diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 585beba..0d571bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `ROOT_AUTHORIZED_KEYS` | `/path/to/file` | Path to file that contains the public SSH keys that can be used for root user authentication. This file will be copied to `/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` |
 | `HOSTKEYS` | `/path/to/hostkey;...` | Specifies a (semi-colon separated list of) file(s) containing a private host key used by SSH. |
-| `USERADD` | `{username}:{uid}:{gid};...` | Create user account(s) on startup |
+| `USERADD` | `{username}:{uid}:{gid}:{shell};...` | Create user account(s) on startup |
 | `GROUPADD` | `{groupname}:{gid};...` | Create group account(s) on startup |
 | `BASE_DIR` | `/home` | Basedir used for user account creation (Default: `/home`) |
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $ docker run -it \
     -v $(pwd)/jumpbox:/var/lib/jumpbox \
     -e "ROOT_AUTHORIZED_KEYS=/var/lib/jumpbox/authorized_keys"
     -e "HOSTKEYS=/var/lib/jumpbox/ssh_host_ed25519_key;/var/lib/jumpbox/ssh_host_rsa_key"
-    -e "USERADD=jumpbox:1000:1000"
+    -e "USERADD=jumpbox:1000:1000:/bin/bash"
     -e "GROUPADD=jumpbox:1000"
     -p 1022:22 \
     pommib/jumpbox:latest
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       ROOT_AUTHORIZED_KEYS: /var/lib/jumpbox/authorized_keys
       HOSTKEYS: /var/lib/jumpbox/ssh_host_ed25519_key;/var/lib/jumpbox/ssh_host_rsa_key
-      USERADD: jumpbox:1000:1000
+      USERADD: jumpbox:1000:1000:/bin/bash
       GROUPADD: jumpbox:1000
 ```
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 044ca12..6da2504 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 
 # GROUPADD="group1:1000;group2:1001;group3:1002"
+i=""
 while [ "$GROUPADD" != "$i" ] ;do
     i=${GROUPADD%%;*}
     GROUPADD="${GROUPADD#$i;}"
@@ -32,20 +33,26 @@ while [ "$GROUPADD" != "$i" ] ;do
     groupadd --gid "$GROUP_GID" "$GROUP_NAME"
 done
 
-# USERADD="user1:1000:1000;user2:1001:1000;user3:1002:1002"
+# USERADD="user1:1000:1000:/bin/bash;user2:1001:1000:/bin/sh;user3:1002:1002:/bin/sh"
+i=""
+j=""
 while [ "$USERADD" != "$i" ] ;do
     i=${USERADD%%;*}
     USERADD="${USERADD#$i;}"
 
     USER_NAME=${i%%:*}
-    UID_GID="${i#$USER_NAME:}"
-    USER_UID="${UID_GID%%:*}"
-    USER_GID="${UID_GID#$USER_UID:}"
+    j="${i#$USER_NAME:}"
+    USER_UID="${j%%:*}"
+    j="${j#$USER_UID:}"
+    USER_GID="${j%%:*}"
+    j="${j#$USER_GID:}"
+    USER_SHELL=$j
 
-    useradd --home-dir "$BASE_DIR/$USER_NAME" --uid "$USER_UID" --gid "$USER_GID" "$USER_NAME"
+    useradd --home-dir "$BASE_DIR/$USER_NAME" --shell "$USER_SHELL" --uid "$USER_UID" --gid "$USER_GID" "$USER_NAME"
 done
 
 # HOSTKEYS="/var/lib/jumpbox/ssh_host_ed25519_key;/var/lib/jumpbox/ssh_host_rsa_key"
+i=""
 if [ -n "$HOSTKEYS" ]; then
     while [ "$HOSTKEYS" != "$i" ]; do
         i=${HOSTKEYS%%;*}