diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/docker_compose/ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/docker_compose/ruby.rb
index b1c1b15f..5573d69d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/docker_compose/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/docker_compose/ruby.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def get_image(service_name, compose_services)
 
   def create
     Puppet.info("Running compose project #{name}")
-    args = ['compose', compose_files, '-p', name, 'up', '-d', '--remove-orphans'].insert(3, resource[:options]).insert(5, resource[:up_args]).compact
+    args = ['compose', compose_files, '-p', name, resource[:options], 'up', resource[:up_args], '-d', '--remove-orphans'].flatten.compact
     docker(args)
     return unless resource[:scale]
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/docker_compose.rb b/lib/puppet/type/docker_compose.rb
index c5f50851..718b1616 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/docker_compose.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/docker_compose.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def refresh
   newparam(:up_args) do
     desc 'Arguments to be passed directly to docker-compose up.'
     validate do |value|
-      raise _('up_args should be a String') unless value.is_a? String
+      raise _('up_args should be a String') unless value.is_a? Array
     end
   end