diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3ae4a7..e65b9bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ docker run --init --rm --publish 3000:3000/tcp org-investigation
 ```
 
 This launches a server listening on port 3000, so pop open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ to access the web interface.
+
+(alternatively, you can run the `scripts/launch_docker.bash` script which performs these two steps.)
 ### No docker
 You will need a fully functional rust setup with nightly installed (due to the use of exit_status_error). Then from the root of this repo you can launch the server by running:
 
diff --git a/scripts/launch_docker.bash b/scripts/launch_docker.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..69ca8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/launch_docker.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+function main {
+    make --directory "$DIR/../docker"
+    exec docker run --init --rm --publish 3000:3000/tcp org-investigation
+}
+
+main "${@}"