diff --git a/src/docker.rs b/src/docker.rs
index 8d7049c..40cd134 100644
--- a/src/docker.rs
+++ b/src/docker.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 pub struct Docker;
@@ -13,11 +14,22 @@ impl Docker {
         x.get(1).unwrap().trim().to_string()
     }
 
-    pub fn run_container(name: &str, img: &str) {
-        Command::new("docker")
-            .args(["run", "--name", name, img])
+    pub fn run_container(name: &str, img: &str, env: &HashMap<String, String>) {
+        let mut env_args = Vec::with_capacity(env.len() * 2 + 6);
+        env_args.push("run".to_string());
+        env_args.push("-d".to_string());
+        env_args.push("--name".to_string());
+        env_args.push(name.to_string());
+        for (k, v) in env.iter() {
+            env_args.push("-e".to_string());
+            env_args.push(format!("{k}={v}"));
+        }
+        env_args.push(img.to_string());
+        let mut child = Command::new("docker")
+            .args(&env_args)
             .spawn()
             .expect("unable to obtain Docker version");
+        child.wait().unwrap();
     }
 
     pub fn get_logs(name: &str) -> String {
@@ -40,3 +52,33 @@ impl Docker {
             .expect(&format!("unable to remove docker container {name}"));
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::utils::get_random;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_docker() {
+        Docker::version();
+        let name = format!("test_sleep__{}", get_random(4));
+        let mut env = HashMap::new();
+        env.insert("FOO".to_string(), "BAR".to_string());
+        env.insert("BAZ".to_string(), "BOO".to_string());
+        Docker::run_container(&name, "forgeflux/ftest-dev-docker-cmd", &env);
+        let out = Command::new("docker")
+            .args(["container", "inspect", "-f", "'{{.State.Running}}'", &name])
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        let out = String::from_utf8(out.stdout).unwrap();
+        assert!(out.contains("true"));
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::new(10, 0));
+        let logs = Docker::get_logs(&name);
+        println!("{logs}");
+        assert!(logs.contains("running"));
+        assert!(logs.contains("FOO=BAR"));
+        assert!(logs.contains("BAZ=BOO"));
+        Docker::rm_container(&name, true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/docker-cmd/Dockerfile b/tests/docker-cmd/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..772bac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker-cmd/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM debian:latest
+
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://git.batsense.net/ForgeFlux/ftest
+
+RUN mkdir /sr/
+WORKDIR /src/
+COPY . .
+RUN find .
+RUN ls .
+CMD ["/src/scripts/run.sh"]
diff --git a/tests/docker-cmd/Makefile b/tests/docker-cmd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b560c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker-cmd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+default:
+	docker buildx build   -t forgeflux/ftest-dev-docker-cmd --load .
+run:
+	docker run forgeflux/ftest-dev-test-docker-cmd
diff --git a/tests/docker-cmd/scripts/run.sh b/tests/docker-cmd/scripts/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..710ea1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker-cmd/scripts/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "running"
+echo "env:"
+printenv $@
+sleep 10
+echo "exiting"
+exit 0