diff --git a/src/app/api/deploy/route.ts b/src/app/api/deploy/route.ts
index 8639ff5..676d11f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/deploy/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/deploy/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import testAuth from "../auth";
 import { StatusCodes } from "http-status-codes";
-import { deployApp } from "@/core/deployment";
+import { deployApp, toggleDeployment } from "@/core/deployment";
 import { Application, Port } from "@/lib/types";
 
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
   if (auth) {
     return NextResponse.json(
       { message: auth },
-      { status: StatusCodes.UNAUTHORIZED }
+      { status: StatusCodes.UNAUTHORIZED },
     );
   }
 
   if (!name || !app) {
     return NextResponse.json(
       { message: "Body missing name, appId, nodeId" },
-      { status: StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST }
+      { status: StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST },
     );
   }
 
@@ -33,3 +33,29 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
     deployId,
   });
 }
+
+export async function PUT(req: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const auth = await testAuth(req);
+  const { deployId, action }: { deployId: string; action: "start" | "stop" } =
+    await req.json();
+
+  if (auth) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { message: auth },
+      { status: StatusCodes.UNAUTHORIZED },
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (!deployId || !action) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { message: "Body missing deployId or action" },
+      { status: StatusCodes.BAD_REQUEST },
+    );
+  }
+
+  await toggleDeployment(deployId, action);
+
+  return NextResponse.json({
+    message: "ok",
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/app/deployments/page.tsx b/src/app/deployments/page.tsx
index 3142284..3fa6ede 100644
--- a/src/app/deployments/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/deployments/page.tsx
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
-import { Plus, Play, Pause } from "lucide-react";
-import { getDeployments } from "@/lib/dockship/deploy";
+import { Plus, Play, Pause, Square } from "lucide-react";
+import { getDeployments, toggleDeployment } from "@/lib/dockship/deploy";
 import { getApps } from "@/lib/dockship/application";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import DeployAppDialog from "@/components/dialogs/DeployApp";
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ export default function DeploymentsPage() {
     return map;
   }, [apps]);
 
+  const changeDeploymentStatus = async (
+    deployId: string,
+    action: "start" | "stop",
+  ) => {
+    console.log(`Toggling deployment ${deployId} with action ${action}`);
+    await toggleDeployment(deployId, action);
+  };
+
   return (
     <DashboardLayout
       title="Deployments"
@@ -90,13 +98,22 @@ export default function DeploymentsPage() {
                     {dep.image}
                   </p>
                   <div className="flex justify-end gap-1">
-                    <Button variant="ghost" size="icon-sm">
+                    <Button
+                      variant="ghost"
+                      size="icon-sm"
+                      onClick={async () =>
+                        await changeDeploymentStatus(
+                          dep.container,
+                          dep.status === "stopped" ? "start" : "stop",
+                        )
+                      }
+                    >
                       {dep.status === "stopped" ? (
                         <Play className="w-3 h-3" />
                       ) : dep.status === "running" ? (
-                        <Pause className="w-3 h-3" />
+                        <Square className="w-3 h-3" />
                       ) : (
-                        <Pause className="w-3 h-3 text-primary" />
+                        <Square className="w-3 h-3 text-primary" />
                       )}
                     </Button>
                     <RemoveDialog remove={() => {}} />
diff --git a/src/core/deployment.ts b/src/core/deployment.ts
index 3677ab4..1f73d8a 100644
--- a/src/core/deployment.ts
+++ b/src/core/deployment.ts
@@ -164,3 +164,20 @@ export async function deployApp(
     fs.rmSync(deployPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
   }
 }
+
+export async function toggleDeployment(
+  containerId: string,
+  action: "start" | "stop",
+) {
+  const container = docker.getContainer(containerId);
+
+  try {
+    if (action === "start") {
+      await container.start();
+    } else {
+      await container.stop();
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`Failed to ${action} container ${containerId}:`, err);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/dockship/deploy.ts b/src/lib/dockship/deploy.ts
index 0a39828..0c2fb87 100644
--- a/src/lib/dockship/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dockship/deploy.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ export async function getDeployments(): Promise<Deployment[]> {
             await axios.post(`http://${n.ip}:3000/api/get-deployments`, apps, {
               headers: { Authorization: `ApiKey ${n.key}` },
             })
-          ).data.deployments
-      )
+          ).data.deployments,
+      ),
     )
   ).flat();
 }
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function deployApp(
   name: string,
   appId: string,
   nodeId: string,
-  ports: Port[]
+  ports: Port[],
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const nodes = await getNodes();
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function deployApp(
       { name, app, ports },
       {
         headers: { Authorization: `ApiKey ${node.key}` },
-      }
+      },
     )
   ).data.deployId;
 
@@ -54,3 +54,25 @@ export async function deployApp(
 
   return deployId;
 }
+
+export async function toggleDeployment(
+  deployId: string,
+  action: "start" | "stop",
+) {
+  const nodes = await getNodes();
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    nodes.map(
+      async (node) =>
+        await axios.put(
+          `http://${node.ip}:3000/api/deploy`,
+          { deployId, action },
+          {
+            headers: { Authorization: `ApiKey ${node.key}` },
+          },
+        ),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  return "ok";
+}