diff --git a/internal/template/groupby_test.go b/internal/template/groupby_test.go
index e34f9ca2..f591e0e4 100644
--- a/internal/template/groupby_test.go
+++ b/internal/template/groupby_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ var groupByContainers = []*context.RuntimeContainer{
 		ID: "3",
 	},
 	{
-		ID: "4",
+		Env: map[string]string{},
+		ID:  "4",
 	},
 }
 
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ func TestGroupByMulti(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			ID: "3",
 		},
+		{
+			Env: map[string]string{},
+			ID:  "4",
+		},
 	}
 
 	groups, _ := groupByMulti(containers, "Env.VIRTUAL_HOST", ",")
diff --git a/internal/template/reflect.go b/internal/template/reflect.go
index f329f28d..47e76eed 100644
--- a/internal/template/reflect.go
+++ b/internal/template/reflect.go
@@ -41,7 +41,29 @@ func deepGetImpl(v reflect.Value, path []string) interface{} {
 	case reflect.Struct:
 		return deepGetImpl(v.FieldByName(path[0]), path[1:])
 	case reflect.Map:
-		return deepGetImpl(v.MapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(path[0])), path[1:])
+		// If the first part of the path is a key in the map, we use it directly
+		if mapValue := v.MapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(path[0])); mapValue.IsValid() {
+			return deepGetImpl(mapValue, path[1:])
+		}
+
+		// If the first part of the path is not a key in the map, we try to find a valid key by joining the path parts
+		var builder strings.Builder
+		for i, pathPart := range path {
+			if i > 0 {
+				builder.WriteString(".")
+			}
+			builder.WriteString(pathPart)
+			joinedPath := builder.String()
+
+			if mapValue := v.MapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(joinedPath)); mapValue.IsValid() {
+				if i == len(path) {
+					return mapValue.Interface()
+				}
+				return deepGetImpl(mapValue, path[i+1:])
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:
 		i, err := parseAllocateInt(path[0])
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/template/reflect_test.go b/internal/template/reflect_test.go
index 2c43eb3b..dac9c4ee 100644
--- a/internal/template/reflect_test.go
+++ b/internal/template/reflect_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ func TestDeepGet(t *testing.T) {
 		path string
 		want interface{}
 	}{
+		{
+			"map of string",
+			map[string]string{
+				"Env": "quux",
+			},
+			"Env",
+			"quux",
+		},
 		{
 			"map key empty string",
 			map[string]map[string]map[string]string{
@@ -74,6 +82,28 @@ func TestDeepGet(t *testing.T) {
 			"...",
 			"foo",
 		},
+		{
+			"map with dot in key",
+			map[string]map[string]string{
+				"Env": {
+					"foo.bar.baz.qux": "quux",
+				},
+			},
+			"Env.foo.bar.baz.qux",
+			"quux",
+		},
+		{
+			"nested maps with dot in keys",
+			map[string]map[string]map[string]string{
+				"Env": {
+					"foo.bar": {
+						"baz.qux": "quux",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"Env.foo.bar.baz.qux",
+			"quux",
+		},
 		{"struct", s, "X", "foo"},
 		{"pointer to struct", sp, "X", "foo"},
 		{"double pointer to struct", &sp, ".X", nil},
diff --git a/internal/template/sort_test.go b/internal/template/sort_test.go
index 68a4e48d..b541fcdf 100644
--- a/internal/template/sort_test.go
+++ b/internal/template/sort_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ func TestSortObjectsByKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		Env: map[string]string{
 			"VIRTUAL_HOST": "bar.localhost",
 		},
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"com.docker.compose.container_number": "1",
+		},
 		ID: "11",
 	}
 	o1 := &context.RuntimeContainer{
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ func TestSortObjectsByKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		Env: map[string]string{
 			"VIRTUAL_HOST": "foo.localhost",
 		},
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"com.docker.compose.container_number": "11",
+		},
 		ID: "1",
 	}
 	o2 := &context.RuntimeContainer{
@@ -69,12 +75,16 @@ func TestSortObjectsByKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		Env: map[string]string{
 			"VIRTUAL_HOST": "baz.localhost",
 		},
-		ID: "3",
+		Labels: map[string]string{},
+		ID:     "3",
 	}
 	o3 := &context.RuntimeContainer{
 		Created: time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 		Env:     map[string]string{},
-		ID:      "8",
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"com.docker.compose.container_number": "2",
+		},
+		ID: "8",
 	}
 	containers := []*context.RuntimeContainer{o0, o1, o2, o3}
 
@@ -85,9 +95,11 @@ func TestSortObjectsByKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		want []interface{}
 	}{
 		{"Asc simple", sortObjectsByKeysAsc, "ID", []interface{}{o1, o2, o3, o0}},
-		{"Asc complex", sortObjectsByKeysAsc, "Env.VIRTUAL_HOST", []interface{}{o3, o0, o2, o1}},
 		{"Desc simple", sortObjectsByKeysDesc, "ID", []interface{}{o0, o3, o2, o1}},
+		{"Asc complex", sortObjectsByKeysAsc, "Env.VIRTUAL_HOST", []interface{}{o3, o0, o2, o1}},
 		{"Desc complex", sortObjectsByKeysDesc, "Env.VIRTUAL_HOST", []interface{}{o1, o2, o0, o3}},
+		{"Asc complex w/ dots in key name", sortObjectsByKeysAsc, "Labels.com.docker.compose.container_number", []interface{}{o2, o0, o3, o1}},
+		{"Desc complex w/ dots in key name", sortObjectsByKeysDesc, "Labels.com.docker.compose.container_number", []interface{}{o1, o3, o0, o2}},
 		{"Asc time", sortObjectsByKeysAsc, "Created", []interface{}{o3, o0, o2, o1}},
 		{"Desc time", sortObjectsByKeysDesc, "Created", []interface{}{o1, o2, o0, o3}},
 	} {