diff --git a/docs/guides/advanced/01_initialization.md b/docs/guides/advanced/01_initialization.md
index f46c5ca7a33b..f3ea2ff19974 100644
--- a/docs/guides/advanced/01_initialization.md
+++ b/docs/guides/advanced/01_initialization.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ re-running any `zkstack` command.
 
 #### Containers
 
-The first step to initialize a ZK Stack ecosystem is to run the command `zkstack containers`. This command gets the
+The first step to initialize a ZK Stack ecosystem is to run the command `zkstack ecosystem containers`. This command gets the
 docker images for `postgres` and `reth`. If the `--observability` option is passed to the command, or the corresponding
 option is selected in the interactive prompt, then Prometheus, Grafana and other observability-related images are
 downloaded and run.
diff --git a/docs/guides/development.md b/docs/guides/development.md
index fb8dd44a6c7a..39573340a12f 100644
--- a/docs/guides/development.md
+++ b/docs/guides/development.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The project root directory includes configuration files for an ecosystem with a
 ecosystem, first start the required containers:
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers
+zkstack ecosystem containers
 ```
 
 Next, run:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ zkstack dev clean all
 You can then reinitialize the ecosystem as described in the [Configure Ecosystem](#configure-ecosystem) section.
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers
+zkstack ecosystem containers
 zkstack ecosystem init
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/guides/launch.md b/docs/guides/launch.md
index b0a610571964..c19156335c54 100644
--- a/docs/guides/launch.md
+++ b/docs/guides/launch.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Prepare dev environment prerequisites: see
 Run the required containers with:
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers
+zkstack ecosystem containers
 ```
 
 Setup:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ To completely reset the dev environment:
 - Repeat the setup procedure above
 
   ```bash
-  zkstack containers
+  zkstack ecosystem containers
   zkstack ecosystem init
   ```
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ If you want to run [Dockprom](https://github.com/stefanprodan/dockprom/) stack (
 containers - add `--observability` parameter during initialisation.
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers --observability
+zkstack ecosystem containers --observability
 ```
 
 or select `yes` when prompted during the interactive execution of the command.
@@ -198,5 +198,5 @@ It appears that no containers are currently running, which is likely the reason
 Ensure that the necessary containers have been started and are functioning correctly to resolve the issue.
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers
+zkstack ecosystem containers
 ```
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/README.md b/zkstack_cli/README.md
index 76fa09fca2dd..51bc0f7c1e8f 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/README.md
+++ b/zkstack_cli/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ zkstack ecosystem create
 If you choose not to start database & L1 containers after creating the ecosystem, you can later run:
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers
+zkstack ecosystem containers
 ```
 
 Execute subsequent commands from within the created ecosystem folder:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ zkstack ecosystem init --observability
 To start observability containers:
 
 ```bash
-zkstack containers --observability
+zkstack ecosystem containers --observability
 ```
 
 ### ZK Chain
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/completion/_zkstack.zsh b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/completion/_zkstack.zsh
index 4074f1df3408..25a6b7ecf651 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/completion/_zkstack.zsh
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/completion/_zkstack.zsh
@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ _zkstack__chain__update-token-multiplier-setter_commands() {
 (( $+functions[_zkstack__containers_commands] )) ||
 _zkstack__containers_commands() {
     local commands; commands=()
-    _describe -t commands 'zkstack containers commands' commands "$@"
+    _describe -t commands 'zkstack ecosystem containers commands' commands "$@"
 }
 (( $+functions[_zkstack__dev_commands] )) ||
 _zkstack__dev_commands() {
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/args/mod.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/args/mod.rs
index 71319df3e586..e25a1b7e5b1f 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/args/mod.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/args/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-pub use self::{autocomplete::*, containers::*, update::*, wait::*};
+pub use self::{autocomplete::*, update::*, wait::*};
 
 mod autocomplete;
-mod containers;
 mod update;
 mod wait;
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/args/containers.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/args/containers.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/args/containers.rs
rename to zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/args/containers.rs
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/args/mod.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/args/mod.rs
index c25eebda3d6d..c84f4255af0f 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/args/mod.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/args/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod build_transactions;
 pub mod change_default;
+pub mod containers;
 pub mod create;
 pub mod init;
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/containers.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/containers.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/containers.rs
rename to zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/containers.rs
index 9c83f7010e49..0c9478e34cd3 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/containers.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/containers.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use config::{
 };
 use xshell::Shell;
 
-use super::args::ContainersArgs;
 use crate::{
     commands::ecosystem::setup_observability,
     messages::{
@@ -18,7 +17,9 @@ use crate::{
     },
 };
 
-pub fn run(shell: &Shell, args: ContainersArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+use super::args::containers::ContainersArgs;
+
+pub async fn run(shell: &Shell, args: ContainersArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let args = args.fill_values_with_prompt();
     let ecosystem = ZkStackConfig::ecosystem(shell).context(MSG_FAILED_TO_FIND_ECOSYSTEM_ERR)?;
 
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/create.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/create.rs
index 6ca3df550f81..2fb894859a0a 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/create.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/create.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use xshell::Shell;
 use crate::{
     commands::{
         chain::create_chain_inner,
-        containers::{initialize_docker, start_containers},
         ecosystem::{
             args::create::EcosystemCreateArgs,
             create_configs::{
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@ use crate::{
     },
 };
 
+use super::containers::{initialize_docker, start_containers};
+
 pub fn run(args: EcosystemCreateArgs, shell: &Shell) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     match ZkStackConfig::ecosystem(shell) {
         Ok(_) => bail!(MSG_ECOSYSTEM_ALREADY_EXISTS_ERR),
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/mod.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/mod.rs
index 3f4aa7565e19..bb4ec8fb9ca8 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/mod.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/ecosystem/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use args::build_transactions::BuildTransactionsArgs;
+use args::{build_transactions::BuildTransactionsArgs, containers::ContainersArgs};
 use clap::Subcommand;
 use xshell::Shell;
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod args;
 pub(crate) mod build_transactions;
 mod change_default;
 mod common;
+pub(crate) mod containers;
 mod create;
 pub mod create_configs;
 pub(crate) mod init;
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ pub enum EcosystemCommands {
     /// downloading Grafana dashboards from the era-observability repo
     #[command(alias = "obs")]
     SetupObservability,
+    /// Run containers for local development
+    #[command(alias = "up")]
+    Containers(ContainersArgs),
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn run(shell: &Shell, args: EcosystemCommands) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -43,5 +47,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(shell: &Shell, args: EcosystemCommands) -> anyhow::Resul
         EcosystemCommands::Init(args) => init::run(args, shell).await,
         EcosystemCommands::ChangeDefaultChain(args) => change_default::run(args, shell),
         EcosystemCommands::SetupObservability => setup_observability::run(shell),
+        EcosystemCommands::Containers(args) => containers::run(shell, args).await,
     }
 }
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/mod.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/mod.rs
index 9e63173e94bb..27d396b9a2e1 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pub mod args;
 pub mod autocomplete;
 pub mod chain;
-pub mod containers;
 pub mod dev;
 pub mod ecosystem;
 pub mod explorer;
diff --git a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/main.rs b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/main.rs
index d721ceaab71f..257c57c5417a 100644
--- a/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/main.rs
+++ b/zkstack_cli/crates/zkstack/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use clap::{command, Parser, Subcommand};
 use commands::{
-    args::{AutocompleteArgs, ContainersArgs, UpdateArgs},
+    args::{AutocompleteArgs, UpdateArgs},
     dev::DevCommands,
 };
 use common::{
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ pub enum ZkStackSubcommands {
     /// External Node related commands
     #[command(subcommand, alias = "en")]
     ExternalNode(ExternalNodeCommands),
-    /// Run containers for local development
-    #[command(alias = "up")]
-    Containers(ContainersArgs),
     /// Run dapp-portal
     Portal,
     /// Run block-explorer
@@ -127,7 +124,6 @@ async fn run_subcommand(zkstack_args: ZkStack) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         ZkStackSubcommands::Chain(args) => commands::chain::run(&shell, *args).await?,
         ZkStackSubcommands::Dev(args) => commands::dev::run(&shell, args).await?,
         ZkStackSubcommands::Prover(args) => commands::prover::run(&shell, args).await?,
-        ZkStackSubcommands::Containers(args) => commands::containers::run(&shell, args)?,
         ZkStackSubcommands::ExternalNode(args) => {
             commands::external_node::run(&shell, args).await?
         }