diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efd19d7..1d3ed4c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-stacklist
+config.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afbedbb..7395b49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
-# Docker Compose Ops (dc-ops)
+# Docker Compose GitOps (dc-ops)
 
-`dc-ops` is a shell script designed to operations automate the local building and updating of several Docker services.
-It aims to simplify continuous delivery (CD) processes and infrastructure management in a Docker environment. 
+`dc-ops` is a simple python script that automates the update and deployment of multiple Docker Compose applications.
 
 ## How does it work?
+It reads a list of git repositories from a YAML configuration file (`config.yml`), pulls the latest changes for each repo, and runs `docker compose up` for each specified `docker-compose.yml` file.
 
-* The script iterates through each line of the `stacklist` file (skipping comments) or through all cli parameters
-* It fetches the latest changes from the remote git repository and checks if there are new commits
-* If there is a change it pulls the updates from the remote git repository, otherwise the entry is skipped
-* Following this, it runs `docker compose up` which builds, (re)creates and starts the containers
+## Features
+- Automatically checks for updates in git repositories
+- Supports multiple Docker Compose files per repository
+- Can be configured to skip certain repositories
 
-The `stacklist` file can list either a directory containing a `docker-compose.yml` file or a precise `docker-compose` file (see `stacklist.example`).
-Alternatively, the stacklist can also be passed as a list of parameters.
+## Requirements
+See `requirements.txt`
 
 ## Usage
+1. Install the required Python packages: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+2. Adapt `config.yml.example` to your needs and save it as `config.yml`
+3. Run `dc-ops` from the shell or from a cron job
 
-* `./dc-ops /path/to/repo /path/to/another-repo /path/with/docker-compose-dev.yml` or
-* Update `stacklist` file and run `./dc-ops` (or create a crontab entry)
+## Detailed process
+For each enabled stack in the config file, the following process will be executed:
+
+1. Checking directory existence
+2. Fetching latest changes from remote repository
+3. If there is a new commit, it will pull the changes
+4. Running Docker Compose with the defined or default compose-file(s)
diff --git a/config.yml.example b/config.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b012f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+stacks:
+  - dir: /path/to/first-repo
+  - dir: /path/to/second-repo
+    compose-files:
+      - docker-compose-dev.yml
+  - dir: /path/to/third-repo
+    compose-files:
+      - subdirA/docker-compose.yml
+      - subdirB/docker-compose.yml
+  - dir: /path/to/fourth-repo
+    enabled: false
diff --git a/dc-ops b/dc-ops
index 21f26ad..4c257eb 100755
--- a/dc-ops
+++ b/dc-ops
@@ -1,44 +1,70 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- encoding: utf-8; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
 
-## Author: Sebastian Mark
-## CC-BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de)
-## for civil use only
+# Author: Sebastian Mark
+# CC-BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de)
+# for civil use only
 
-## see README.md
+import logging as log
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
 
-h1() { echo "* $*"; }
-msg() { echo "$*"; }
+import yaml
+from git import GitCommandError, NoSuchPathError, Repo
 
-BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
+# read config file
+configfile = Path(__file__).with_name("config.yml")
+with configfile.open("r") as f:
+    cfg = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
 
-# use list from file or passed parameters
-STACKLIST=$(cat "$BASEDIR/stacklist" 2>/dev/null)
-[[ $# -gt 0 ]] && STACKLIST=$*
+# init logging
+log.basicConfig(format="%(message)s", level=log.INFO)
 
-# iterate list
-for LINE in $STACKLIST; do
-	grep -q "^[[:space:]]*#" <<<"$LINE" && continue	 # skip comments
+# iterate all stacks
+for stack in cfg["stacks"]:
+    # skip disabled stacks
+    if "enabled" in stack and not stack["enabled"]:
+        continue
 
-	# determine if passed a directory or a file
-	STACKDIR=$LINE
-	if [[ -f $LINE ]]; then
-		STACKDIR=$(dirname "$LINE")
-		COMPOSEFILE=$LINE
-	fi
+    # header
+    stackdir = stack["dir"]
+    log.info(f"* processing {stackdir}")
 
-	h1 "processing $STACKDIR"
+    # create repo instance if it exists
+    try:
+        repo = Repo(stackdir)
+    except NoSuchPathError:
+        log.error("directory not found")
+        continue
 
-	# skip if directroy not found
-	cd "$STACKDIR" || continue
+    # try to fetch latest changes
+    try:
+        repo.git.fetch()
+    except GitCommandError as e:
+        log.error(str(e))
+        continue
 
-	# fetch from repo and check for new commits
-	git fetch --quiet || continue
-	if [[ $(git rev-parse HEAD) == $(git rev-parse "@{u}") ]]; then
-		msg "no changes - skipping"
-		continue
-	fi
+    # check for new commits
+    if repo.rev_parse("HEAD") == repo.rev_parse(f"origin/{repo.active_branch}"):
+        log.info("no changes - skipping")
+        continue
 
-	# pull new commits and run docker compose
-	git pull || continue
-	docker compose --file "${COMPOSEFILE:=docker-compose.yml}" up --build --detach --remove-orphans
-done
+    # pull remote changes to local branch
+    try:
+        log.info(repo.git.pull())
+    except GitCommandError as e:
+        log.error(str(e))
+        continue
+
+    # run `docker compose` for all compose-files
+    # (or just for the directory if no compose-file defined)
+    composefiles = stack.get("compose-files", ["docker-compose.yml"])
+    for composefile in composefiles:
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(
+                f"docker compose --file {stackdir}/{composefile} up --build --detach --remove-orphans",  # noqa
+                shell=True,
+                text=True,
+            )
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            pass
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee70734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gitpython
+pyyaml
diff --git a/stacklist.example b/stacklist.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b1ec87..0000000
--- a/stacklist.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/path/to/repo
-/path/to/another-repo
-/path/with/docker-compose.yml
-/another-path/with/docker-compose-dev.yml