diff --git a/electron/docker.js b/electron/docker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f388b803..000000000
--- a/electron/docker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-const Docker = require('dockerode');
-
-const connectionRefusedCode = 'ECONNREFUSED';
-
-const docker = new Docker(
-  process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? { socketPath: '//./pipe/docker_engine' }
-    : { socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock' },
-);
-
-function isDockerRunning() {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    docker.ping((err) => {
-      if (err) {
-        if (err.code === connectionRefusedCode) {
-          resolve(false); // Docker is not running
-        } else {
-          reject(err); // Error other than connection refused
-        }
-      } else {
-        resolve(true); // Docker is running
-      }
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-module.exports = { isDockerRunning };
diff --git a/electron/install.js b/electron/install.js
index ec03340c8..18c0ff385 100644
--- a/electron/install.js
+++ b/electron/install.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const os = require('os');
 const sudo = require('sudo-prompt');
 const process = require('process');
 const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const Docker = require('dockerode');
 
 
 const OperateDirectory = `${os.homedir()}/.operate`;
@@ -267,8 +268,38 @@ async function setupUbuntu(ipcChannel) {
   await installOperateCli('/usr/local/bin')
 }
 
+
+async function startDocker(ipcChannel) {
+  const docker = new Docker();
+  let running = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    docker.ping((err) => {
+      resolve(!err)
+    });
+  });
+  if (!running) {
+    console.log(appendLog("Starting docker"))
+    ipcChannel.send("response", "Starting docker")
+    if (process.platform == "darwin") {
+      runCmdUnix("open", ["-a", "Docker"])
+    } else if (process.platform == "win32") {
+      // TODO
+    } else {
+      runSudoUnix("sudo", ["service", "docker", "restart"])
+    }
+  }
+  while (!running) {
+    running = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      docker.ping((err) => {
+        resolve(!err)
+      });
+    });
+  };
+}
+
+
 module.exports = {
   setupDarwin,
+  startDocker,
   setupUbuntu,
   OperateDirectory,
   OperateCmd,
diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index 6dad2ad98..31df40ae0 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const {
   setupUbuntu,
   OperateCmd,
   OperateDirectory,
+  startDocker
 } = require('./install');
 const { killProcesses } = require('./processes');
 const { isPortAvailable, findAvailablePort } = require('./ports');
@@ -267,6 +268,9 @@ async function launchNextAppDev() {
 
 ipcMain.on('check', async function (event, argument) {
   try {
+
+
+
     event.sender.send('response', 'Checking installation');
     if (!isDev) {
       if (platform === 'darwin') {
@@ -278,6 +282,8 @@ ipcMain.on('check', async function (event, argument) {
       }
     }
 
+    startDocker(event.sender)
+
     if (isDev) {
       event.sender.send(
         'response',