diff --git a/relaunch.sh b/relaunch.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index cc8a051065ee5e8793d4fbb43b34e456ea72d1d8..5024d45b4fc7ad245f8e2320d6b994b0488319a4
--- a/relaunch.sh
+++ b/relaunch.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ CNT=$(docker ps | grep tosca-ie | cut -d " " -f1)
 if [ "$CNT" != "" ] ; then
     docker stop "$CNT"
 fi
+
+if [ "$1" == "stop" ] ; then
+    exit 0
+fi 
+
 docker build -t tosca-ie-sample:latest .
 
 docker run -d -t -p 5000:5000 tosca-ie-sample