diff --git a/api/Containerfile.cpu.buster b/api/Containerfile.cpu.buster
index c19cedb6..1d256198 100644
--- a/api/Containerfile.cpu.buster
+++ b/api/Containerfile.cpu.buster
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 
 COPY onnx_web/ /onnx-web/api/onnx_web/
 
+COPY launch.sh /onnx-web/launch.sh
+
 COPY params.json /onnx-web/api/params.json
 
 ENV ONNX_WEB_BUNDLE_PATH="/onnx-web/gui"
 
 COPY gui/ /onnx-web/gui/
 
-CMD [ "sh", "-c", "python -m onnx_web.convert --diffusion --upscaling --correction --extras && flask --app=onnx_web.serve run --host=0.0.0.0" ]
+CMD [ "sh", "-c", "/onnx-web/launch.sh" ]
diff --git a/api/Containerfile.cuda.ubuntu b/api/Containerfile.cuda.ubuntu
index c80fa99e..6b1f6afd 100644
--- a/api/Containerfile.cuda.ubuntu
+++ b/api/Containerfile.cuda.ubuntu
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ RUN pip3 install onnxruntime-gpu --no-cache-dir
 
 COPY onnx_web/ /onnx-web/api/onnx_web/
 
+COPY launch.sh /onnx-web/launch.sh
+
 COPY params.json /onnx-web/api/params.json
 
 ENV ONNX_WEB_BUNDLE_PATH="/onnx-web/gui"
 
 COPY gui/ /onnx-web/gui/
 
-CMD [ "sh", "-c", "python -m onnx_web.convert --diffusion --upscaling --correction --extras && flask --app=onnx_web.serve run --host=0.0.0.0" ]
+CMD [ "sh", "-c", "/onnx-web/launch.sh" ]
diff --git a/api/Containerfile.directml.buster b/api/Containerfile.directml.buster
index b27a4328..14349fb8 100644
--- a/api/Containerfile.directml.buster
+++ b/api/Containerfile.directml.buster
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 
 COPY onnx_web/ /onnx-web/api/onnx_web/
 
+COPY launch.sh /onnx-web/launch.sh
+
 COPY params.json /onnx-web/api/params.json
 
 ENV ONNX_WEB_BUNDLE_PATH="/onnx-web/gui"
 
 COPY gui/ /onnx-web/gui/
 
-CMD [ "sh", "-c", "python -m onnx_web.convert --diffusion --upscaling --correction --extras && flask --app=onnx_web.serve run --host=0.0.0.0" ]
+CMD [ "sh", "-c", "/onnx-web/launch.sh" ]
diff --git a/api/Containerfile.rocm.ubuntu b/api/Containerfile.rocm.ubuntu
index 1d7dbb0a..348571a2 100644
--- a/api/Containerfile.rocm.ubuntu
+++ b/api/Containerfile.rocm.ubuntu
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 
 COPY onnx_web/ /onnx-web/api/onnx_web/
 
+COPY launch.sh /onnx-web/launch.sh
+
 COPY params.json /onnx-web/api/params.json
 
 ENV ONNX_WEB_BUNDLE_PATH="/onnx-web/gui"
 
 COPY gui/ /onnx-web/gui/
 
-CMD [ "sh", "-c", "python -m onnx_web.convert --diffusion --upscaling --correction --extras && flask --app=onnx_web.serve run --host=0.0.0.0" ]
+CMD [ "sh", "-c", "/onnx-web/launch.sh" ]
diff --git a/api/launch.sh b/api/launch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..75b476c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/launch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+echo "Downloading and converting models to ONNX format..."
+python3 -m onnx_web.convert --diffusion --upscaling --correction --extras --token=${HF_TOKEN:-}
+
+echo "Launching API server..."
+flask --app=onnx_web.serve run --host=0.0.0.0