diff --git a/container/entrypoint.sh b/container/entrypoint.sh
index 8c4d2d6..296a77a 100755
--- a/container/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/container/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-rc-service nginx start
+mkdir /var/run/nginx # nginx fails with /var/run/nginx/nginx.pid not found in alpine
+
+nginx
 
 java ${FL_JVM_OPTS} -jar service.jar