diff --git a/bin/unix/evennia-docker-start.sh b/bin/unix/evennia-docker-start.sh
index 270f6ec627..d1333aaef6 100644
--- a/bin/unix/evennia-docker-start.sh
+++ b/bin/unix/evennia-docker-start.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,4 @@ rm /usr/src/game/server/*.pid >& /dev/null || true
 
 # start evennia server; log to server.log but also output to stdout so it can 
 # be viewed with docker-compose logs
-exec 3>&1; evennia start 2>&1 1>&3 | tee /usr/src/game/server/logs/server.log; exec 3>&-
-
-# start a shell to keep the container running
-bash
+exec 3>&1; evennia start -l