diff --git a/content/config/nushell/aliases.nu.tmpl b/content/config/nushell/aliases.nu.tmpl
index 5ecaed3..e2d5972 100644
--- a/content/config/nushell/aliases.nu.tmpl
+++ b/content/config/nushell/aliases.nu.tmpl
@@ -15,4 +15,18 @@ alias `shx` = sudo -E helix -c '{{dirs.config}}/helix/config.toml'
 alias devshell = nix develop -c $env.SHELL
 {{/if-installed}}
 
+{{#if-installed docker}}
+# purge all containers
+def `docker purge-containers` [] {
+    ( docker container ls -a --format json 
+     | lines 
+     | each { 
+        let id = (from json | get id); 
+        docker container stop $id; 
+        docker container rm $id;
+     }
+    )
+}
+{{/if-installed}}
+
 def --env `silo cd` [] { silo repo | cd $in }