diff --git a/container_files/bin/run.sh b/container_files/bin/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e686a456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_files/bin/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+while true; do
+sleep 1800
+done
diff --git a/container_files/bin/start.sh b/container_files/bin/start.sh
index e978d3ca..dae767e5 100755
--- a/container_files/bin/start.sh
+++ b/container_files/bin/start.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ then
       echo "Starting tomcat and apache"
       /opt/autoexec/bin/firstrun.sh
       /usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground &
-      /opt/grouper/2.3.0/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/catalina.sh run 
+      /opt/grouper/2.3.0/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/catalina.sh run &
+      /opt/grouper/$VERSION/grouper.apiBinary-$VERSION/bin/gsh -loader &
+      /usr/local/bin/run.sh
   fi
 else
   echo "Composed so waiting for MariaDB: " > $log
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ else
       date >> $log
       /usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground &
       /opt/grouper/2.3.0/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/catalina.sh run &
-      /opt/grouper/$VERSION/grouper.apiBinary-$VERSION/bin/gsh -loader
+      /opt/grouper/$VERSION/grouper.apiBinary-$VERSION/bin/gsh -loader &
+      /usr/local/bin/run.sh
   fi
 fi