diff --git a/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh b/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh
--- a/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh
+++ b/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 EXE_PATH="./cmake/build/bin"
 
-EXE=`ls $EXE_PATH`
-EXES=`ls $EXE_PATH | wc -l`
+EXE=$(find $EXE_PATH -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | grep -v '.*/\..*' | cut -d/ -f2-)
+EXES=$(wc -l <<< "$EXE")
 
 if [[ $EXES -ne 1 ]]; then
   echo "there should be exactly one executable of a service, $EXES found";
   exit 1;
 fi
 
-$EXE_PATH/$EXE
+"$EXE"