diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f5e1c7d..d6173b3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ FROM tomcat:9.0.48-jdk8-openjdk-buster
   COPY ./target/$filename.tar.gz /smartgears-distro.tar.gz 	
   WORKDIR /
   RUN tar zxvf /smartgears-distro.tar.gz
+  RUN rm /smartgears-distro.tar.gz
   RUN export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat
   RUN ln -s /usr/local/tomcat tomcat
   RUN mv smartgears-distribution-$version  smartgears-distribution
   ENV GHN_HOME=./smartgears-distribution
-  RUN ./smartgears-distribution/install -s tomcat    
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+  RUN ./smartgears-distribution/install -s tomcat   
+  COPY startContainer.sh /startContainer.sh
+  RUN chmod +x /startContainer.sh
+  ENTRYPOINT ["/startContainer.sh"]
+  CMD ["catalina.sh","run"]
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diff --git a/distro/contents/samplecontainer.xml b/distro/contents/samplecontainer.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f565fb..0000000
--- a/distro/contents/samplecontainer.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<container mode='offline'>
-	
-	<hostname>localhost</hostname>
-	<port>8080</port>
-	<infrastructure>gcube</infrastructure>
-	
-	<!--
-		Add container tokens generated via portal for this host and port.
-	-->
-	<!--  
-	<token>token1</token>
-	<token>token2</token>
-	-->
-	
-	<!--
-		this tag enables authorize calls to this container also on VRE belonging to start tokens
-	-->
-	<!-- <authorizeChildrenContext>true</authorizeChildrenContext> -->
-	
-	<site>
-		<country>it</country>
-		<location>rome</location>
-		<latitude>41.9000</latitude>
-		<longitude>12.5000</longitude>
-	</site>
-	
-	<property name='SmartGearsDistribution' value='${project.version}' />
-	<property name='SmartGearsDistributionBundle' value='UnBundled' />
-	
-	<!--
-		Add your own property value here.  This values will be published on
-		GHN porfile in /Profile/GHNDescription/RunTimeEnv/ tag.
-	-->
-	<!-- 
-		<property name='prop1' value='val1' /> 
-		<property name='prop2' value='val2' /> 
-	 -->
-
-	<publication-frequency>60</publication-frequency>
-
-</container>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 569d13b..f35c2b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,12 +96,6 @@
 			<version>[2.0.0,3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<type>war</type>
 		</dependency>  -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>smartgears-management</artifactId>
-			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-			<type>war</type>
-		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
diff --git a/startContainer.sh b/startContainer.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eb2241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startContainer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+logs=/etc/logback.xml
+container=/etc/container.ini
+if [ -f "$logs" ]; then
+ cp $logs /tomcat/lib
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$container" ]; then
+ cp $container /smartgears-distribution
+fi
+
+exec "$@"