diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0500dbe..d9d6497 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ web:
     - APP_DB_NAME=openxpki
     - APP_DB_USER=openxpki
     - APP_DB_PASS=openxpki
-    - APP_DB_ROOT_PASS=my-super-secret-password
\ No newline at end of file
+    - APP_DB_ROOT_PASS=my-super-secret-password
diff --git a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
index c33e40e..b25e9a4 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -64,10 +64,16 @@ function create_config {
      echo "Found custom configuration, securing and executing it."
      chown root:root /etc/openxpki/customconfig.sh
      chmod 700 /etc/openxpki/customconfig.sh
-     /etc/openxpki/customconfig.sh
+     sh /etc/openxpki/customconfig.sh
+  elif [ -f "/usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh.gz" ]; then
+    echo "Found no custom customconfig.sh - using default compressed sampleconfig.sh.gz from /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh"
+	gunzip /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh.gz
+	chown root:root /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh
+	chmod 700 /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh
+	sh /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh
   elif [ -f "/usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh" ]; then
     echo "Found no custom customconfig.sh - using default sampleconfig.sh from /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh"
-    /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh
+    sh /usr/share/doc/libopenxpki-perl/examples/sampleconfig.sh
   else
     echo "Found no sampleconfig.sh and no customconfig.sh"
     exit 1