diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1aee83eae..906727929 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ VOLUME [ \
 
 EXPOSE 8050 8051 5023
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ \
-    "python3", \
-    "/app/bin/splash", \
-    "--proxy-profiles-path",  "/etc/splash/proxy-profiles", \
-    "--js-profiles-path", "/etc/splash/js-profiles", \
-    "--filters-path", "/etc/splash/filters", \
-    "--lua-package-path", "/etc/splash/lua_modules/?.lua" \
-]
+# Copy start script
+COPY bin/startup.sh /home/root/startup.sh
+RUN chmod +x /home/root/startup.sh
+
+# Start up script (Generate machine UUID)
+ENTRYPOINT ["/home/root/startup.sh"]
diff --git a/bin/startup.sh b/bin/startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f41ce940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh  
+# Startup script for splash container . Suppress machine-id warning
+# by generatin and UUID for the virtual machine
+
+# Generate machine UUI
+/bin/dbus-uuidgen > /etc/machine-id
+
+# Run splash
+python3 /app/bin/splash \
+--proxy-profiles-path /etc/splash/proxy-profiles \
+--js-profiles-path /etc/splash/js-profiles \
+--filters-path /etc/splash/filters \
+--lua-package-path /etc/splash/lua_modules/?.lua 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/splash/provision.sh b/dockerfiles/splash/provision.sh
index bdd04c8ae..f3fc504bd 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/splash/provision.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/splash/provision.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ install_deps () {
         libre2 \
         libicu52 \
         liblua5.2-0 \
-        zlib1g
+        zlib1g \
+        dbus
+
 }
 
 install_builddeps () {