diff --git a/docker/docker-toool b/docker/docker-toool
index 0b87ea9208..a1ffe34c5c 100755
--- a/docker/docker-toool
+++ b/docker/docker-toool
@@ -69,10 +69,15 @@ def parse_opts(argv):
                         action='store_true',
                         help="""Start docker container interactively (-ti).""",
                         default=False)
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--detach',
+                        action='store_true',
+                        help="""Start container detached.""",
+                        default=False)
     opts = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
 
     return opts
 
+
 def docker_arg_map(key, value):
     value = str(value).encode('ascii', 'ignore')
     if len(value) == 0:
@@ -84,12 +89,12 @@ def docker_arg_map(key, value):
         'net': "--net=%s" % value,
         'pid': "--pid=%s" % value,
         'privileged': "--privileged=%s" % value.lower(),
-        #'restart': "--restart=%s" % "false",
         'user': "--user=%s" % value,
         'volumes': "--volume=%s" % value,
         'volumes_from': "--volumes-from=%s" % value,
     }.get(key, None)
 
+
 def run_docker_container(opts, container_name):
     container_found = False
 
@@ -142,13 +147,15 @@ def run_docker_container(opts, container_name):
                             if opts.user:
                                 continue
                         arg = docker_arg_map(container_data,
-                                json_data[step][container][container_data])
+                                             json_data[step][container][container_data])
                         if arg:
                             cmd.append(arg)
 
                 if opts.user:
                     cmd.append('--user')
                     cmd.append(opts.user)
+                if opts.detach:
+                    cmd.append('--detach')
                 if opts.interactive:
                     cmd.append('-ti')
                     # May as well remove it when we're done too
@@ -167,19 +174,17 @@ def run_docker_container(opts, container_name):
     if not container_found:
         print("Container '%s' not found!" % container_name)
 
+
 def list_docker_containers(opts):
-    print opts
     with open(opts.config) as f:
         json_data = json.load(f)
 
     for step in (json_data or []):
         if step is None:
             continue
-        print step
         for container in (json_data[step] or []):
             print('\tcontainer: %s' % container)
             for container_data in (json_data[step][container] or []):
-                #print('\t\tcontainer_data: %s' % container_data)
                 if container_data == "start_order":
                     print('\t\tstart_order: %s' % json_data[step][container][container_data])
 
@@ -189,4 +194,3 @@ if opts.container:
     run_docker_container(opts, opts.container)
 else:
     list_docker_containers(opts)
-