diff --git a/run-docker.sh b/run-docker.sh
index abc52e7..04960e7 100755
--- a/run-docker.sh
+++ b/run-docker.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME:-imap-pipeline-core/imap-mag}"
+# Example:
+# ./run-docker.sh
+# ./run-docker.sh -i   // for interactive debugging
+# ./run-docker.sh -i -e VARIABLE=some_value  // for interactive debugging with VARIABLE env var set
 
+IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME:-imap-pipeline-core/imap-mag}"
 
-# docker run --rm -it \
-#   --entrypoint /bin/bash \
-#   --env-file dev.env \
-#   -v /mnt/imap-data:/data \
-#   $IMAGE_NAME
+echo "Running $IMAGE_NAME with dev.env file"
 
-docker run --rm -it \
-  --env-file dev.env \
-  -v /mnt/imap-data:/data \
-  $IMAGE_NAME
+# check if the argument "DEBUG" or "-i" is passed
+if [ "$1" == "debug" ] || [ "$1" == "DEBUG" ] || [ "$1" == "-i" ]; then
+    echo "Overriding entrypoint to be an interactive bash shell for debugging"
+    docker run --rm -it \
+      --entrypoint /bin/bash \
+      --env-file dev.env \
+      -v /mnt/imap-data:/data \
+      $IMAGE_NAME
+elif [ -z "$1" ]; then # no args passed
+    docker run --rm -it \
+    --env-file dev.env \
+    -v /mnt/imap-data:/data \
+    $IMAGE_NAME
+else
+    echo "Extra arguments: $@"
+    docker run --rm -it \
+      --env-file dev.env \
+      -v /mnt/imap-data:/data \
+      $@ $IMAGE_NAME
+fi