diff --git a/render-ws-with-mongo-db/Dockerfile b/render-ws-with-mongo-db/Dockerfile
index 0448cb3d9..40f2c5d49 100644
--- a/render-ws-with-mongo-db/Dockerfile
+++ b/render-ws-with-mongo-db/Dockerfile
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #   cd ${RENDER_REPO_ROOT_DIR}
 #   docker build --file render-ws-with-mongo-db/Dockerfile --no-cache --tag janelia-render-ws-with-mongo-db:0.0.2 .
 #
-# To run a container:
-#   docker run --tty --publish 8080:8080 --rm janelia-render-ws-with-mongo-db:0.0.2
+# To run a container in detached mode:
+#   docker run --publish 8080:8080 --detach --rm janelia-render-ws-with-mongo-db:0.0.2
 #
-# To launch interactive bash shell within an example container:
+# To launch interactive bash shell within a container:
 #   docker run --interactive --tty --publish 8080:8080 --entrypoint /bin/bash --rm janelia-render-ws-with-mongo-db:0.0.2
 # ======================================================================================
 
diff --git a/render-ws-with-mongo-db/startup_mongodb_and_jetty.sh b/render-ws-with-mongo-db/startup_mongodb_and_jetty.sh
index 2d0b4a096..68ca4beba 100755
--- a/render-ws-with-mongo-db/startup_mongodb_and_jetty.sh
+++ b/render-ws-with-mongo-db/startup_mongodb_and_jetty.sh
@@ -3,18 +3,8 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # From https://github.com/saalfeldlab/render/blob/master/docs/src/site/markdown/render-ws.md
 
-echo """
-  Install 7. Start MongoDB
-"""
+# start mongodb
 sudo -u mongodb /usr/bin/mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf &
 
-echo """
-  Install 8. Start Jetty
-"""
-
-echo """
-  Hack: Passing run instead of start to jetty.sh to work-around startup failure.
-        See https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/7008 and
-        https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/7095
-"""
-deploy/jetty_base/jetty_wrapper.sh run
+# start jetty
+deploy/jetty_base/jetty_wrapper.sh start
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