diff --git a/start-redis.sh b/start-redis.sh
index deaa6c7..77ffc5f 100644
--- a/start-redis.sh
+++ b/start-redis.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-sh -c "docker run --name redis --publish 6379:6379 --detach redis:$1"
+docker_run="docker run"
+docker_run="$docker_run --name redis --publish 6379:6379 --detach redis:$1"
+
+sh -c "$docker_run"