diff --git a/src/Site_Command.php b/src/Site_Command.php
index 1074ef77..e5b8c355 100644
--- a/src/Site_Command.php
+++ b/src/Site_Command.php
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ private function create_site() {
 		$this->level        = 1;
 		try {
 			EE\SiteUtils\create_site_root( $this->site['root'], $this->site['url'] );
-			$this->level = 2;
-			EE\SiteUtils\setup_site_network( $this->site['url'] );
 			$this->level = 3;
 			$this->configure_site_files();
 
diff --git a/src/Site_Docker.php b/src/Site_Docker.php
index 5eabd87e..972e5156 100644
--- a/src/Site_Docker.php
+++ b/src/Site_Docker.php
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ public function generate_docker_compose_yml( array $filters = [] ) {
 		$base         = [];
 
 		$restart_default = [ 'name' => 'always' ];
-		$network_default = [ 'name' => 'site-network' ];
+		$network_default = [
+			'net' => [
+				[ 'name' => 'site-network' ]
+			]
+		];
 
 		// nginx configuration.
 		$nginx['service_name'] = [ 'name' => 'nginx' ];
@@ -45,7 +49,12 @@ public function generate_docker_compose_yml( array $filters = [] ) {
 				'name' => 'io.easyengine.site=${VIRTUAL_HOST}',
 			],
 		];
-		$nginx['networks']    = $network_default;
+		$nginx['networks']    = [
+			'net' => [
+				$network_default,
+				[ 'name' => 'global-network' ],
+			]
+		];
 
 		$base[] = $nginx;
 
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.mustache b/templates/docker-compose.mustache
index a0d9925c..f511c1c9 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose.mustache
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.mustache
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
     command: {{name}}
     {{/command}}
     {{#labels}}
-    labels: 
+    labels:
     {{#label}}
       - "{{name}}"
     {{/label}}
@@ -39,14 +39,16 @@ services:
     {{/environment}}
     {{#networks}}
     networks:
+    {{#net}}
       - {{name}}
+    {{/net}}
     {{/networks}}
-    
 {{/services}}
 
 {{#network}}
 networks:
   site-network:
+  global-network:
     external:
-      name: ${VIRTUAL_HOST}
-{{/network}}  
\ No newline at end of file
+      name: ee-global-network
+{{/network}}