diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91077f9..3503a06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ## Volume mapping
 ## Example run commands
 
 ```bash
-docker run --name livereload --restart unless-stopped \
+docker run -d --name livereload --restart unless-stopped \
   -v /home/user/Documents/myWebPage:/var/watch \
   -p 35729:35729 \
   asifbacchus/livereload:latest
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ### Using environment variables
 Say you want to only monitor html and css files and you want to ignore anything going on in your 'oldversion' folder. You can set environment variables as follows:
 
 ```bash
-docker run --name livereload --restart unless-stopped \
+docker run -d --name livereload --restart unless-stopped \
   -v /home/user/Documents/myWebPage:/var/watch \
   -p 35729:35729 \
   -e EXT="html,css" \
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ### Using environment variables
 If you wanted a longer polling period, run as follows:
 
 ```bash
-docker run --name livereload --restart unless-stopped \
+docker run -d --name livereload --restart unless-stopped \
   -v /home/user/Documents/myWebPage:/var/watch \
   -p 35729:35729 \
   -e DELAY=3000 \