diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index e347aaed..7d8db607 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -263,6 +263,6 @@ func init() {
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&initOptions.IPFSMode, "ipfs-mode", "private", fmt.Sprintf("Set the mode in which IFPS operates. Options are: %v", fftypes.FFEnumValues(types.IPFSMode)))
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&initOptions.OrgNames, "org-name", []string{}, "Organization name")
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&initOptions.NodeNames, "node-name", []string{}, "Node name")
-	initCmd.Flags().StringVar(&initOptions.CustomPath, "override", "", "copy data from custom path to  docker-compose.override.yml")
+	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&initOptions.CustomPath, "override", "o", "", "copy data from custom path to docker-compose.override.yml")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 }
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go b/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go
index 4a95abc4..8d1c74b6 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (s *StackManager) InitStack(options *types.InitOptions) (err error) {
 	if err := s.writeDockerComposeOverride(compose); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write docker-compose.override.yml: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err := s.copyToDockerComposeOverride(compose, options.CustomPath); err != nil {
+	if err := s.copyToDockerComposeOverride(options.CustomPath); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy file data to docker-compose.override.yml: %s", err)
 	}
 	return s.writeConfig(options)
@@ -418,18 +418,20 @@ func (s *StackManager) writeDockerComposeOverride(compose *docker.DockerComposeC
 	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, "docker-compose.override.yml"), bytes, 0755)
 }
 
-func (s *StackManager) copyToDockerComposeOverride(compose *docker.DockerComposeConfig, overrideFilePath string) error {
-	comments := "#Copy custom file to docker-compose.override.yml file"
+func (s *StackManager) copyToDockerComposeOverride(dockerComposePath string) error {
+	comments := "# Copy custom file to docker-compose.override.yml file\n"
 	bytes := []byte(comments)
 
-	overideContent, err := os.ReadFile(overrideFilePath)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if dockerComposePath == "docker-compose.yml" {
+		dockerComposePath = filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, "docker-compose.yml")
+	}
+	overrideComposeContent, err := os.ReadFile(dockerComposePath)
+	if err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return err
 	}
-	bytes = append(bytes, overideContent...)
-
-	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, "docker-compose.override.yml"), bytes, 0755)
-
+	bytes = append(bytes, overrideComposeContent...)
+	override := filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, "docker-compose.override.yml")
+	return os.WriteFile(override, bytes, 0775)
 }
 
 func (s *StackManager) writeStackConfig() error {