parallel 2>&1 ; then
-    >&2 echo -e "\e[31m[ERR]\e[0m - Could not pull images on remote"
-fi
+  echo -e "\e[33mPulling images on remote...\e[0m"
+  echo -e "\e[33mProcess is NOT stuck! Please wait...\e[0m"
 
-echo -e "\033[1mForcing garbage cleanup on remote...\033[0m"
+  if ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+    -i "${REMOTE_SSH_KEY}" \
+    ${REMOTE_SSH_HOST} \
+    -p ${REMOTE_SSH_PORT} \
+    $COMPOSE_COMMAND -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../docker-compose.yml" pull --no-parallel --quiet 2>&1 ; then
+      >&2 echo -e "\e[31m[ERR]\e[0m - Could not pull images on remote"
+  fi
+
+echo -e "\033[1mExecuting update script and forcing garbage cleanup on remote...\033[0m"
 if ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
   -i "${REMOTE_SSH_KEY}" \
   ${REMOTE_SSH_HOST} \
diff --git a/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh b/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh
index 9f7533cae..6d5735131 100755
--- a/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh
+++ b/helper-scripts/backup_and_restore.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,31 @@ else
   CMPS_PRJ=$(echo ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME} | tr -cd "[0-9A-Za-z-_]")
 fi
 
+echo "checking docker compose version...";
+if docker --help | grep compose
+then
+    COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker compose"
+elif docker-compose version --short | grep -m1 "^1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mWARN: Your machine is using Docker-Compose v1!\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mmailcow will drop the Docker-Compose v1 Support in December 2022\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mPlease consider a upgrade to Docker-Compose v2.\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo
+    >&2 echo
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[33mContinuing...\e[0m"
+    sleep 3
+    COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker-compose"
+else
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mCannot find Docker-Compose v1 or v2 on your System. Please install Docker-Compose v2 and re-run the Script.\e[0m"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if grep --help 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep -q -i "busybox"; then
+  >&2 echo -e "\e[31mBusyBox grep detected on local system, please install GNU grep\e[0m"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
 function backup() {
   DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
   mkdir -p "${BACKUP_LOCATION}/mailcow-${DATE}"
@@ -226,7 +251,7 @@ function restore() {
           continue
         else
           echo "Stopping mailcow..."
-          docker-compose -f ${COMPOSE_FILE} --env-file ${ENV_FILE} down
+          ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} -f ${COMPOSE_FILE} --env-file ${ENV_FILE} down
         fi
         #docker stop $(docker ps -qf name=mysql-mailcow)
         if [[ -d "${RESTORE_LOCATION}/mysql" ]]; then
@@ -264,7 +289,7 @@ function restore() {
         sed -i --follow-symlinks "/DBROOT/c\DBROOT=${DBROOT}" ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../mailcow.conf
         source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../mailcow.conf
         echo "Starting mailcow..."
-        docker-compose -f ${COMPOSE_FILE} --env-file ${ENV_FILE} up -d
+        ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} -f ${COMPOSE_FILE} --env-file ${ENV_FILE} up -d
         #docker start $(docker ps -aqf name=mysql-mailcow)
       fi
       ;;
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 1c564c8ed..1680da507 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -40,10 +40,31 @@ PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin
 
 umask 0022
 
-for bin in curl docker-compose docker git awk sha1sum; do
+for bin in curl docker git awk sha1sum; do
   if [[ -z $(which ${bin}) ]]; then echo "Cannot find ${bin}, exiting..."; exit 1; fi
 done
 
+
+echo "checking docker compose version...";
+if docker --help | grep compose
+then
+     COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker compose"
+
+elif docker-compose version --short | grep -m1 "^1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mWARN: Your machine is using Docker-Compose v1!\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mmailcow will drop the Docker-Compose v1 Support in December 2022\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mPlease consider a upgrade to Docker-Compose v2.\e[0m"
+    >&2 echo
+    >&2 echo
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[33mContinuing...\e[0m"
+    sleep 3
+    COMPOSE_COMMAND="docker-compose"
+
+else
+    >&2 echo -e "\e[31mCannot find Docker-Compose v1 or v2 on your System. Please install Docker-Compose v2 and re-run the Script.\e[0m"
+    exit 1
+fi
 export LC_ALL=C
 DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M_%S)
 BRANCH=$(cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}; git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
@@ -235,9 +256,6 @@ while (($#)); do
       echo -e "\e[32mRunning in forced mode...\e[0m"
       FORCE=y
     ;;
-    --no-update-compose)
-      NO_UPDATE_COMPOSE=y
-    ;;
     --skip-ping-check)
       SKIP_PING_CHECK=y
     ;;
@@ -247,7 +265,6 @@ while (($#)); do
   -c|--check           -   Check for updates and exit (exit codes => 0: update available, 3: no updates)
   --ours               -   Use merge strategy option "ours" to solve conflicts in favor of non-mailcow code (local changes over remote changes), not recommended!
   --gc                 -   Run garbage collector to delete old image tags
-  --no-update-compose  -   Do not update docker-compose
   --prefetch           -   Only prefetch new images and exit (useful to prepare updates)
   --skip-start         -   Do not start mailcow after update
   --skip-ping-check    -   Skip ICMP Check to public DNS resolvers (Use it only if you´ve blocked any ICMP Connections to your mailcow machine).
@@ -264,7 +281,7 @@ source mailcow.conf
 DOTS=${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME//[^.]};
 if [ ${#DOTS} -lt 2 ]; then
   echo "MAILCOW_HOSTNAME (${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}) is not a FQDN!"
-  echo "Please change it to a FQDN and run docker-compose down followed by docker-compose up -d"
+  echo "Please change it to a FQDN and run ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} down followed by ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} up -d"
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -578,13 +595,13 @@ if [ ! $FORCE ]; then
 fi
 
 echo -e "\e[32mValidating docker-compose stack configuration...\e[0m"
-if ! docker-compose config -q; then
+if ! ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} config -q; then
   echo -e "\e[31m\nOh no, something went wrong. Please check the error message above.\e[0m"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 echo -e "\e[32mChecking for conflicting bridges...\e[0m"
-MAILCOW_BRIDGE=$(docker-compose config | grep -i com.docker.network.bridge.name | cut -d':' -f2)
+MAILCOW_BRIDGE=$(${COMPOSE_COMMAND} config | grep -i com.docker.network.bridge.name | cut -d':' -f2)
 while read NAT_ID; do
   iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING $NAT_ID
 done < <(iptables -L -vn -t nat --line-numbers | grep $IPV4_NETWORK | grep -E 'MASQUERADE.*all' | grep -v ${MAILCOW_BRIDGE} | cut -d' ' -f1)
@@ -604,8 +621,8 @@ prefetch_images
 
 echo -e "\e[32mStopping mailcow...\e[0m"
 sleep 2
-MAILCOW_CONTAINERS=($(docker-compose ps -q))
-docker-compose down
+MAILCOW_CONTAINERS=($(${COMPOSE_COMMAND} ps -q))
+${COMPOSE_COMMAND} down
 echo -e "\e[32mChecking for remaining containers...\e[0m"
 sleep 2
 for container in "${MAILCOW_CONTAINERS[@]}"; do
@@ -642,51 +659,16 @@ elif [[ ${MERGE_RETURN} == 1 ]]; then
 elif [[ ${MERGE_RETURN} != 0 ]]; then
   echo -e "\e[31m\nOh no, something went wrong. Please check the error message above.\e[0m"
   echo
-  echo "Run docker-compose up -d to restart your stack without updates or try again after fixing the mentioned errors."
+  echo "Run ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} up -d to restart your stack without updates or try again after fixing the mentioned errors."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ ${NO_UPDATE_COMPOSE} == "y" ]]; then
-  echo -e "\e[33mNot fetching latest docker-compose, please check for updates manually!\e[0m"
-elif [[ -e /etc/alpine-release ]]; then
-  echo -e "\e[33mNot fetching latest docker-compose, because you are using Alpine Linux without glibc support. Please update docker-compose via apk!\e[0m"
-else
-  echo -e "\e[32mFetching new docker-compose version...\e[0m"
-  echo -e "\e[32mTrying to determine GLIBC version...\e[0m"
-  if ldd --version > /dev/null; then
-    GLIBC_V=$(ldd --version | grep -E '(GLIBC|GNU libc)' | rev | cut -d ' ' -f1 | rev | cut -d '.' -f2)
-    if [ ! -z "${GLIBC_V}" ] && [ ${GLIBC_V} -gt 27 ]; then
-      DC_DL_SUFFIX=
-    else
-      DC_DL_SUFFIX=legacy
-    fi
-  else
-    DC_DL_SUFFIX=legacy
-  fi
-  sleep 1
-  if [[ ! -z $(which pip) && $(pip list --local 2>&1 | grep -v DEPRECATION | grep -c docker-compose) == 1 ]]; then
-    true
-    #prevent breaking a working docker-compose installed with pip
-  elif [[ $(curl -sL -w "%{http_code}" https://www.servercow.de/docker-compose/latest.php?vers=${DC_DL_SUFFIX} -o /dev/null) == "200" ]]; then
-    LATEST_COMPOSE=$(curl -#L https://www.servercow.de/docker-compose/latest.php)
-    COMPOSE_VERSION=$(docker-compose version --short)
-    if [[ "$LATEST_COMPOSE" != "$COMPOSE_VERSION" ]]; then
-      COMPOSE_PATH=$(which docker-compose)
-      if [[ -w ${COMPOSE_PATH} ]]; then
-        curl -#L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${LATEST_COMPOSE}/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) > $COMPOSE_PATH
-        chmod +x $COMPOSE_PATH
-      else
-        echo -e "\e[33mWARNING: $COMPOSE_PATH is not writable, but new version $LATEST_COMPOSE is available (installed: $COMPOSE_VERSION)\e[0m"
-      fi
-    fi
-  else
-    echo -e "\e[33mCannot determine latest docker-compose version, skipping...\e[0m"
-  fi
-fi
+echo -e "\e[33mNot fetching latest docker-compose, please check for updates manually!\e[0m"
+sleep 3
 
 echo -e "\e[32mFetching new images, if any...\e[0m"
 sleep 2
-docker-compose pull
+${COMPOSE_COMMAND} pull
 
 # Fix missing SSL, does not overwrite existing files
 [[ ! -d data/assets/ssl ]] && mkdir -p data/assets/ssl
@@ -707,9 +689,6 @@ fi
 
 # Checking for old project name bug
 sed -i --follow-symlinks 's#COMPOSEPROJECT_NAME#COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME#g' mailcow.conf
-# Checking old, wrong bindings
-sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/HTTP_BIND=0.0.0.0/HTTP_BIND=/g' mailcow.conf
-sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/HTTPS_BIND=0.0.0.0/HTTPS_BIND=/g' mailcow.conf
 
 # Fix Rspamd maps
 if [ -f data/conf/rspamd/custom/global_from_blacklist.map ]; then
@@ -744,11 +723,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [[ ${SKIP_START} == "y" ]]; then
-  echo -e "\e[33mNot starting mailcow, please run \"docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans\" to start mailcow.\e[0m"
+  echo -e "\e[33mNot starting mailcow, please run \"${COMPOSE_COMMAND} up -d --remove-orphans\" to start mailcow.\e[0m"
 else
   echo -e "\e[32mStarting mailcow...\e[0m"
   sleep 2
-  docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans
+  ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} up -d --remove-orphans
 fi
 
 echo -e "\e[32mCollecting garbage...\e[0m"
@@ -763,4 +742,4 @@ fi
 #echo
 #git reflog --color=always | grep "Before update on "
 #echo
-#echo "Use \"git reset --hard hash-on-the-left\" and run docker-compose up -d afterwards."
+#echo "Use \"git reset --hard hash-on-the-left\" and run ${COMPOSE_COMMAND} up -d afterwards."