diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0a18201..5714033 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.11
 
 ENV SUITE_FOLDER .
+ENV VARIABLE_FILES ""
 ENV PORT 5003
 
 WORKDIR robot
@@ -10,4 +11,6 @@ RUN pip install robotframework-webservice
 
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 
-ENTRYPOINT exec python -m RobotFrameworkService.main -p ${PORT} -t ${SUITE_FOLDER}
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+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/robot/entrypoint.sh"]
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b767e5b..9e58a89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,15 +9,23 @@ A web service managing Robot Framework tasks/tests.
 This web service shall start Robot Framework tasks/tests and return and cache the according reports.
 
 # Installation and Execution
-*Default docker image does not support variable files, yet*
 
 ## Docker
+You can run the image and map your test cases into the webservice with a volume :
 ```
-docker pull ghcr.io/marketsquare/robotframework-webservice:master
+docker run --rm --publish 5003:5003 \
+           --volume <host directory of test cases>:/robot/tests \
+           --env SUITE_FOLDER=tests \
+           ghcr.io/marketsquare/robotframework-webservice:master
 ```
-After that you can run the image and map your test cases in to the webservice with a volumen:
+You can also run the image and map your test cases and your variable files (separated by spaces) into the webservice with volumes :
 ```
-docker run -v <host directory of test cases>:/robot/tests --env SUITE_FOLDER=tests rf-webservice:latest
+docker run --rm --publish 5003:5003 \
+           --volume <host directory of test cases>:/robot/tests \
+           --volume <host directory of variable files>:/robot/variables \
+           --env SUITE_FOLDER=tests \
+           --env "VARIABLE_FILES=variables/variables.py variables/variables2.py" \
+           ghcr.io/marketsquare/robotframework-webservice:master
 ```
 
 ## Podman
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..645c469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -n "${VARIABLE_FILES}" ]; then
+  variablefiles="--variablefiles ${VARIABLE_FILES}"
+else
+  variablefiles=""
+fi
+
+exec python -m RobotFrameworkService.main --port "${PORT}" --taskfolder "${SUITE_FOLDER}" ${variablefiles}
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