diff --git a/commands/marathon/app_cmds.go b/commands/marathon/app_cmds.go
index a4e7f5d..dabd166 100644
--- a/commands/marathon/app_cmds.go
+++ b/commands/marathon/app_cmds.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	HOST_FLAG  = "host"
 	SCALE_FLAG = "scale"
+	FORMAT_FLAG = "format"
 )
 
 var appCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ var appListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		v, e := client(cmd).ListApplications()
 
-		cli.Output(templateFor(T_APPLICATIONS, v), e)
+		cli.Output(templateFor(templateFormat(T_APPLICATIONS, cmd), v), e)
 	},
 }
 
@@ -65,11 +66,8 @@ var appGetCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Gets an application details by Id",
 	Long:  `Retrieves the specified [appliationId] application`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		if cli.EvalPrintUsage(cmd.Usage, args, 1) {
-			return
-		}
 		v, e := client(cmd).GetApplication(args[0])
-		cli.Output(templateFor(T_APPLICATION, v), e)
+		cli.Output(templateFor(templateFormat(T_APPLICATION, cmd), v), e)
 	},
 }
 
@@ -133,6 +131,8 @@ func init() {
                   eg. -p MYVAR=value would replace ${MYVAR} with "value" in the application file.
                   These take precidence over env vars`)
 
+	appListCmd.Flags().String(FORMAT_FLAG, "", "Custom output format. Example: '{{range .Apps}}{{ .Container.Docker.Image }}{{end}}'")
+	appGetCmd.Flags().String(FORMAT_FLAG, "", "Custom output format. Example: '{{ .ID }}'")
 	applyCommonAppFlags(appCreateCmd, appUpdateCPUCmd, appUpdateMemoryCmd, appRollbackCmd, appDestroyCmd, appRestartCmd, appScaleCmd)
 }
 
@@ -316,3 +316,13 @@ func applyCommonAppFlags(cmd ...*cobra.Command) {
 		c.Flags().DurationP(TIMEOUT_FLAG, "t", time.Duration(0), "Max duration to wait for application health (ex. 90s | 2m). See docs for ordering")
 	}
 }
+
+func templateFormat(template string, cmd *cobra.Command) string {
+	t := template
+	tv, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(FORMAT_FLAG)
+	if len(tv) > 0 {
+		t = tv
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
diff --git a/compose/compose_wrapper.go b/compose/compose_wrapper.go
index 3c82352..1cea0c4 100644
--- a/compose/compose_wrapper.go
+++ b/compose/compose_wrapper.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/context"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -38,34 +39,34 @@ func NewCompose(context *Context) Compose {
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Up(services ...string) error {
 	options := options.Up{Create: options.Create{}}
-	return c.project.Up(options, services...)
+	return c.project.Up(context.Background(), options, services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Kill(services ...string) error {
-	return c.project.Kill("SIGKILL", services...)
+	return c.project.Kill(context.Background(), "SIGKILL", services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Build(services ...string) error {
 	options := options.Build{}
-	return c.project.Build(options, services...)
+	return c.project.Build(context.Background(), options, services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Restart(services ...string) error {
 	timeout := 10
-	return c.project.Restart(timeout, services...)
+	return c.project.Restart(context.Background(), timeout, services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Pull(services ...string) error {
-	return c.project.Pull(services...)
+	return c.project.Pull(context.Background(), services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Delete(services ...string) error {
 	options := options.Delete{}
-	return c.project.Delete(options, services...)
+	return c.project.Delete(context.Background(), options, services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Logs(services ...string) error {
-	return c.project.Log(true, services...)
+	return c.project.Log(context.Background(), true, services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Start(services ...string) error {
@@ -78,15 +79,15 @@ func (c *ComposeWrapper) Stop(services ...string) error {
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) execStartStop(start bool, services ...string) error {
 	if start {
-		return c.project.Start(services...)
+		return c.project.Start(context.Background(), services...)
 	}
 	options := options.Down{}
-	return c.project.Down(options, services...)
+	return c.project.Down(context.Background(), options, services...)
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) Port(index int, proto, service, port string) error {
 
-	output, err := c.project.Port(index, proto, service, port)
+	output, err := c.project.Port(context.Background(), index, proto, service, port)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func (c *ComposeWrapper) Port(index int, proto, service, port string) error {
 }
 
 func (c *ComposeWrapper) PS(quiet bool) error {
-	if allInfo, err := c.project.Ps(quiet); err == nil {
+	if allInfo, err := c.project.Ps(context.Background(), quiet); err == nil {
 		os.Stdout.WriteString(allInfo.String(!quiet))
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -124,10 +125,11 @@ func (c *ComposeWrapper) createDockerContext() (project.APIProject, error) {
 		}
 		c.context.ComposeFile = file.Name()
 	}
+
 	return docker.NewProject(&docker.Context{
 		Context: project.Context{
 			ComposeFiles: strings.Split(c.context.ComposeFile, ","),
 			ProjectName:  c.context.ProjectName,
 		},
-	})
+	}, nil)
 }