diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ce5c283fb..74d345791 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sapldb:
     - "5532:5432"
 web:
   build: .
-  command: /bin/sh -c "/bin/sh busy-wait.sh && python3 manage.py bower install && python3 manage.py migrate && /bin/sh gunicorn_start.sh"
+  command: /bin/sh -c "/bin/sh busy-wait.sh && python3 manage.py bower install && python3 manage.py migrate && /bin/sh gunicorn_start.sh /sapl"
   volumes:
     - .:/sapl
   links:
diff --git a/gunicorn_start.sh b/gunicorn_start.sh
index aebd45c83..ebbae1725 100755
--- a/gunicorn_start.sh
+++ b/gunicorn_start.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@
 
 # As seen in http://tutos.readthedocs.org/en/latest/source/ndg.html
 
+SAPL_DIR=/var/interlegis/sapl
+
+# Seta um novo diretório foi passado como raiz para o SAPL
+# caso esse tenha sido passado como parâmetro
+if [ "$1" ]
+then
+    SAPL_DIR="$1"
+fi
+
 NAME="SAPL"                                     # Name of the application (*)
-DJANGODIR=/sapl/                    # Django project directory (*)
-SOCKFILE=/sapl/run/gunicorn.sock    # we will communicate using this unix socket (*)
+DJANGODIR=$SAPL_DIR                    # Django project directory (*)
+SOCKFILE=$SAPL_DIR/gunicorn.sock    # we will communicate using this unix socket (*)
 USER=`whoami`                                   # the user to run as (*)
 GROUP=`whoami`                                  # the group to run as (*)
 NUM_WORKERS=3                                   # how many worker processes should Gunicorn spawn (*)