diff --git a/assets.go b/assets.go
index 6ee5713..d271b29 100644
--- a/assets.go
+++ b/assets.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const httpAssetPrefix = "/__llassets/"
 
 type SplashModel struct {
 	*service.ContainerState
-	Name string
+	Hostname string
 }
 
 var splashTemplate = template.Must(template.ParseFS(httpAssets, path.Join("assets", config.Model.Splash)))
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var splashTemplate = template.Must(template.ParseFS(httpAssets, path.Join("asset
 type StatusPageModel struct {
 	Active         []*service.ContainerState
 	Qualifying     []service.ContainerWrapper
+	Providers      []service.ContainerWrapper
 	RuntimeMetrics string
 }
 
diff --git a/assets/splash.html b/assets/splash.html
index 69d6d5d..a725e18 100644
--- a/assets/splash.html
+++ b/assets/splash.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             <div class="square last"></div>
         </div>
         <div class="message">
-            <h2>Starting {{.Name}}</h2>
+            <h2>Starting {{.Hostname}}</h2>
             <h3>{{.Name}}</h3>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/assets/status.html b/assets/status.html
index ea66458..649a261 100644
--- a/assets/status.html
+++ b/assets/status.html
@@ -55,6 +55,29 @@
         {{end}}
     </table>
 
+    <h2>Provider Containers</h2>
+    <p>These are all containers that act as dependencies for other containers</p>
+    <table>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>State</th>
+            <th>Status</th>
+            <th>Config</th>
+        </tr>
+        {{range $val := .Providers}}
+            <tr>
+                <td>{{$val.NameID}}</td>
+                <td>{{$val.State}}</td>
+                <td><em>{{$val.Status}}</em></td>
+                <td>
+                    {{range $label, $lval := $val.ConfigLabels}}
+                        <span><strong>{{$label}}</strong>={{$lval}}</span> 
+                    {{end}}
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        {{end}}
+    </table>
+
     <h2>Runtime</h2>
     <p>{{.RuntimeMetrics}}</p>
 </body>
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9805808..1f71a74 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func ContainerHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	} else {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
 		renderErr := splashTemplate.Execute(w, SplashModel{
-			Name:           host,
+			Hostname:       host,
 			ContainerState: sOpts,
 		})
 		if renderErr != nil {
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func StatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		statusPageTemplate.Execute(w, StatusPageModel{
 			Active:         core.ActiveContainers(),
 			Qualifying:     core.QualifyingContainers(r.Context()),
+			Providers:      core.ProviderContainers(r.Context()),
 			RuntimeMetrics: fmt.Sprintf("Heap=%d, InUse=%d, Total=%d, Sys=%d, NumGC=%d", stats.HeapAlloc, stats.HeapInuse, stats.TotalAlloc, stats.Sys, stats.NumGC),
 		})
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/service/container.go b/pkg/service/container.go
index b77263b..990db37 100644
--- a/pkg/service/container.go
+++ b/pkg/service/container.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package service
 
 import (
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"traefik-lazyload/pkg/config"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type ContainerState struct {
 	lastRecv, lastSend int64 // Last network traffic, used to see if idle
 	lastActivity       time.Time
 	started            time.Time
+	pinned             bool // Don't remove, even if not started
 }
 
 func newStateFromContainer(ct *types.Container) *ContainerState {
@@ -102,3 +104,14 @@ func (s *ContainerWrapper) ConfigLabels() map[string]string {
 	}
 	return ret
 }
+
+func wrapContainers(cts ...types.Container) []ContainerWrapper {
+	ret := make([]ContainerWrapper, len(cts))
+	for i, c := range cts {
+		ret[i] = ContainerWrapper{c}
+	}
+	sort.Slice(ret, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return ret[i].NameID() < ret[j].NameID()
+	})
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/pkg/service/service.go b/pkg/service/service.go
index 7d6f0b9..3b7bf47 100644
--- a/pkg/service/service.go
+++ b/pkg/service/service.go
@@ -72,15 +72,27 @@ func (s *Core) StartHost(hostname string) (*ContainerState, error) {
 		return ets, nil
 	}
 
-	go s.startContainer(ctx, ct)
-
 	// add to active pool
+	logrus.Infof("Starting container for %s...", hostname)
 	ets := newStateFromContainer(ct)
 	s.active[ct.ID] = ets
+	ets.pinned = true // pin while starting
+
+	go func() {
+		defer func() {
+			s.mux.Lock()
+			ets.pinned = false
+			ets.lastActivity = time.Now()
+			s.mux.Unlock()
+		}()
+		s.startDependencyFor(ctx, ets.needs, containerShort(ct))
+		s.startContainerSync(ctx, ct)
+	}()
 
 	return ets, nil
 }
 
+// Stop all running containers pined with the configured label
 func (s *Core) StopAll() {
 	s.mux.Lock()
 	defer s.mux.Unlock()
@@ -95,17 +107,85 @@ func (s *Core) StopAll() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Core) startContainer(ctx context.Context, ct *types.Container) {
+func (s *Core) startContainerSync(ctx context.Context, ct *types.Container) error {
+	if isRunning(ct) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	s.mux.Lock()
 	defer s.mux.Unlock()
 
 	if err := s.client.ContainerStart(ctx, ct.ID, types.ContainerStartOptions{}); err != nil {
 		logrus.Warnf("Error starting container %s: %s", containerShort(ct), err)
+		return err
 	} else {
-		logrus.Infof("Starting container %s", containerShort(ct))
+		logrus.Infof("Started container %s", containerShort(ct))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Core) startDependencyFor(ctx context.Context, needs []string, forContainer string) {
+	for _, dep := range needs {
+		providers, err := s.findContainersByDepProvider(ctx, dep)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorf("Error finding dependency provider for %s: %v", dep, err)
+		} else if len(providers) == 0 {
+			logrus.Warnf("Unable to find any container that provides %s for %s", dep, forContainer)
+		} else {
+			for _, provider := range providers {
+				if !isRunning(&provider) {
+					logrus.Infof("Starting dependency for %s: %s", forContainer, containerShort(&provider))
+
+					s.startContainerSync(ctx, &provider)
+
+					delay, _ := labelOrDefaultDuration(&provider, "provides.delay", 2*time.Second)
+					logrus.Debugf("Delaying %s to start %s", delay.String(), dep)
+					time.Sleep(delay)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Core) stopDependenciesFor(ctx context.Context, cid string, cts *ContainerState) {
+	// Look at our needs, and see if anything else needs them; if not, shut down
+
+	deps := make(map[string]bool) // dep -> needed
+	for _, dep := range cts.needs {
+		deps[dep] = false
+	}
+
+	for activeId, active := range s.active {
+		if activeId != cid { // ignore self
+			for _, need := range active.needs {
+				deps[need] = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for dep, needed := range deps {
+		if !needed {
+			logrus.Infof("Stopping dependency %s...", dep)
+			containers, err := s.findContainersByDepProvider(ctx, dep)
+			if err != nil {
+				logrus.Errorf("Unable to find dependency provider containers for %s: %v", dep, err)
+			} else if len(containers) == 0 {
+				logrus.Warnf("Unable to find any containers for dependency %s", dep)
+			} else {
+				for _, ct := range containers {
+					if isRunning(&ct) {
+						logrus.Infof("Stopping %s...", containerShort(&ct))
+						go s.client.ContainerStop(ctx, ct.ID, container.StopOptions{})
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+// Ticker loop that will check internal state against docker state (Call Poll)
 func (s *Core) pollThread(rate time.Duration) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(rate)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
@@ -130,11 +210,11 @@ func (s *Core) Poll() {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	s.checkForNewContainers(ctx)
-	s.watchForInactivity(ctx)
+	s.checkForNewContainersSync(ctx)
+	s.watchForInactivitySync(ctx)
 }
 
-func (s *Core) checkForNewContainers(ctx context.Context) {
+func (s *Core) checkForNewContainersSync(ctx context.Context) {
 	containers, err := s.findAllLazyloadContainers(ctx, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Warnf("Error checking for new containers: %v", err)
@@ -150,9 +230,10 @@ func (s *Core) checkForNewContainers(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	// check for containers we think are running, but aren't (destroyed, error'd, stop'd via another process, etc)
 	for cid, cts := range s.active {
-		if _, ok := runningContainers[cid]; !ok {
+		if _, ok := runningContainers[cid]; !ok && !cts.pinned {
 			logrus.Infof("Discover container had stopped, removing %s", cts.name)
 			delete(s.active, cid)
+			s.stopDependenciesFor(ctx, cid, cts)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -165,24 +246,34 @@ func (s *Core) checkForNewContainers(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Core) watchForInactivity(ctx context.Context) {
+func (s *Core) watchForInactivitySync(ctx context.Context) {
 	for cid, cts := range s.active {
 		shouldStop, err := s.checkContainerForInactivity(ctx, cid, cts)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Warnf("error checking container state for %s: %s", cts.name, err)
 		}
 		if shouldStop {
-			if err := s.client.ContainerStop(ctx, cid, container.StopOptions{}); err != nil {
-				logrus.Errorf("Error stopping container %s: %s", cts.name, err)
-			} else {
-				logrus.Infof("Stopped container %s", cts.name)
-				delete(s.active, cid)
-			}
+			s.stopContainerAndDependencies(ctx, cid, cts)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Core) stopContainerAndDependencies(ctx context.Context, cid string, cts *ContainerState) {
+	// First, stop the host container
+	if err := s.client.ContainerStop(ctx, cid, container.StopOptions{}); err != nil {
+		logrus.Errorf("Error stopping container %s: %s", cts.name, err)
+	} else {
+		logrus.Infof("Stopped container %s", cts.name)
+		delete(s.active, cid)
+		s.stopDependenciesFor(ctx, cid, cts)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *Core) checkContainerForInactivity(ctx context.Context, cid string, ct *ContainerState) (shouldStop bool, retErr error) {
+	if ct.pinned {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	statsStream, err := s.client.ContainerStatsOneShot(ctx, cid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -218,7 +309,7 @@ func (s *Core) checkContainerForInactivity(ctx context.Context, cid string, ct *
 
 func (s *Core) findContainersByDepProvider(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]types.Container, error) {
 	filters := filters.NewArgs()
-	filters.Add("label", config.SubLabel("providers")+"="+name)
+	filters.Add("label", config.SubLabel("provides")+"="+name)
 	return s.client.ContainerList(ctx, types.ContainerListOptions{
 		Filters: filters,
 		All:     true,
@@ -283,12 +374,20 @@ func (s *Core) QualifyingContainers(ctx context.Context) []ContainerWrapper {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	ret := make([]ContainerWrapper, len(ct))
-	for i, c := range ct {
-		ret[i] = ContainerWrapper{c}
-	}
-	sort.Slice(ret, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return ret[i].NameID() < ret[j].NameID()
-	})
-	return ret
+	return wrapContainers(ct...)
+}
+
+func (s *Core) ProviderContainers(ctx context.Context) []ContainerWrapper {
+	filters := filters.NewArgs()
+	filters.Add("label", config.SubLabel("provides"))
+
+	ct, err := s.client.ContainerList(ctx, types.ContainerListOptions{
+		Filters: filters,
+		All:     true,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return wrapContainers(ct...)
 }