diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
index 61bde14..46c60d3 100755
--- a/startup.sh
+++ b/startup.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 docker pull docker.io/ceph/daemon:latest-nautilus
 
+#start client
+cd client
+HOSTNAME="$HOSTNAME" docker-compose up -d
+cd -
+
 #bring up mon, mds, mgr
 for role_dir in /ceph/m*; do
     role_name=$(basename "$role_dir")