diff --git a/src/qlever/__main__.py b/src/qlever/__main__.py
index 96d9c5db..b4cc3b91 100755
--- a/src/qlever/__main__.py
+++ b/src/qlever/__main__.py
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ def action_start(self, only_show=False):
                        f" -w /index"
                        f" --entrypoint bash"
                        f" --name {docker_config['container_server']}"
+                       f" --init"
                        f" {docker_config['image']}"
                        f" -c {shlex.quote(cmdline)}")
         else: