diff --git a/emuvim/cli/compute.py b/emuvim/cli/compute.py
index 87247cb..15fea91 100755
--- a/emuvim/cli/compute.py
+++ b/emuvim/cli/compute.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
             args.get("datacenter"),
             args.get("name"),
             args.get("image"),
+            args.get("docker_command"),
             network)
         pp.pprint(r)
 
@@ -89,9 +90,12 @@
     "--name", "-n", dest="name",
     help="Name of compute instance e.g. 'vnf1'")
 parser.add_argument(
-    "--image", dest="image",
+    "--image","-i", dest="image",
     help="Name of container image to be used e.g. 'ubuntu'")
 parser.add_argument(
+    "--dcmd", "-c", dest="docker_command",
+    help="Startup command of the container e.g. './start.sh'")
+parser.add_argument(
     "--net", dest="network",
     help="Network properties of compute instance e.g. '10.0.0.123/8'")
 
diff --git a/emuvim/cli/son-emu-cli b/emuvim/cli/son-emu-cli
index 2a1e598..61cbd43 100755
--- a/emuvim/cli/son-emu-cli
+++ b/emuvim/cli/son-emu-cli
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         network.main(sys.argv[2:])
     elif sys.argv[1] == "datacenter":
         datacenter.main(sys.argv[2:])
-	elif sys.argv[1] == "monitor":
+    elif sys.argv[1] == "monitor":
         monitor.main(sys.argv[2:])
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':