diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1a87fab..314bbf2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -199,7 +199,20 @@ make install # will install to /usr/local on Unix, on macOS it is a good idea to
 
 Headers and a static library will be installed to the target dir.
 
-There is a Dockerfile for running some code on Linux, and a unittest which can be executed by typing `make test`.
+There is a unittest which can be executed by typing `make test`.
+
+There is a Dockerfile for running some code on Linux. To use docker-compose you must make a docker container first.
+
+```
+$ make docker
+...
+$ docker compose up &
+...
+$ docker exec -it ixwebsocket_ws_1 bash
+app@ca2340eb9106:~$ ws --help
+ws is a websocket tool
+...
+```
 
 Finally you can build and install the `ws command line tool` with Homebrew. The homebrew version might be slightly out of date.
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 1f30cf88..afca75ca 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ docker_push:
 	docker push ${LATEST}
 
 run:
-	docker run --cap-add sys_ptrace -it ws:latest
+	docker run --cap-add sys_ptrace --entrypoint=bash -it bsergean/ws:build
 
 # this is helpful to remove trailing whitespaces
 trail: