diff --git a/archivebox/tests/test_setup_script.py b/archivebox/tests/test_setup_script.py
index 9facdff9..438a9f8e 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/test_setup_script.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/test_setup_script.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_setup_script_prints_root_safe_runtime_commands():
 
     assert 'echo "    cd $ARCHIVEBOX_DATA_DIR' in script
     assert 'FOLLOWUP_SUDO="sudo "' in script
-    assert "${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose run --rm archivebox add" in script
+    assert "${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose exec archivebox archivebox add" in script
     assert "${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}archivebox add" in script
     assert "at ~/archivebox/data" not in script
     assert "Server started on http://0.0.0.0" not in script
diff --git a/bin/setup.sh b/bin/setup.sh
index 6accdddc..c9ed9244 100755
--- a/bin/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/setup.sh
@@ -380,10 +380,10 @@ if [ "$DOCKER_IMAGE_READY" = "true" ] && "$DOCKER_BINARY" compose version > /dev
     echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose down"
     echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}env ARCHIVEBOX_IMAGE=$ARCHIVEBOX_IMAGE docker compose pull"
     echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose up"
-    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose run --rm archivebox manage createsuperuser"
-    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose run --rm archivebox add 'https://example.com'"
-    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose run --rm archivebox list"
-    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose run --rm archivebox help"
+    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose exec archivebox archivebox manage createsuperuser"
+    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose exec archivebox archivebox add 'https://example.com'"
+    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose exec archivebox archivebox list"
+    echo "    ${FOLLOWUP_SUDO}docker compose exec archivebox archivebox help"
     exit 0
 elif [ "$DOCKER_IMAGE_READY" = "true" ]; then
     resolve_setup_curl