diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmd.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmd.java
index b78109e51..3a3eebb38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmd.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ protected Void impl() throws DockerException {
 
 		try {
 			LOGGER.trace("POST: {}", webResource);
-			Builder builder = webResource.accept(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+			Builder builder = webResource.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
 			if (startContainerConfig != null) {
 				builder.type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).post(startContainerConfig);
 			} else {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmdTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmdTest.java
index 052e64f48..996d93fa2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmdTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/client/command/StartContainerCmdTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public void startContainerWithVolumes() throws DockerException {
 		containerInspectResponse = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container
 				.getId()).exec();
 		
+
 		assertThat(Arrays.asList(containerInspectResponse.getVolumes()),
 				contains(volume1, volume2));
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public void startContainerWithPortBindings() throws DockerException {
 
 		containerInspectResponse = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container
 				.getId()).exec();
-		
+
 		assertThat(Arrays.asList(containerInspectResponse.getConfig().getExposedPorts()),
 				contains(tcp22, tcp23));
 
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public void startContainerWithLinking() throws DockerException {
 	public void startContainer() throws DockerException {
 
 		ContainerCreateResponse container = dockerClient
-				.createContainerCmd("busybox").withCmd("true").exec();
+			.createContainerCmd("busybox").withCmd(new String[] { "top" }).exec();
 		
 		LOG.info("Created container {}", container.toString());
 		assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));