diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35649d9..fb12050 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $ mkdir -p /opt/mailman/web
 $ git clone https://github.com/maxking/docker-mailman
 $ cd docker-mailman
 # Change some configuration variables as mentioned above.
-$ docker-compose up
+$ docker-compose start
 ```
 
 This command will do several things, most importantly: