diff --git a/deploy/setup.sh b/deploy/setup.sh
index f5585ef..0ca980a 100755
--- a/deploy/setup.sh
+++ b/deploy/setup.sh
@@ -123,12 +123,17 @@ else
   fi
 
   if [ "$COMPOSE_INSTALLED" = "false" ]; then
-    echo "  Installing docker-compose-plugin..."
-    apt-get install -y -qq docker-compose-plugin > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-      echo "  ERROR: Could not install docker-compose-plugin."
+    echo "  Installing docker-compose..."
+    if ! apt-get install -y -qq docker-compose 2>/dev/null; then
+      echo "  docker-compose not in repos, trying pip3..."
+      apt-get install -y -qq python3-pip > /dev/null 2>&1
+      pip3 install docker-compose -q --break-system-packages 2>/dev/null || pip3 install docker-compose -q 2>/dev/null
+    fi
+    if ! command -v docker-compose &> /dev/null && ! docker compose version &> /dev/null; then
+      echo "  ERROR: Could not install docker-compose."
       exit 1
-    }
-    echo "  docker-compose-plugin installed."
+    fi
+    echo "  docker-compose installed."
   else
     echo "  Docker Compose already installed."
   fi