diff --git a/tm-monitor/Dockerfile b/tm-monitor/Dockerfile
index fba7780a..543b6e9e 100644
--- a/tm-monitor/Dockerfile
+++ b/tm-monitor/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@ FROM alpine:3.5
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY tm-monitor /app/tm-monitor
 
-# look for local Tendermint node by default
-CMD ["localhost:46657"]
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["./tm-monitor"]
diff --git a/tm-monitor/README.md b/tm-monitor/README.md
index f2022b68..f78f3020 100644
--- a/tm-monitor/README.md
+++ b/tm-monitor/README.md
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ collecting and providing various statistics to the user.
 
 ```
 docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" tendermint/tendermint init
-docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" -p "46657:46657" tendermint/tendermint
+docker run -it --rm -v "/tmp:/tendermint" -p "46657:46657" --name=tm tendermint/tendermint
 
-docker run -it --rm tendermint/tm-monitor
+docker run -it --rm --link=tm tendermint/tm-monitor tm:46657
 ```
 
 ## QuickStart using binaries