diff --git a/my_deploy.sh b/my_deploy.sh
index 7dd5e5c3ee13cbce2b701b5b4e703823dfb2c28f..4e705622bce9d9642277aec35e51fc61f394ae61 100755
--- a/my_deploy.sh
+++ b/my_deploy.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device pathcomp service slice nbi webui load_gene
 #export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} bgpls_speaker"
 
 # Uncomment to activate Optical Controller
-#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} opticalcontroller"
+#   To manage optical connections, "service" requires "opticalcontroller" to be deployed
+#   before "service", thus we "hack" the TFS_COMPONENTS environment variable prepending the
+#   "opticalcontroller" only if "service" is already in TFS_COMPONENTS, and re-export it.
+#if [[ "$TFS_COMPONENTS" == *"service"* ]]; then
+#    BEFORE="${TFS_COMPONENTS% service*}"
+#    AFTER="${TFS_COMPONENTS#* service}"
+#    export TFS_COMPONENTS="${BEFORE} opticalcontroller service ${AFTER}"
+#fi
 
 # Uncomment to activate ZTP
 #export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} ztp"