diff --git a/deploy_manager.sh b/deploy_manager.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b67ec5c..0000000
--- a/deploy_manager.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-echo "deploying tomcat with tomcat/manager applications"
-
-mkdir tomcat/logs
-mkdir tomcat/webapps
-
-rm -fr tomcat/webapps
-touch tomcat/logs
-touch tomcat/webapps
-
-cp -a tomcat/manager tomcat/webapps
-./deploy.sh
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diff --git a/deploy_nomanager.sh b/deploy_nomanager.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 757c84a..0000000
--- a/deploy_nomanager.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-rm -fr tomcat/webapps
-deploy.sh
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diff --git a/deploy_tomcat_manager.sh b/deploy_tomcat_manager.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6d816fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy_tomcat_manager.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+echo "deploying tomcat with tomcat/manager applications"
+cp -a tomcat/manager/* tomcat/webapps
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diff --git a/deploy.sh b/docker_start.sh
similarity index 57%
rename from deploy.sh
rename to docker_start.sh
index 1ffc2c9..f7de91a 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/docker_start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+mkdir -p tomcat/logs
+mkdir -p tomcat/webapps
+
+rm -fr tomcat/logs/*
+rm -fr tomcat/webapps/*
+
 mvn clean package
-rm -f tomcat/logs/*.log
 docker compose up -d --build --force-recreate
-# curl http://localhost:8080/identity-manager/gcube/resource/health
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+# curl http://localhost:8080/identity-manager/gcube/resource/healthx
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diff --git a/docker_stop_clean.sh b/docker_stop_clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3d38b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_stop_clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+docker compose stop
+
+rm -fr tomcat/logs/*
+rm -fr tomcat/webapps/*