diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1475796e..ab43f183 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -29,15 +29,20 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/grouper/$VERSION \
         java-1.8.0-openjdk \
         java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel \
         MariaDB-client \
+        supervisor \
         mlocate \
       && yum clean all
 
 # The installer creates a HSQL DB which we ignore later
+
+RUN mkdir -p /var/log/supervisor
+RUN mv /etc/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisord.conf.old
+COPY container_files/conf/supervisord.conf /etc
 WORKDIR /opt/grouper/$version
 RUN java -cp :grouperInstaller.jar edu.internet2.middleware.grouperInstaller.GrouperInstaller
 
 VOLUME /opt/grouper/2.3.0/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION/logs
 
 EXPOSE 8080 8009 8005
-
-CMD ["/opt/bin/start.sh"]
+CMD ["/usr/bin/supervisord"]
+#CMD ["/opt/bin/start.sh"]
diff --git a/container_files/bin/start.sh b/container_files/bin/start.sh
index 6eb2dab6..a97d138d 100755
--- a/container_files/bin/start.sh
+++ b/container_files/bin/start.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ then
   else
       echo "Grouper was configured"
       echo "Starting apache"
-      /usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground
+      exit 0
+      #/usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground
   fi
 else
   echo "Composed so waiting for MariaDB: " > $log
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ else
   else
       echo "Grouper was configured"
       echo "Starting apache"
-      /usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground
+      exit 0
+      #/usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/container_files/conf/supervisord.conf b/container_files/conf/supervisord.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f487b477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_files/conf/supervisord.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[supervisord]
+logfile=/var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log  ; (main log file;default $CWD/supervisord.log)
+logfile_maxbytes=50MB       ; (max main logfile bytes b4 rotation;default 50MB)
+logfile_backups=10          ; (num of main logfile rotation backups;default 10)
+loglevel=info               ; (log level;default info; others: debug,warn,trace)
+pidfile=/var/run/supervisord.pid ; (supervisord pidfile;default supervisord.pid)
+nodaemon=true              ; (start in foreground if true;default false)
+minfds=1024                 ; (min. avail startup file descriptors;default 1024)
+minprocs=200                ; (min. avail process descriptors;default 200)
+;umask=022                  ; (process file creation umask;default 022)
+;user=chrism                 ; (default is current user, required if root)
+;identifier=supervisor       ; (supervisord identifier, default is 'supervisor')
+;directory=/tmp              ; (default is not to cd during start)
+;nocleanup=true              ; (don't clean up tempfiles at start;default false)
+;childlogdir=/tmp            ; ('AUTO' child log dir, default $TEMP)
+;environment=KEY=value       ; (key value pairs to add to environment)
+;strip_ansi=false            ; (strip ansi escape codes in logs; def. false)
+
+; the below section must remain in the config file for RPC
+; (supervisorctl/web interface) to work, additional interfaces may be
+; added by defining them in separate rpcinterface: sections
+[rpcinterface:supervisor]
+supervisor.rpcinterface_factory = supervisor.rpcinterface:make_main_rpcinterface
+
+[supervisorctl]
+serverurl=unix:///var/run/supervisor/supervisor.sock ; use a unix:// URL  for a unix socket
+;serverurl=http://127.0.0.1:9001 ; use an http:// url to specify an inet socket
+;username=chris              ; should be same as http_username if set
+;password=123                ; should be same as http_password if set
+;prompt=mysupervisor         ; cmd line prompt (default "supervisor")
+;history_file=~/.sc_history  ; use readline history if available
+
+
+[program:configure]
+command=/bin/bash -c "exec /opt/bin/start.sh"
+
+[program:apache]
+command=/bin/bash -c "exec /usr/local/bin/httpd-shib-foreground"
+
+[program:tomcat]
+command=/bin/bash -c "exec /opt/grouper/2.3.0/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/catalina.sh run"