diff --git a/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index b22e1e4..28562f0 100644
--- a/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/grafana/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   victoriametrics:
     image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:{{ victoriametrics_version }}
diff --git a/roles/loki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/loki/tasks/main.yml
index e8b1171..d50e740 100644
--- a/roles/loki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/loki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@
   notify: restart loki stack
   become: yes
 
+- name: Check if monitoring network exists
+  community.docker.docker_network_info:
+    name: monitoring
+  register: monitoring_network
+  become: yes
+
+- name: Create monitoring network if it doesn't exist
+  community.docker.docker_network:
+    name: monitoring
+    driver: bridge
+    state: present
+  when: not monitoring_network.exists
+  become: yes
+
 - name: Start Loki stack with docker_compose_v2
   community.docker.docker_compose_v2:
     project_src: "{{ loki_base_dir }}"
diff --git a/roles/loki/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/loki/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index 570354e..f13baa4 100644
--- a/roles/loki/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/loki/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   loki:
     image: grafana/loki:{{ loki_version }}