diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index bef40454b..4bfca2801 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
-## Build instructions
+## Instructions
 
-Build slim container with binaries only
+Build slim container with binaries only:
 ```
-docker image build --rm --tag hledger .
+./build.sh
 ```
 
-Build container suitable for development
+Build container suitable for development:
 ```
-docker image build --tag hledger --target dev .
+./build-dev.sh
 ```
+
+Run hledger-web in the container:
+```
+./run.sh /path/to/your.journal web
+```
+
+Run shell in the container (your files will be in /data):
+```
+./run.sh /path/to/your.journal bash
+```
+
+Run hledger command in the container:
+```
+./run.sh /path/to/your.journal hledger [ARGS]
+```
+
+Script `start.sh` is included inside container and used to start `hledger-web`, there is no need to run it manually.
diff --git a/docker/build-dev.sh b/docker/build-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c532eca68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/build-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`
+docker image build --tag hledger --target dev .
diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fd51833a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`
+docker image build --rm --tag hledger .
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7ade88548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "USAGE: $0 /path/to/hledger.journal [web|bash|hledger [hledger-args]]"
+}
+
+journal=$(readlink -f "$1")
+shift
+[ -f "$journal" ] || { usage; exit 1; }
+dir=$(dirname $journal)
+file=$(basename $journal)
+
+cmd="$1"
+shift
+
+case "$cmd" in
+    web) extra_args=""  ;;
+    bash) extra_args="bash" ;;
+    hledger) extra_args="hledger" ;;
+    *)usage; exit 1 ;;
+esac
+
+docker container run --rm -it --volume "$dir:/data" \
+       --env HLEDGER_FILE_NAME=/data/$file \
+       --env LEDGER_FILE=/data/$file \
+       -p 5000:5000 -p 5001:5001 \
+       hledger $extra_args "$@"