diff --git a/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh b/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh
index 800a7b54d..1c7b98b56 100755
--- a/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh
+++ b/services/lib/docker/run_service.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
 
 EXE_PATH="./cmake/build/bin"
 
-EXE=`ls $EXE_PATH`
-EXES=`ls $EXE_PATH | wc -l`
+EXE=$(find $EXE_PATH -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -not -path '*/.*')
+EXES=$(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"