diff --git a/src/child.rs b/src/child.rs
index 4629ceb..3df6afb 100644
--- a/src/child.rs
+++ b/src/child.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ use crate::mounts::setmountpoint;
 use crate::capabilities::setcapabilities;
 use crate::syscalls::setsyscalls;
 
-use nix::unistd::{Pid, close};
+use nix::unistd::{Pid, close, execve};
 use nix::sched::clone;
 use nix::sys::signal::Signal;
 use nix::sched::CloneFlags;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
 const STACK_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 fn setup_container_configurations(config: &ContainerOpts) -> Result<(), Errcode> {
@@ -36,7 +37,14 @@ fn child(config: ContainerOpts) -> isize {
     }
 
     log::info!("Starting container with command {} and args {:?}", config.path.to_str().unwrap(), config.argv);
-    0
+    let retcode = match execve::<CString, CString>(&config.path, &config.argv, &[]){
+        Ok(_) => 0,
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::error!("Error while trying to perform execve: {:?}", e);
+            -1
+        }
+    };
+    retcode
 }
 
 pub fn generate_child_process(config: ContainerOpts) -> Result<Pid, Errcode> {
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index e2c867d..5ab2c0d 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ pub fn parse_args() -> Result<Args, Errcode> {
         return Err(Errcode::ArgumentInvalid("mount"));
     }
 
+    if args.command.is_empty() {
+        return Err(Errcode::ArgumentInvalid("command"));
+    }
+
     Ok(args)
 }
 
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index ed8c897..2367598 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 mkdir -p mountdir
-cargo build && clear && sudo ./target/debug/crabcan --debug -u 0 -m ./mountdir/ -c "/bin/bash"
+cd testbin
+RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=+crt-static" cargo build --release --target="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/testbin ../mountdir/
+cd ..
+cargo build
+clear
+sudo ./target/debug/crabcan --debug -u 0 -m ./mountdir/ -c "/testbin"
diff --git a/testbin/.gitignore b/testbin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb5a316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testbin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target
diff --git a/testbin/Cargo.toml b/testbin/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50909fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testbin/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[package]
+name = "testbin"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
diff --git a/testbin/src/main.rs b/testbin/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testbin/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}