diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd151a8..142cbe1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 # decl
 
+
+# Command-line
+
+`cli -resource-file decl-runner.yaml`
+
+
diff --git a/internal/resource/container.go b/internal/resource/container.go
index 92c46d9..2c593cf 100644
--- a/internal/resource/container.go
+++ b/internal/resource/container.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ _ "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 _ "os/exec"
 _ "strings"
   "log"
+  "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/strslice"
+  "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/mount"
   "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
   "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/filters"
   "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ _ "strings"
 
 type ContainerClient interface {
   ContainerCreate(ctx context.Context, config *container.Config, hostConfig *container.HostConfig, networkingConfig *network.NetworkingConfig, platform *ocispec.Platform, containerName string) (container.CreateResponse, error)
+  ContainerStart(ctx context.Context, containerID string, options container.StartOptions) error
   ContainerList(context.Context, types.ContainerListOptions) ([]types.Container, error)
   ContainerInspect(context.Context, string) (types.ContainerJSON, error)
   ContainerRemove(context.Context, string, container.RemoveOptions) error
@@ -34,7 +37,9 @@ type Container struct {
   Name string `yaml:"name"`
   Path string `yaml:"path"`
   Cmd []string `yaml:"cmd",omitempty`
+  Entrypoint strslice.StrSlice `yaml:"entrypoint",omitempty`
   Args []string `yaml:"args",omitempty`
+  Environment map[string]string `yaml:"environment"`
   Image string `yaml:"image"`
   ResolvConfPath string `yaml:"resolvconfpath"`
   HostnamePath string `yaml:"hostnamepath"`
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ type Container struct {
   ProcessLabel string `yaml:"processlabel"`
   AppArmorProfile string `yaml:"apparmorprofile"`
   ExecIDs []string `yaml:"execids"`
-  HostConfig *container.HostConfig `yaml:"hostconfig"`
+  HostConfig container.HostConfig `yaml:"hostconfig"`
   GraphDriver types.GraphDriverData `yaml:"graphdriver"`
   SizeRw *int64 `json:",omitempty"`
   SizeRootFs *int64 `json:",omitempty"`
@@ -135,12 +140,29 @@ func (c *Container) LoadDecl(yamlFileResourceDeclaration string) error {
 */
 
 func (c *Container) Create(ctx context.Context) error {
+  numberOfEnvironmentVariables := len(c.Environment)
   config := &container.Config {
     Image: c.Image,
     Cmd: c.Cmd,
+    Entrypoint: c.Entrypoint,
     Tty: false,
   }
-  resp, err := c.apiClient.ContainerCreate(ctx, config, nil, nil, nil, c.Name)
+
+  config.Env = make([]string, numberOfEnvironmentVariables)
+  index := 0
+  for k,v := range c.Environment {
+    config.Env[index] = k + "=" + v
+    index++
+  }
+  for i := range c.HostConfig.Mounts {
+    if c.HostConfig.Mounts[i].Type == mount.TypeBind {
+      if mountSourceAbsolutePath,e := filepath.Abs(c.HostConfig.Mounts[i].Source); e == nil {
+        c.HostConfig.Mounts[i].Source = mountSourceAbsolutePath
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  resp, err := c.apiClient.ContainerCreate(ctx, config, &c.HostConfig, nil, nil, c.Name)
   if err != nil {
     panic(err)
   }
@@ -156,6 +178,10 @@ func (c *Container) Create(ctx context.Context) error {
   case <-statusCh:
   }
 */
+
+  if startErr := c.apiClient.ContainerStart(ctx, c.Id, types.ContainerStartOptions{}); startErr != nil {
+    return startErr
+  }
   return err
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/mocks/container.go b/tests/mocks/container.go
index 39d54cb..6097101 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/container.go
+++ b/tests/mocks/container.go
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ func (m *MockContainerClient) ContainerCreate(ctx context.Context, config *conta
   return m.InjectContainerCreate(ctx, config, hostConfig, networkingConfig, platform, containerName)
 }
 
+func (m *MockContainerClient) (ctx context.Context, containerID string, options container.StartOptions) error {
+  if m.InjectContainerStart == nil {
+    return nil
+  }
+  return m.InjectContainerStart(ctx, containerID, options)
+}
+
 func (m *MockContainerClient) ContainerList(ctx context.Context, options types.ContainerListOptions) ([]types.Container, error) {
   return m.InjectContainerList(ctx, options)
 }