diff --git a/apps/weaviate/docker-compose-replication_single_voter.yml b/apps/weaviate/docker-compose-replication_single_voter.yml
index f0dd139c..2f058f66 100644
--- a/apps/weaviate/docker-compose-replication_single_voter.yml
+++ b/apps/weaviate/docker-compose-replication_single_voter.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ services:
       CLUSTER_HOSTNAME: 'node1'
       CLUSTER_GOSSIP_BIND_PORT: '7100'
       CLUSTER_DATA_BIND_PORT: '7101'
-      RAFT_JOIN: 'node1'
+      RAFT_JOIN: 'node1:8300'
+      RAFT_PORT: '8300'
       RAFT_BOOTSTRAP_EXPECT: 1
       PERSISTENCE_LSM_ACCESS_STRATEGY: '${PERSISTENCE_LSM_ACCESS_STRATEGY}'
       DISABLE_TELEMETRY: 'true'
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ services:
       CLUSTER_GOSSIP_BIND_PORT: '7102'
       CLUSTER_DATA_BIND_PORT: '7103'
       CLUSTER_JOIN: 'weaviate-node-1:7100'
-      RAFT_JOIN: 'node1'
+      RAFT_JOIN: 'node1:8300'
+      RAFT_PORT: '8300'
       RAFT_BOOTSTRAP_EXPECT: 1
       PERSISTENCE_LSM_ACCESS_STRATEGY: '${PERSISTENCE_LSM_ACCESS_STRATEGY}'
       DISABLE_TELEMETRY: 'true'
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ services:
       CLUSTER_GOSSIP_BIND_PORT: '7104'
       CLUSTER_DATA_BIND_PORT: '7105'
       CLUSTER_JOIN: 'weaviate-node-1:7100'
-      RAFT_JOIN: 'node1'
+      RAFT_JOIN: 'node1:8300'
+      RAFT_PORT: '8300'
       RAFT_BOOTSTRAP_EXPECT: 1
       PERSISTENCE_LSM_ACCESS_STRATEGY: '${PERSISTENCE_LSM_ACCESS_STRATEGY}'
       DISABLE_TELEMETRY: 'true'
diff --git a/replication_tunable_consistency.sh b/replication_tunable_consistency.sh
index 131ebf3d..2ce64cfa 100755
--- a/replication_tunable_consistency.sh
+++ b/replication_tunable_consistency.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ echo "Done generating."
 export COMPOSE="apps/weaviate/docker-compose-replication_single_voter.yml"
 
 echo "Starting Weaviate..."
-docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d weaviate-node-1 weaviate-node-2 weaviate-node-3
+docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d --no-recreate weaviate-node-1 weaviate-node-2 weaviate-node-3
 wait_weaviate 8080
 wait_weaviate 8081
 wait_weaviate 8082
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fi
 
 # Restart dead node, read objects with consistency level QUORUM
 echo "Restart node 3"
-docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d weaviate-node-3
+docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d --no-recreate weaviate-node-3
 wait_weaviate 8082
 if docker run --network host -v "$PWD/workdir/:/workdir/data" --name cluster_one_node_down -t cluster_one_node_down; then
   echo "All objects read with consistency level QUORUM after weaviate-node-3 restarted".
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Restart dead nodes, read objects with consistency level ALL
-docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d weaviate-node-2
+docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d --no-recreate weaviate-node-2
 wait_weaviate 8081
-docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d weaviate-node-3
+docker compose -f $COMPOSE up -d --no-recreate weaviate-node-3
 wait_weaviate 8082
 if docker run --network host -v "$PWD/workdir/:/workdir/data" --name cluster_one_node_remaining -t cluster_one_node_remaining; then
   echo "All objects read with consistency level ALL after weaviate-node-2 and weaviate-node-3 restarted".