diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+source common.bash .
+
+echo "Building new Docker image($registry/$maintainer/$imagename)"
+docker run --name=$imagename -d $maintainer/$imagename
+
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/stop.sh b/bin/stop.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/stop.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+source common.bash .
+
+echo "Cleaning up Docker image($maintainer/$imagename)"
+docker stop $imagename >> /dev/null
+exit 0