diff --git a/aztec-up/bin/.aztec-run b/aztec-up/bin/.aztec-run
index ecdd336f518d..f785be9a831f 100755
--- a/aztec-up/bin/.aztec-run
+++ b/aztec-up/bin/.aztec-run
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function run {
     ${arg_env_vars:-} \
     ${arg_host_binds:-} \
     ${arg_user:-} \
+    --entrypoint ""  \
     aztecprotocol/aztec:$VERSION "${args[@]}"
 }
 
diff --git a/release-image/Dockerfile b/release-image/Dockerfile
index b158315f7a36..8df757cc7549 100644
--- a/release-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/release-image/Dockerfile
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ENV ACVM_WORKING_DIRECTORY=/usr/src/acvm
 ENV ACVM_BINARY_PATH=/usr/src/noir/noir-repo/target/release/acvm
 RUN mkdir -p $BB_WORKING_DIRECTORY $ACVM_WORKING_DIRECTORY && chmod 777 $BB_WORKING_DIRECTORY $ACVM_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 WORKDIR "/usr/src/yarn-project"
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c", "node --no-warnings /usr/src/yarn-project/aztec/dest/bin/index.js"]
diff --git a/release-image/README.md b/release-image/README.md
index 68fae1bd26d9..c8e8e4287969 100644
--- a/release-image/README.md
+++ b/release-image/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ We then manually install our required version of node, and a handful of require
 
 # Entrypoint
 
-The entrypoint is just the default bash shell.
-This means when running the container, you should pass as arguments the desired entrypoint and arguments.
-This could be nargo, aztec-wallet, aztec cli, anvil, etc.
+The entrypoint will the aztec cli, you should pass as arguments the desired entrypoint and arguments.
+When wanting to run nargo, aztec-wallet, aztec cli, anvil, etc, update the entrypoint to just be bash before executing.