diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12eb0eb..78f00c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ $ heroku plugins:install heroku-container-registry
 In a directory with a Dockerfile:
 
 ```
+$ heroku container:run web
 $ heroku container:login
 $ heroku create
 $ heroku container:push
diff --git a/commands/run.js b/commands/run.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7478042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/run.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+const cli = require('heroku-cli-util')
+const Sanbashi = require('../lib/sanbashi')
+
+let usage = `
+    ${ cli.color.bold.underline.magenta('Usage:')}
+    ${ cli.color.cmd('heroku container:run web bash')} # Runs bash on the local web docker container
+    ${ cli.color.cmd('heroku container:run worker')}   # Runs the container CMD on the local worker container`
+
+module.exports = function (topic) {
+  return {
+    topic: topic,
+    command: 'run',
+    description: 'builds, then runs the docker image locally',
+    variableArgs: true,
+    help: usage,
+    flags: [
+      {
+        name: 'verbose',
+        char: 'v',
+        hasValue: false
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'arg',
+        hasValue: true,
+        description: 'set build-time variables'
+      }
+    ],
+    run: cli.command(run)
+  }
+}
+
+let run = async function (context, heroku) {
+  if (context.args.length === 0) {
+    cli.error(`Error: Requires one process type\n ${usage} `)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  let processType = context.args.shift()
+  let command = context.args
+  let tag = `heroku-local-${processType}`
+  let dockerfiles = Sanbashi.getDockerfiles(process.cwd(), false)
+  let possibleJobs = Sanbashi.getJobs(tag, dockerfiles)
+
+  let jobs = []
+  if (possibleJobs.standard) {
+    possibleJobs.standard.forEach((pj) => { pj.resource = pj.resource.replace(/standard$/, processType)})
+    jobs = possibleJobs.standard || []
+  }
+  if (!jobs.length) {
+    cli.warn('No images to push')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  let job = jobs[0]
+  let flagsArg = context.flags.arg
+  let buildArg = (flagsArg !== undefined) ? flagsArg.split(',') : []
+
+  try {
+    cli.styledHeader(`Building ${processType} (${job.dockerfile })`)
+    await Sanbashi.buildImage(job.dockerfile, job.resource, context.flags.verbose, buildArg)
+  } catch (err) {
+    cli.error(`Error: docker build exited with ${ err }`)
+    cli.hush(err.stack || err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+
+  if (command == '') {
+    cli.styledHeader(`Running web`)
+  } else {
+    cli.styledHeader(`Running '${command}' on ${tag}`)
+  }
+  try {
+    await Sanbashi.runImage(job.resource, command, context.flags.verbose)
+  } catch(err) {
+    cli.error(`Error: docker run exited with ${ err }`)
+    cli.hush(err.stack || err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d5711e8..dd42102 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module.exports = {
     require('./commands/index')(pkg),
     require('./commands/login')(pkg.topic),
     require('./commands/logout')(pkg.topic),
-    require('./commands/push')(pkg.topic)
+    require('./commands/push')(pkg.topic),
+    require('./commands/run')(pkg.topic)
   ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/sanbashi.js b/lib/sanbashi.js
index d421eb1..958d5ea 100644
--- a/lib/sanbashi.js
+++ b/lib/sanbashi.js
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ Sanbashi.pushImage = function (resource, verbose) {
   return Sanbashi.cmd('docker', args)
 }
 
+Sanbashi.runImage = function (resource, command, verbose) {
+  let args = ['run']
+  if (command == '') {
+    args.push(resource)
+  } else {
+    args.push('-it', resource, command)
+  }
+  log(verbose, args)
+  return Sanbashi.cmd('docker', args)
+}
+
 Sanbashi.cmd = function (cmd, args) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     Child.spawn(cmd, args, {stdio: 'inherit'})