diff --git a/docs/docker-launcher.md b/docs/docker-launcher.md
index b16db683..8f579fc0 100644
--- a/docs/docker-launcher.md
+++ b/docs/docker-launcher.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the launcher directly, without using `curl`.
 
 From the top-level directory of the Bubble source repository (usually called `bubble`), run:
 
-    ./launcher
+    /bin/bash ./launcher
 
 You can pass environment variables in the same way as described above.