diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 12d5f71..df37a10 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ COPY requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Run run-chief-keeper.sh when the container launches
-CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "./run-chief-keeper.sh"]
+CMD ["./run-chief-keeper.sh"]
 
diff --git a/bin/chief-keeper b/bin/chief-keeper
index 417aad8..657b2c2 100755
--- a/bin/chief-keeper
+++ b/bin/chief-keeper
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 dir="$(dirname "$0")"/..
 
-. $dir/_virtualenv/bin/activate || exit
+if [ -f "$dir/_virtualenv/bin/activate" ]; then
+    . "$dir/_virtualenv/bin/activate"
+else
+    echo "Virtual environment not needed."
+fi
+
 
 export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$dir:$dir/lib/pymaker