diff --git a/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh b/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbfa78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dockerContainerAction.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+upDownContainers() {
+   # evaluate options through given arguments
+   docker_root=~/docker;
+   while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
+      case $1 in
+         -d | --dir) docker_root=$2; shift 2;;
+         *         )                 break ;; # Anything else stops command line processing.
+      esac
+   done
+
+   for subdir in $docker_root/*; do
+      if [[ !(-d $subdir) ]]; then
+         continue;
+      fi
+      cd $subdir;
+      docker-compose $@;
+   done
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/downContainers.sh b/scripts/downContainers.sh
index e1ccfcc..3e9875d 100755
--- a/scripts/downContainers.sh
+++ b/scripts/downContainers.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-if [[ $# > 0 ]]; then
-   DOCKER_ROOT=$1;
-else
-   DOCKER_ROOT=$(pwd);
-fi
-# echo $DOCKER_ROOT;
+source ./dockerContainerAction.sh
 
-for subdir in $DOCKER_ROOT/*; do
-   if [[ !(-d $subdir) || ${subdir##*/} == "matrix_synapse" || ${subdir##*/} == "pydio_cells" || ${subdir##*/} == "mattermost" ]]; then
-      continue;
-   fi
-   # echo $subdir;
-   cd $subdir;
-   # echo $(pwd);
-   docker-compose down;
-done
+# FIXME!!! implement possibility to pass down directory
+upDownContainers down
diff --git a/scripts/upContainers.sh b/scripts/upContainers.sh
index b709db8..b4862e4 100755
--- a/scripts/upContainers.sh
+++ b/scripts/upContainers.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# evaluate options through given arguments
-docker_root=
-while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
-   case $1 in
-      -d | --dir) docker_root=$2; shift 2;;
-      *         )                 break ;; # Anything else stops command line processing.
-   esac
-done
+source ./dockerContainerAction.sh
 
-if [[ -z $docker_root ]]; then
-   docker_root=~/docker;
-fi
-
-for subdir in $docker_root/*; do
-   if [[ !(-d $subdir) ]]; then
-      continue;
-   fi
-   cd $subdir;
-   docker-compose up -d;
-done
+# FIXME!!! implement possibility to pass down directory
+upDownContainers up -d