diff --git a/kiwi_scp/commands/cli.py b/kiwi_scp/commands/cli.py
index cf30a1e..c06f682 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/commands/cli.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/commands/cli.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import List, Tuple, Iterable, Type, Optional, TypeVar
 
 import click
 
-from ..instance import Instance, Project
+from ..instance import Instance, Project, Services
 from ..wstring import WParagraph, WAlignment
 
 
@@ -135,6 +135,20 @@ class KiwiCommand:
 
     @classmethod
     def run_for_services(cls, instance: Instance, project: Project, service_names: List[str], **kwargs) -> None:
+        services = project.services.filter_existing(service_names)
+
+        new_service_names = [
+            service_name
+            for service_name
+            in service_names
+            if service_name not in list(services.names)
+        ]
+
+        cls.run_for_filtered_services(instance, project, services, new_service_names, **kwargs)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def run_for_filtered_services(cls, instance: Instance, project: Project, services: Services,
+                                  new_service_names: List[str], **kwargs) -> None:
         raise Exception
 
 
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_down.py b/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_down.py
index 28ab477..80e4bec 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_down.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_down.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import click
 from .cli import KiwiCommand, KiwiCommandType
 from .decorators import kiwi_command
 from ..executable import COMPOSE_EXE
-from ..instance import Instance, Project
+from ..instance import Instance, Project, Services
 
 
 @click.option(
@@ -40,15 +40,9 @@ class DownCommand(KiwiCommand):
         COMPOSE_EXE.run(["down"], **project.process_kwargs)
 
     @classmethod
-    def run_for_services(cls, instance: Instance, project: Project, service_names: List[str], **kwargs) -> None:
-        services = project.services.filter_existing(service_names)
-        existing_service_names = [
-            service.name
-            for service in services.content
-        ]
-        all_service_names_exist = len(existing_service_names) == len(service_names)
-
-        if not existing_service_names and not all_service_names_exist:
+    def run_for_filtered_services(cls, instance: Instance, project: Project, services: Services,
+                                  new_service_names: List[str], **kwargs) -> None:
+        if not services:
             if not click.confirm(
                     "Did not find any of those services. \n"
                     f"Bring down the entire project {project.name} instead?",
@@ -56,5 +50,5 @@ class DownCommand(KiwiCommand):
             ):
                 return
 
-        COMPOSE_EXE.run(["stop", *existing_service_names], **project.process_kwargs)
-        COMPOSE_EXE.run(["rm", "-f", *existing_service_names], **project.process_kwargs)
+        COMPOSE_EXE.run(["stop", *services.names], **project.process_kwargs)
+        COMPOSE_EXE.run(["rm", "-f", *services.names], **project.process_kwargs)
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_up.py b/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_up.py
index a548543..193cc77 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_up.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/commands/cmd_up.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import click
 from .cli import KiwiCommand, KiwiCommandType
 from .decorators import kiwi_command
 from ..executable import COMPOSE_EXE
-from ..instance import Instance, Project
+from ..instance import Instance, Project, Services
 
 
 @kiwi_command(
@@ -16,18 +16,12 @@ class UpCommand(KiwiCommand):
     """Bring up the whole instance, a project or service(s) inside a project"""
 
     @classmethod
-    def run_for_services(cls, instance: Instance, project: Project, service_names: List[str], **kwargs) -> None:
+    def run_for_filtered_services(cls, instance: Instance, project: Project, services: Services,
+                                  new_service_names: List[str], **kwargs) -> None:
         # TODO conf-copy
         # TODO net-up
 
-        services = project.services.filter_existing(service_names)
-        existing_service_names = [
-            service.name
-            for service in services.content
-        ]
-        all_service_names_exist = len(existing_service_names) == len(service_names)
-
-        if not existing_service_names and not all_service_names_exist:
+        if not services:
             if not click.confirm(
                     "Did not find any of those services. \n"
                     f"Bring up the entire project {project.name} instead?",
@@ -35,4 +29,4 @@ class UpCommand(KiwiCommand):
             ):
                 return
 
-        COMPOSE_EXE.run(["up", "-d", *existing_service_names], **project.process_kwargs)
+        COMPOSE_EXE.run(["up", "-d", *services.names], **project.process_kwargs)
diff --git a/kiwi_scp/instance.py b/kiwi_scp/instance.py
index 7b358b0..47453c9 100644
--- a/kiwi_scp/instance.py
+++ b/kiwi_scp/instance.py
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ class Services:
     def __bool__(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self.content)
 
+    @property
+    def names(self) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+        return (
+            service.name
+            for service in self.content
+        )
+
     def filter_existing(self, service_names: List[str]) -> "Services":
         return Services([
             service