diff --git a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4 b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4
index b0d5b32..3cdf7ef 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4
+++ b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.m4
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
                 type: string
                 required: false
                 description: List of extra_hosts to pass to docker compose
+            no_start:
+                type: boolean
+                required: false
+                description: Wheter to start the Django server or not
 
     tosca.nodes.XOSVolume:
         derived_from: tosca.nodes.Root
diff --git a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
index d3baf30..d1eb576 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
+++ b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@
                 type: string
                 required: false
                 description: List of extra_hosts to pass to docker compose
+            no_start:
+                type: boolean
+                required: false
+                description: Wheter to start the Django server or not
 
     tosca.nodes.XOSVolume:
         derived_from: tosca.nodes.Root
diff --git a/xos/tosca/resources/xosmodel.py b/xos/tosca/resources/xosmodel.py
index 5c7cb3e..a935b65 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/resources/xosmodel.py
+++ b/xos/tosca/resources/xosmodel.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 from xosresource import XOSResource
 from core.models import XOS, XOSVolume
 
+
 class XOSXOS(XOSResource):
     provides = "tosca.nodes.XOS"
     xos_model = XOS
-    copyin_props = ["ui_port", "bootstrap_ui_port", "docker_project_name", "db_container_name", "redis_container_name", "enable_build", "frontend_only", "source_ui_image", "extra_hosts"]
+    copyin_props = [
+        "ui_port", "bootstrap_ui_port", "docker_project_name", "db_container_name", "redis_container_name",
+        "enable_build", "frontend_only", "source_ui_image", "extra_hosts", "no_start"
+    ]
+
 
 class XOSVolume(XOSResource):
     provides = "tosca.nodes.XOSVolume"